Page loads are slower compared with OS X browsers. Mac OS 9.2.2 is the last Mac OS to use the original source code (OS X is similar to the NeXTstep operating system) 'After Dark' screen savers are not officially supported on 9.2.2 but an application has been released to use most of the After Dark screen savers.
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- After one minute of inactivity, After Dark will kick in. This emulated Internet Archive item contains version 2.0 of After Dark, the software that kicked off the screensaver craze of the 1990s. Additionally, the expansions 'More After Dark' and 'After Dark - Art of Darkness' have been added to the install.
- After Darkā¢ is the best-selling screen saver that has delighted Macintosh users worldwide since 1989, best know for the famous Flying Toasters. 'After Dark X + Fish' adds the popular 'Fish', 'Mowing Man' and 'Mandelbrot' modules to the existing 'Space Toasters', 'Starry Night' and other user favorites.
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I used to own AD and was particularly fond of the 'Stained Glass' screen saver (what a coincidence). Is this still available? Os x moom for windows.
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A few comments on my own hint:
First, of course, it helps to run System Preferences - Classic and set Classic to start on login; it's OK to set Classic so it sleeps after a period of inactivity.
Second, the path in the sample script in my hint should of course be modified to represent the filepath in your own setup. I happen to have the 'Stained Glass' module in 'Applications (OS 9):AD Launcher' but you will probably have a different module and will store it somewhere else.
Third, fortunately, I still have my original copies of the AD modules. But the old ones can be found with a little searching. I don't pretend to know the legalities of this, but the moral and ethical situation seems fairly clear: it seems to me that if you once had a license for After Dark, and never gave the software to anyone else, then your license still applies (morally and ethically) to copies of the modules that you install from some source other than your own diskettes. YMMV (your morality may vary), of coursre.
First, of course, it helps to run System Preferences - Classic and set Classic to start on login; it's OK to set Classic so it sleeps after a period of inactivity.
Second, the path in the sample script in my hint should of course be modified to represent the filepath in your own setup. I happen to have the 'Stained Glass' module in 'Applications (OS 9):AD Launcher' but you will probably have a different module and will store it somewhere else.
Third, fortunately, I still have my original copies of the AD modules. But the old ones can be found with a little searching. I don't pretend to know the legalities of this, but the moral and ethical situation seems fairly clear: it seems to me that if you once had a license for After Dark, and never gave the software to anyone else, then your license still applies (morally and ethically) to copies of the modules that you install from some source other than your own diskettes. YMMV (your morality may vary), of coursre.
Use some AfterDark screensavers in OS X - additional details
Well, I'm on a new PB-G4 OS/X (v10.3.8). My problem is that AfterDark 3.0 crashes my Classdic Startup so, I'm fiorced to use AfterDark 2.0v. How can I use version 3.0 so that i can select my Star Trek (TOS, TNG) screen saver module?
The Star Trek Screen Posters modules work. How can I get mt AfterDark 3.0 modules to work? https://keentraders921.weebly.com/typing-software-for-mac-os-x.html.
Just figured I'd add this comment if you're specifically wondering about the great old game (perversely included as an After Dark screensaver) Lunatic Fringe. There is an app called Fringe Player 2 that will actually take your old Lunatic Fringe module (hard, but not impossible, to find on the Internet, admittedly) and let you play it.. on modern intel (or ppc) macs running 10.5!The Star Trek Screen Posters modules work. How can I get mt AfterDark 3.0 modules to work? https://keentraders921.weebly.com/typing-software-for-mac-os-x.html.
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Cool, but do you need to the Platypus step? Surely saving the AppleScript as an 'Application Bundle' makes it a GUI-clickable application bundle?
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One of my favorite features with Afterdark was that when the OS put up an alert box, the alert text would scroll across the bottom of the screen while the saver was still running.
Does this hint allow this functionality?
If not, does anyone know of a way to do this?
I'd love to be able to tell at a glance again when I've got mail or a download has finished..
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Does this hint allow this functionality?
If not, does anyone know of a way to do this?
I'd love to be able to tell at a glance again when I've got mail or a download has finished..
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After Dark Screensaver Mac Os X
A complete solution to using AfterDark screensavers
About the Platypus bundle: different versions of this AppStartSaver work in different ways. Ntfs driver for mac mojave. The version I tested did not launch AppleScript applications (it popped up a message instead); maybe the current version does work with them, but I don't think so.
I know it's logical to assume that the Saver could launch AppleScripts and Classic apps, but it can't - although the developer says he's going to work on it for the future. Until it can launch AppleScripts and Classic apps, the Platypus bundle makes things work.
I know it's logical to assume that the Saver could launch AppleScripts and Classic apps, but it can't - although the developer says he's going to work on it for the future. Until it can launch AppleScripts and Classic apps, the Platypus bundle makes things work.
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The latest version (1.5) will do these things. It can now run compiled Applescripts directly, so the Platypus step can be skipped.
(The problem was that the Applescript editor compiles scripts into Carbon applications, not OS X Native applications. so the Carbon/Classic support was necessary before this would work.)
As for whether AD's ability to intercept alerts & put them in banners will work, I don't know but I doubt it. (Maybe for classic applications.) OS X alerts are produced by a framework AD wouldn't know about.
Regards
Richard
(The problem was that the Applescript editor compiles scripts into Carbon applications, not OS X Native applications. so the Carbon/Classic support was necessary before this would work.)
As for whether AD's ability to intercept alerts & put them in banners will work, I don't know but I doubt it. (Maybe for classic applications.) OS X alerts are produced by a framework AD wouldn't know about.
Regards
Richard
A complete solution to using AfterDark screensavers
Well, I'm on a new PB-G4 OS/X (v10.3.8). My problem is that AfterDark 3.0 crashes my Classdic Startup so, I'm fiorced to use AfterDark 2.0v. How can I use version 3.0 so that i can select my Star Trek (TOS, TNG) screen saver modules?
The Star Trek Screen Posters modules work. How can I get mt AfterDark 3.0 modules to work?
The Star Trek Screen Posters modules work. How can I get mt AfterDark 3.0 modules to work?