The more substantive desktop change is widgets. I like the new look and am just as entranced by these new macOS Sonoma screen savers as I was by the ones on tvOS. It’s essentially a duplicate of what you see on your iOS 16 and iOS 17 iPhone. Traditionalists may wonder for a second where the login went.Īt the top now is the date and the much larger time. Since I log in with either my best Apple Watch or a fingerprint, this doesn’t bother me. ![]() With Apple’s eye toward aesthetic appeal, it naturally decided to move the system login, which used to sit dead center on the screen, to the bottom of the display. However, the screen saver alone is not the only difference. It’s a nice use for my M2 MacBook Air 15-inch's lovely liquid retina display. In the former, the screen saver freezes on the most recent video frame and uses that as the desktop background. You can set it as your default background for the desktop or to only run when the system is in sleep mode. You can choose from a varied library that runs from looping landscape and nature videos (dolphins from California and Costa Rica) to more graphical treatments. ![]() It has some gorgeous flyovers of, obviously, Sonoma, California. The new collection of downloadable screen savers combines some classics from Apple TV with a bunch of new options that include underwater seascapes and a new Sonoma collection, which is specific to macOS Sonoma. Sadly, there are no Flying Toasters in sight. In much the same way Apple TV brought mesmerizing screen savers to your Apple TV-connected HDTVs (all those flyovers where you play the game, “What city is that?”), macOS Sonoma is bringing them to your desktop. On the other hand, our lives are filled with gorgeous big screens that look sad and dull when we’re not working or enjoying content on them. We don’t really need screen savers anymore because modern screen technology isn’t as susceptible to screen burn-in. (Image credit: Future) A more useful and beautiful desktopĪpple brought back the screen saver. ![]() Subtle changes that make the most of your MacBook screen.
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