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Feedback Summary:
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| Overall Rating: |  (5.0) |
Features: |  (4.0) |
Support: | (5.0) |
| Ease of Use: | (5.0) |
Quality / Stability: | (5.0) |
Price: | (5.0) |
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Wow! The Coolest little app ever! - Version: 2.5.3, 10/10/2009 02:08AM PST
ILuvMacMost
I love this application. I have a PPC Mac running Tiger 10.4.11. I installed and ran this awesome application with absolute ease. I have access to all of my screensavers and can choose from any one of them. It runs great and posed no problem of any kind for me. It is a real trip to work on my Mac while the screensaver is running in the background, behind my icons, at the same time. It may be considered a useless creation to some people, but it is way too cool to me!
Tried it, ran into problems. - Version: 2.3.2, 9/25/2008 02:47AM PST
capologist
Neat idea, but I had some problems. I am running Leopard (10.5.5) on an Intel Core Duo Mac Mini.
The first problem I discovered is that not all of my screen savers are available to Wallsaver.
I use iPhoto '08, which adds a lot of items to the list of screen savers in System Preferences: each of my events shows up as a possible screen saver, as does "Flagged," which shows all the photos I have flagged in iPhoto, and which I use for my actual screen saver. However, when I go to select a screen saver module for Wallsaver, these options are not present in the list that Wallsaver gives me to choose from.
(At this point, I'm sure some readers are ready to suggest the RandomExtra workaround, so I'll save you the trouble: I tried it. I went to the RandomExtra options and chose "Flagged" as my only module. When I activated my screen saver to test it, it worked just as expected: it displayed my flagged photos from iPhoto. However, when I went to Wallsaver and selected RandomExtra as my module for Wallsaver and activated it, I got a black desktop with the following message in the middle: "Something is wrong! I am sad that I cannot pick a module for you. -- RandomExtra")
So I settled on another module, and then I discovered the second, more serious problem: when Wallsaver is running a screen saver module as my desktop background, I cannot start my actual screen saver, either by Hot Corner or by idle time. (The Test button in the Screen Saver preference pane still works, but I can't activate the screen save "for real" unless I first deactivate Wallsaver.) Since I rely on the screen saver to secure the computer when not in use, this problem means I cannot use Wallsaver.
The first problem I discovered is that not all of my screen savers are available to Wallsaver.
I use iPhoto '08, which adds a lot of items to the list of screen savers in System Preferences: each of my events shows up as a possible screen saver, as does "Flagged," which shows all the photos I have flagged in iPhoto, and which I use for my actual screen saver. However, when I go to select a screen saver module for Wallsaver, these options are not present in the list that Wallsaver gives me to choose from.
(At this point, I'm sure some readers are ready to suggest the RandomExtra workaround, so I'll save you the trouble: I tried it. I went to the RandomExtra options and chose "Flagged" as my only module. When I activated my screen saver to test it, it worked just as expected: it displayed my flagged photos from iPhoto. However, when I went to Wallsaver and selected RandomExtra as my module for Wallsaver and activated it, I got a black desktop with the following message in the middle: "Something is wrong! I am sad that I cannot pick a module for you. -- RandomExtra")
So I settled on another module, and then I discovered the second, more serious problem: when Wallsaver is running a screen saver module as my desktop background, I cannot start my actual screen saver, either by Hot Corner or by idle time. (The Test button in the Screen Saver preference pane still works, but I can't activate the screen save "for real" unless I first deactivate Wallsaver.) Since I rely on the screen saver to secure the computer when not in use, this problem means I cannot use Wallsaver.
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- Tried it, ran into problems.
Great - Version: 2.3, 6/3/2008 01:12PM PST
(2 of 2 users found this comment useful)
so einer
I use it with the "save hollywood" saver
needs to be restarted every few hours but i dont care....
needs to be restarted every few hours but i dont care....
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