10/10/2019 Google Screensaver And Quotes For Mac
Those who use Apple’s desktop computers will have the opportunity to download the new Featured Photos Screensaver for Mac, which grabs high resolution photos selected from the Google+ community. How about Google’s own screen saver that ships on Chromecast, Fiber and Pixel devices? Your wish is Google’s command: yesterday, the search giant released the stunning Featured Photos screen saver for macOS. As its name suggests, the app adorns your Mac’s.
I like to use images of various quotes as my screensaver, but the default 3-second duration for each slide isn't enough for several of the quotes. After discovering that Apple, amazingly, no longer provides a built-in way to alter the duration of each slide, I set out to figure out how to change it to suit my preference. It works, but it's a bit of a pain, so if anyone knows of an easier method, please contribute.
I found the method on from CNET, the author of which apparently found it. In 10.8, no matter how I tried altering the permissions of the relevant file and folder in the Finder or 'unlocking' the file (as XCode refers to it), I could not get XCode (or TextWrangler) to write to the file, so I had to alter the CNET instructions a bit. (Side rant: I feel justified in refusing to resort to the terminal for a simple permissions change, a capability that has supposedly existed in the Finder for 9 major iterations of OS X.) Do the following:. Navigate to this folder in the Finder and find the file called 'EffectDescriptions.plist': /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Slideshows.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Content/. Option-drag the file to create a duplicate copy and rename it 'EffectDescriptions.original.plist' (just in case). Authenticate when asked.
Drag 'EffectDescriptions.plist' to the desktop (it will copy). Open the desktop copy in XCode, TextWrangler, or your preferred text editor.
Hit Command-F to search for the entry called 'JustASlide' (this works in XCode and TextWrangler). Find the sub-entry called 'mainDuration.' Change its numerical value from 3 to whatever value you prefer (in seconds). Save the file, close it, and drag it back into the folder you copied it from. It will ask you to authenticate, and then whether to replace the file. (You did do step 2, right?).
In Terminal, type: sudo chown root /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Slideshows.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Content/EffectDescriptions.plistThis will set the permissions of the file as they were before. Go to System Preferences and confirm with a slideshow preview that your change was effective. As I said earlier, this is an ugly way to accomplish what should be a very simple preference setting, so if anyone knows of a more elegant solution, please share.
I toyed with the idea of having a separate screensaver file in my own Library folder, but I wasn't able to determine whether that would work. Given that we're altering this setting in a private framework, it seems to me that it wouldn't. In my testing this technique left terrible visual anomalies in the screensaver display. Even so, here's a quicker way to make the change, in this case from 3 to 1: sudo plutil -convert xml1 '/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Slideshows.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Content/EffectDescriptions.plist'sudo sed -i '.bak' '/MainDuration/N; s/3/1/;' '/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Slideshows.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Content/EffectDescriptions.plist'sudo plutil -convert binary1 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Slideshows.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Content/EffectDescriptions.plist.
Heavy use of your desktop or laptop can result in fatigue and can leave you unmotivated. Everything appears to be dull and gloomy. The only thing that can lift your spirits in such an instance are inspirational wallpapers.
Wallpapers having inspirational quotes are liked by many individuals as they can instill self-confidence to face the challenges of life. The pictures of some wallpapers make a lot of sense and can add more value to your life. Below is a list of the top inspirational backgrounds which you’ll always treasure.
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