Original OSX "desktop Icons" screensaver.....

3777 · Nov 18, 2002, 08:57 PM

Does anyone know where I can download this thing, it was unfortunately deleted from Jaguar, and I don't like any of the screensaves that replaced it. Two of the Jaguar screensavers actually lock my old iMac DV up. If anyone knows where I can find the original "Desktop Icons" screensaver from 10.1 it would be great.......

springscansing · Nov 18, 2002, 09:28 PM

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Originally posted by 3777
Does anyone know where I can download this thing, it was unfortunately deleted from Jaguar, and I don't like any of the screensaves that replaced it. Two of the Jaguar screensavers actually lock my old iMac DV up. If anyone knows where I can find the original "Desktop Icons" screensaver from 10.1 it would be great.......

Have you tried Flurry? It's gorgeous with the proper settings and a fast enough mac.

I always thought the desktop icons one was so windowzy.. I'm glad its gone.

Sorry man. :-)

3777 · Nov 18, 2002, 09:44 PM

Flurry is ok, that's what i'm using now, but i'd rather have the Desktop Icons screensaver back......

Skandranon · Nov 18, 2002, 10:02 PM

Hey! You're right! Jaguar ate up my copy of the .Saver folder that contained the Desktop Icons screensaver. What gives?! I had switched over to Flurry a while back, but thoroughly enjoyed my flying Aqua icons.

If anybody is running 10.1.x and could post a .SIT somewhere, that would be hot. I'd love to reclaim that yummy artifact from pre-Jaguar OS X.

Good eye, 3777.

3777 · Nov 19, 2002, 10:13 PM

yes...... hope to hear of a link soon as I don't have 10.1 cd to get it from.....

FattyMembrane · Nov 21, 2002, 01:59 PM

i just pulled the "aqua icons" saver off of the 10.1 disk with pacifist. i have not tried it yet, so i don't know if it works or not (you guys can be the guinnea pigs). i zipped it and uploaded it to http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/jived...cons.saver.tgz

i hope it works. let me know if anything is wrong with it and i'll try another copy.

dricci · Nov 21, 2002, 02:30 PM

Hm... Apple must have changed something, it doesn't seem to work under 10.2, just turns the screen black (same with the preview)

FattyMembrane · Nov 21, 2002, 04:13 PM

i'm sorry that it does not work. i tried. something in 10.2 must have broken the screensaver (although i can't imagine what, and really, shouldn't apple try to code correctly, especially on small stuff like screensavers?). if apple released the sourcecode, i'm sure that someone with programming knowledge (read: not me) could hack it to work in about a half an hour. i'm not sure why they decided not to include it in 10.2.

3777 · Nov 21, 2002, 05:20 PM

THanks for posting it anyway, it was a nice screensaver, too bad they canned it.

Nov 18, 2002, 08:57 PM	#1
3777 Banned Join Date: Jul 2002	Original OSX "desktop Icons" screensaver..... Does anyone know where I can download this thing, it was unfortunately deleted from Jaguar, and I don't like any of the screensaves that replaced it. Two of the Jaguar screensavers actually lock my old iMac DV up. If anyone knows where I can find the original "Desktop Icons" screensaver from 10.1 it would be great.......
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Nov 18, 2002, 10:02 PM	#4
Skandranon macrumors regular Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: North Carolina	What the shao? Hey! You're right! Jaguar ate up my copy of the .Saver folder that contained the Desktop Icons screensaver. What gives?! I had switched over to Flurry a while back, but thoroughly enjoyed my flying Aqua icons. If anybody is running 10.1.x and could post a .SIT somewhere, that would be hot. I'd love to reclaim that yummy artifact from pre-Jaguar OS X. Good eye, 3777.
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Nov 18, 2002, 09:44 PM	#3
3777 Thread Starter Banned Join Date: Jul 2002	Flurry is ok, that's what i'm using now, but i'd rather have the Desktop Icons screensaver back......
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Nov 19, 2002, 10:13 PM	#5
3777 Thread Starter Banned Join Date: Jul 2002	yes...... hope to hear of a link soon as I don't have 10.1 cd to get it from.....
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Nov 21, 2002, 01:59 PM	#6
FattyMembrane macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: bat country	i just pulled the "aqua icons" saver off of the 10.1 disk with pacifist. i have not tried it yet, so i don't know if it works or not (you guys can be the guinnea pigs). i zipped it and uploaded it to http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/jived...cons.saver.tgz i hope it works. let me know if anything is wrong with it and i'll try another copy.
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Nov 21, 2002, 02:30 PM	#7
dricci macrumors 6502a Join Date: Dec 2001	Hm... Apple must have changed something, it doesn't seem to work under 10.2, just turns the screen black (same with the preview)
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Nov 21, 2002, 04:13 PM	#8
FattyMembrane macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: bat country	i'm sorry that it does not work. i tried. something in 10.2 must have broken the screensaver (although i can't imagine what, and really, shouldn't apple try to code correctly, especially on small stuff like screensavers?). if apple released the sourcecode, i'm sure that someone with programming knowledge (read: not me) could hack it to work in about a half an hour. i'm not sure why they decided not to include it in 10.2.
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Nov 21, 2002, 05:20 PM	#9
3777 Thread Starter Banned Join Date: Jul 2002	THanks for posting it anyway, it was a nice screensaver, too bad they canned it.
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