GitHub - sami-eljabali/forever-stars-macos-screensaver: Classic Windows Starfield screensaver remake for macOS.

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Forever Stars screensaver preview

A remake of the classic Windows Starfield screensaver for macOS.

Build

Installation

Download (recommended)

  1. Download Forever Stars.saver from the latest release's assets.
  2. Open the file to install.

Build from source

  1. Clone the repo.
  2. Run make install.

Found at System Settings → Wallpaper → Screen Saver... → Others → View All → Forever Stars.

Commands

Command Description
make build Compile into /tmp/forever-stars-build/
make install Build and install to ~/Library/Screen Savers/
make run Build and launch the test harness (preview window)
make clean Remove the build directory

Configuration

At the top of ForeverStarsView.swift, two constants control periodic appearance changes:

Constant Default Description
randomizeSpeedEnabled false Randomly vary star speed over time
randomizeColorEnabled false Randomly shift star color over time

Warning

Installing locally numerous times may leave an unwanted cached version installed.
To fix:

  • Run killall legacyScreenSaver
  • Delete duplicates found between ~/Library/Screen Savers/ & /Library/Screen Savers/

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