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#1 |
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How Do I set my Aquarium as a display background
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My name is kris, How do i setup my Aquarium saver work as a Background DIsplay? So i can have a Aquarium running at the back (as a background) while i'm working on my computer! k_halloween@yahoo.com |
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"Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell
"If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman |
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This is explained in the November MacWorld, page, 66 BE CAREFULL follow all directions, since you are using Terminal application. You must write down the number that appears after typing in the below info, so you can reverse the process by then typing kill "number". Make the serenescene your active screensaver.
Open Terminal type nice +20 /System/Library/Frameworks/Screensaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background & then press return to make the active screen saver your desktop picture. A number will appear in your Terminal Window, write it down (it follows [1]. This number is the process you just invoked. To turn effect off type kill "number" Just use the number, not the quotes. The nice +20 instruction allows for slower background and faster use of the computer. Try setting colors in the monitor at thousands not millions for better results. Please do not attempt this if unsure about how to use Terminal, and please buy a MacWorld and review article for best results. |
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Netherlands
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Screensaver as background
Hi,
I use two little utilities to use ANY Mac OSX screensaver as a background. Both have pretty much the same functionality, just didn't make up my mind about which one to use yet. Check out xBack at http://www.gideonsoftworks.com/xback.html or BackLight at http://www.freshlysqueezedsoftware.com Both are cool tools! |
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: michigan
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I use backlight all the time! In fact here is a picture of what my fish did last nite to their tank when I left it running. No, Jim, noooooooooo, I swear it was the fish, I didn't do it, the fish Jim, the fish!!! Please don't stop the Mac ports Jim, I won't let it happen again, noooooooooooooo!
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#6 |
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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Showing off that slick apple design touch I see, mr. Tew...
/Tiny Repulsion Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think.
"We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history. |
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Jim is going to commit hara-kiri when he sees that.
"Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell
"If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman |
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Mac Development
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Kenai, Alaska
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Mr. Tew:
ROFLOL! Morgan: I hope not. We need Fresh Water, the goby, and lots of other things FIRST! Back to the code...
Jim O'Connor
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Maui
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Notice how much smarter the Mac fish are than the PC fish.
All the PC fish did was put up a paper snowman, and tied the starfish to the top of the coral with a ribbon bought at KMart. Reichart...
Reichart... , CTO, Prolific Publishing, Inc.
Come visit us Prolific Publishing, Inc. |
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#10 |
Mac Development
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Kenai, Alaska
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We put in LOTs of new AI code in the Mac version. :^) We made them watch HGTV for weeks.
Jim O'Connor
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Join Date: Jul 2002
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Now SaverLab has a new function that will allow screensavers to run as a transparent layer overlaying the entire screen. You can work all day and never lose sight of even one fish. Truly amazing. It also has a feature that lets you make quicktime movies of screensavers so you can 'tape' the antics of you favorite fish and play them back later! :-]
Here's a screenshot of the clear layer thing! ![]()
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I think Jim will be "not amused" about that...
Obviously it's a nice feature for all the mac-tech-freaks out there. |
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Southern Oregon
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We are not amused. OK, maybe we are slightly amused, but we definitely do not approve.
Jim Sachs
Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium |
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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Mr.Tew,
Call me boring, reactionary, old-fashioned if you want (though I'd rather you not ![]() Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think.
"We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history. |
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Join Date: Dec 2000
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Definately not something I would be proud to have.
Michael
Administrator of Inside:SereneScreen Aquarium Forum, Chatroom, Fan Site & Gallery DVD Collection |
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#16 |
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: michigan
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FINE! I think I am going to stop posting blasphemous screenshots for a while then! You guys are going to miss them though. You'll come crawling back begging for them after a while! You'll see! You'll see! You'll be begging!
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#17 |
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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![]() Tew? – No, thats Mr. Tew to you guys. Keep up the good work and have a good x-mas... /Tiny Begging Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think.
"We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history. Last edited by Tiny Turtle; 12-24-2002 at 06:07 PM. |
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