Can someone explain this to me?
just saw this on good old youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FMDyfAY1TI
can someone see if they can get it to work? im not so interested in the animation he's got going but how to get the screensaver working as the desktop image. i know it says its in leopard, but im not so sure. if you do can you let everyone know so we can show off.
cheers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FMDyfAY1TI
can someone see if they can get it to work? im not so interested in the animation he's got going but how to get the screensaver working as the desktop image. i know it says its in leopard, but im not so sure. if you do can you let everyone know so we can show off.
cheers
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just saw this on good old youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FMDyfAY1TI
can someone see if they can get it to work? im not so interested in the animation he's got going but how to get the screensaver working as the desktop image. i know it says its in leopard, but im not so sure. if you do can you let everyone know so we can show off.
cheers
From the comments under the video:
Go to terminal and type:
/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/S creenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background
im not so interested in the animation he's got going but how to get the screensaver working as the desktop image. i know it says its in leopard, but im not so sure.
This is something available from the Jaguar era. You have just to do what audiopollution suggested.
From the comments under the video:
doesnt work ive tried it, sorry should have made it more clear.
You can kill the process to stop it.. either through terminal or Activity Monitor.
Um.. it definitely works..
You can kill the process to stop it.. either through terminal or Activity Monitor.
It stops when you quite terminal.
There's a shareware app out that can make any screen saver your background without going into the terminal, can't remember the name right now, unfortunately...it was neat but used up a nice chunk of my CPU % so I uninstlalled it. A beefier CPU should have no problem with it, I think. (1ghz G4)
Shareware = not free. Why would you pay for that when you can do that for free?
Shareware = not free. Why would you pay for that when you can do that for free?
For those who don't know about the terminal method, I didn't....
-bash: /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/S: No such file or directory
thats what i get when i put it in
so it does work? i copied and pasted it in to terminal and it didnt work.
-bash: /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/S: No such file or directory
thats what i get when i put it in
Of course it does not work that way. The text you copied had the word "ScreenSaverEngine.app" broken in two parts, extending accros two lines. You have to correct first that, and then re-enter the command. The system cannot guess, it wants exact statements without random carriage returns in between, which are interpreted as your command to the system to execute what you typed.
Of course it does not work that way. The text you copied had the word "ScreenSaverEngine.app" broken in two parts, extending accros two lines. You have to correct first that, and then re-enter the command. The system cannot guess, it wants exact statements without random carriage returns in between, which are interpreted as your command to the system to execute what you typed.
alrite sorry ive never used terminal before and caused you an inconvenience by having to put it right for me. jesus...
alrite sorry ive never used terminal before and caused you an inconvenience by having to put it right for me. jesus...
No problem. The terminal is a wonderful application and it is useful to learn how to use it, but you have to be careful because it is a very powerful tool, capable to destroy the whole system if you run with the appropriate privileges. So, in general do not enter passwords in the Terminal unless you know what you are doing. Same thing applies for the rest of the system of course.
Isn't it possible to quit the Terminal but still have the process carry on in the background?
Sure.
nohup /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background & >/dev/null
Sure.
nohup /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background & >/dev/null
brilliant thanks very much