macOS Tahoe Adds These 15 New Screen Savers to Your Mac

macOS Tahoe includes 15 new aerial screen savers for the Mac, each panning over natural landscapes around the world.

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The new screen saver options were highlighted by Dylan McDonald, and we have provided still previews of all of them below.

The new screen savers can also be set as wallpapers.

To browse through all screen savers on macOS Tahoe, open the System Settings app, click Wallpaper, and click the "Screen Saver…" button.

How to Install macOS Tahoe Beta

macOS Tahoe will likely be released in September, but anyone can sign up to try the public beta now for free via beta.apple.com.

New Screen Savers

Tahoe Day (Lake Tahoe, California) ↓

Tahoe Day Large

Tahoe Evening (Lake Tahoe, California) ↓

Tahoe Evening Large

Tahoe Morning (Lake Tahoe, California) ↓

Tahoe Morning Large

Tahoe Night (Lake Tahoe, California) ↓

Tahoe Night Large

Himalayan Peaks (Himalayas) ↓

Himalayan Peaks Large

Himalayas Day (Himalayas) ↓

Himalayas Day Large

Through Himalayas (Himalayas) ↓

Through Himalayas Large

Goa Beaches (Goa, India) ↓

Goa Beaches Large

Goa Coast (Goa, India) ↓

Goa Coast Large

Reservoir Day (Kerala, India) ↓

Reservoir Day Large

Tea Gardens Day (Kerala, India) ↓

Tea Gardens Day Large

Tea Gardens Mist (Kerala, India) ↓

Tea Gardens Mist Large

Tea Gardens from Above (Kerala, India) ↓

Tea Gardens from Above Large

Ghansali from Above (Uttarakhand, India) ↓

Ghansali from Above Large

The Ganges (Uttarakhand, India) ↓

The Ganges Large

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Mac Fly (film) Avatar
20 weeks ago
Update: I should mention these are dynamic wallpapers that will change throughout the day, not merely still ones. If you set them from the Screen Saver section in System Settings both wallpaper and screen saver will change to this, and will function very much like Apple's aerial screen savers, animating as screen saver, and slowing to a freeze-frame as you unlock to your desktop. If you set them from the Wallpaper section in System Settings they will change only the wallpaper and won't animate, but will dynamically adapt in darkness and brightness for your time of day. What had me confused was that they are used as the still marketing wallpaper image for each macOS release for six years—which to my eyes they shouldn't be as they feel outdated.

How does Apple have the best aerials in the business and the least creative default wallpapers.

Tahoe:


Sequoia:


Sonoma:


Ventura:


Monterey:


Big Sur:


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JohnC1959 Avatar
20 weeks ago

How does Apple have the best aerials in the business and the least creative default wallpapers.


I think their reasoning is that such a simple wallpaper makes transparent controls look better. The new liquid glass doesn't work well with 'busy' wallpaper.
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fullauto Avatar
20 weeks ago
These are beautiful. Video to still image on log-in is such a great effect. Awesome to have some new beach scenes.
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con2apple Avatar
20 weeks ago

How does Apple have the best aerials in the business and the least creative default wallpapers.††
Matter of taste.

Each one shows a special scene from the environment in a minimalist style. Playing with colors, shades even "light".

Personally, I think these wallpapers are much more creative than a video loop. The designers had to put a lot of thought into the wallpapers. The beauty of the screensavers has already been created by nature.

Here is a typical photo from Sequoia and what Apple has made of it.




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awshucks Avatar
20 weeks ago
I really like the tea gardens screensavers.
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turbineseaplane Avatar
20 weeks ago
Nice ... more screen savers is always a great thing in my book.
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