Idea: Night mode screensavers

[tweaknmod]

I love just leaving the screensavers on in the background on my 4k tv - they're beautiful, and as hypnotizing as a campfire.

Sitting here in the dark, as I work on my MacBook, and I find they're too bright – what about a dark/night mode?! The UI on everything has light and dark modes, why not these awesome screensavers?

Glowing algae on a beach at night, the stars over a frozen desert, strange fish in the deepest parts of the oceans, etc. etc.

 

[w5jck]

I agree it would be nice to have more night views in screensavers. It would also be nice to select which ones we specifically want to see, and when. But Apple won’t give us what we want, instead we get stuck with whatever nonsense they throw our way. The screensavers have been a big disappointment. I personally like the nighttime cityscape flyovers, but we only see them rarely, and they are often followed by a very bright one that blinds us! Apple developers are morons…

 

[tweaknmod]

Apple developers are morons…

I‘m gonna have to disagree with you there.

 

[0128672]

I agree it would be nice to have more night views in screensavers. It would also be nice to select which ones we specifically want to see, and when. But Apple won’t give us what we want, instead we get stuck with whatever nonsense they throw our way. The screensavers have been a big disappointment. I personally like the nighttime cityscape flyovers, but we only see them rarely, and they are often followed by a very bright one that blinds us! Apple developers are morons…

When one I don't care for is displayed, I just scroll past it. Not a big deal really. Also you know you can hide certain Aerial themes.

 

[oneMadRssn]

They're bright because they're HDR. Pretty much all TVs turn their brightness to max when displaying an HDR10/DV signal. I don't recall if there is a specific setting for screensavers, but I believe you'll be less affected by the brightness if you turn them to SDR.

 

[tweaknmod]

They're bright because they're HDR. Pretty much all TVs turn their brightness to max when displaying an HDR10/DV signal. I don't recall if there is a specific setting for screensavers, but I believe you'll be less affected by the brightness if you turn them to SDR.

What I’m referring to are the ones with bright content (daytime scenes, snow and ice, etc.), not the brightness of my TV.

I’d love to see an option to automatically display bright/daytime content during daylight hours, and darker/night content in the evenings.

 

[oneMadRssn]

What I’m referring to are the ones with bright content (daytime scenes, snow and ice, etc.), not the brightness of my TV.

I’d love to see an option to automatically display bright/daytime content during daylight hours, and darker/night content in the evenings.

That would be a cool feature, agreed.

But in general, HDR and max brightness is the antithesis of what a screensaver should be.

 

[w5jck]

They're bright because they're HDR. Pretty much all TVs turn their brightness to max when displaying an HDR10/DV signal. I don't recall if there is a specific setting for screensavers, but I believe you'll be less affected by the brightness if you turn them to SDR.

They are bright because they are daytime scenes shot for screensavers. I'm pretty sure we all now that HDR means brighter, but seriously, blaming HDR is a lame excuse for a pathetic screensaver app. Apple programmers don't seem to even use their own terrible apps, otherwise they would see how poorly written they are.