tvOS 26 Brings New Aerial Screen Saver Controls, India Footage

[dredlew]

Largely seems to copy Apple’s feature adding more scenes. Will take a look. Mostly want more Apple TV aerials though since those are the ones I’m usually looking at. Whereas at my Mac I’m working.

What now? aerialscreensavers offered extensive customization from the get go, years ago. Apple is now, finally, copying a fraction of the functionality of AS. Not that I’m condoning blatant copying, but as you may notice AS is not available on the AppleTV AppStore. Not because AS wouldn’t want to offer it there, but pretty sure because Apple blocked it. So a mediocre copy is all we get on AppleTV.

 

[Mac Fly (film)]

What now? aerialscreensavers offered extensive customization from the get go, years ago. Apple is now, finally, copying a fraction of the functionality of AS. Not that I’m condoning blatant copying, but as you may notice AS is not available on the AppleTV AppStore. Not because AS wouldn’t want to offer it there, but pretty sure because Apple blocked it. So a mediocre copy is all we get on AppleTV.

Apple TV Aerial screensaver was introduced on September 9, 2015. About eight weeks later, in late October, the open-source macOS app, copying it inspired by it and offering added customization, was released. While the app no doubt has a nice feature set, it made my fans spin up, so, binny bin. The app is ten years old, it must memory leaks that are causing my fans to zip-a-dee-doo-dah, fast M-chips may be able to mask the bloat.

 

[153957]

Is this all of Apple's aerial screensavers + their own added?

Indeed, but you can also add your own local directories, which is how I use it, using movies I made as my screensaver.

 

[artifex]

Has anyone looked for hints of new Apple TV models in the code, yet?

 

[Edd70]

I bet the photos of India are either the beautiful landscapes or the wealthy neighborhoods. They wouldn't make screensavers which represent the truth — such as the high incidences of public defecation.

Indeed, I won’t hold my breath for public defecation screensavers on Apple TV.

Pretty meager additions to the screensaver lineup, although pretty. I’d like to see more cities, they haven’t added a new one in…5 years? There are so many options, Chicago, Paris, Tokyo.