Aerial
Apple TV's aerial screensaver videos, brought to your Mac as a screensaver.
- Stars
- 21.2k
- Forks
- 1k
- Licence
- MIT
- Language
- Swift
- Last update
- 6 months ago
- Type
- App
What it is
Aerial is a macOS screensaver that plays the scenic aerial videos Apple uses on its Apple TV screensaver. It is written in Swift and distributed as a downloadable screensaver bundle. People use it to make their idle Mac screen look like the Apple TV screensaver.
- Play Apple's aerial videos as your Mac screensaver
- Show scenic video while your Mac is idle or locked
- Replace the default macOS screensaver with an Apple TV-style one
Great for
- Mac users who like the Apple TV aerial screensaver look
- People who want a visually pleasing screen when their Mac is idle
- Users who want a free, open-source alternative to the built-in screensaver options
Not ideal for
- People who need a screensaver that shows their own photos only, since this project is built around Apple's aerial videos
- Users on non-macOS systems, since it is a Mac screensaver
- People who are unsure about downloading third-party screensaver bundles, since the README was not reviewed in detail here
How to get it
- 1
Download the app
Download the screensaver bundle from the latest release
Aerial.saver.zip - 2
Run it
- Download Aerial.saver.zip from the latest release (v3.6.3)
- Unzip the file and open the Aerial.saver bundle to install it
- Open System Settings and choose Aerial as your screensaver
- 3
Get the most out of it
- Check the project's README for available screensaver settings
- Use the latest release for the most recent updates
Downloads
Strengths
- Open source under the MIT license
- Widely starred and actively pushed on GitHub
- Installs as a standard macOS screensaver bundle
Trade-offs
- The README supplied for this entry was truncated, so specific settings and requirements could not be confirmed
- Depends on Apple's aerial video content, so availability may change with Apple's choices
- Not available on other operating systems
Stats synced from GitHub. The assessment above was drafted with AI from the project's README on 2026-10-29 and may miss recent changes — check the README before relying on a command. MIT licence: free to use, modify and distribute, including commercially, as long as you keep the copyright notice.