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Michaël Fortin
Illuminated Clock Screensaver is a perfect complement to your slick Mac.
The ambient lighting in this screensaver changes as time passes: at night, the environment becomes darker and the illuminated dials stand out to make for a very nice green glow. The screen saver has many options to fine-tune the clock's behavior. The clockface design is based on Traser's H3 illuminated Swiss watches (which rock).
The ambient lighting in this screensaver changes as time passes: at night, the environment becomes darker and the illuminated dials stand out to make for a very nice green glow. The screen saver has many options to fine-tune the clock's behavior. The clockface design is based on Traser's H3 illuminated Swiss watches (which rock).
What's New
Version 1.4:
- Fixed the screen saver to work under Snow Leopard.
Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
Illuminated Clock... User Discussion (Write a Review)
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| Downloads:10,702 |
| Version Downloads:8,278 |
| Type:Utilities : Screen Savers |
| License:Free |
| Date:06 Sep 2009 |
| Platform:Intel 32 / OS X |
| Price:Free |
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Illuminated Clock Screensaver is a perfect complement to your slick Mac.
The ambient lighting in this screensaver changes as time passes: at night, the environment becomes darker and the illuminated dials stand out to make for a very nice green glow. The screen saver has many options to fine-tune the clock's behavior. The clockface design is based on Traser's H3 illuminated Swiss watches (which rock).
The ambient lighting in this screensaver changes as time passes: at night, the environment becomes darker and the illuminated dials stand out to make for a very nice green glow. The screen saver has many options to fine-tune the clock's behavior. The clockface design is based on Traser's H3 illuminated Swiss watches (which rock).
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I would like an option to turn off the 24-hour markers to make it look like the Traser P5904 (which I'm planning to buy soon).
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There's nothing there to flag - it was a positive comment with a feature suggestion.
Get a life!
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The "Decoration dimming" option is nice, however I'm not sure I understand the purpose of the "Background dimming" option. Why would I want to fade from a deep black background to a washed-out black background?
Wouldn't it be better to keep a deep, rich black background as the default?
And mysteriously, the background color option is linked to the Type color.
Perhaps these features serve a purpose on laptops, but I'm not sure what that would be.
At any rate, thank you for supplying the Mac community with this excellent, FREE screensaver.
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lexicon5 reviewed on 06 Sep 2009
Otherwise....kinda cool..
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As long as you don't set your screen to stay ON all the time and make it close a while after the screen saver starts there should be absolutely no problem (that would be a good idea to prevent wasting electricity, too). I've been using my screen saver for about 6 months now and it stays on the screen about 1h after I stop using my MacBook (so about 2-3 hrs total each day) and there is no sign of image persistence. I wouldn't consider this a problem at all, but if that's something many people are concerned with I could eventually add a feature to make the clock bounce around to prevent this.
Anyway thanks for the feedback!
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I really would like to use this instead of ClockSaver, but transparency and big clock circle are good positive points of ClockSaver, which are missing in Clock Screensaver.
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Wile-E. reviewed on 24 Aug 2009
I don't appreciate being directed to any web site that way and think the Dev should have been upfront about that "feature". I have searched the read me's and the web site but find no reference that deactivating the saver will launch Safari and take you to a site without user knowledge or approval.
Excluding this faux pas I like it and give credit for a nicely compiled saver. I chose to edit the copy I have to eliminate taking me to your site.
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Actually I was able to reproduce this on my computer, but only when the option to require passwords after the computer enters the screen saver is deactivated. I usually lock my computer when the screen saver activates so I didn't see this.
Ideally it would have been nice to contact me about this instead of posting a slightly negative review assuming things about the screensaver.
Anyway the next version which I'm working on right now will not have this redirection. Thanks for your time!
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Part of what you said was "Ideally it would have been nice to contact me about this instead of posting a slightly negative review assuming things about the screensaver."
I see no where to actually do that but did look. I read the read me and license with the saver, looked on your web site, and also clicked on your name in the Reviews and comments at MacUpdate but got told you don't exist.
As far as my assuming things about the saver it seems to me that in Quartz composer when you select a new ScreenSaver project the Web Page URL is optional and would require user input to link it within the project as well as provide a URL. If I am misunderstanding how this typically works then my apologies.
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And you are right when creating a QC screen saver project it requires manually adding the url in the patch, but I had no idea it would cause a redirect when pressing the space bar. I'm not a veteran of Quartz Composer you know.
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AlienDude reviewed on 23 Aug 2009
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thus.spake.z reviewed on 23 Aug 2009
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There's no apparent method to adjust the time setting in the screensaver's options, just "decoration dimming" and "background dimming"; changing the numbers there does not alter the set time.
Perhaps I'm missing something?
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The GMT setting works but the value you must enter does not match with the real GMT offset for your area. It's messed up because I made the GMT fix real quick last night for it to work else for most people it would have been useless. I will make the GMT values fit in the next version as well as make some new parameters available in the screen saver options.
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I encountered the problem you said, but that is beyond my control; the screensaver options panel is automatically generated by Quartz Composer, so it seems like an issue with the way System Preferences store its Quartz screen savers' parameters. I had success with entering a value multiple times though, it was saved after a few tries.
I hope it'll work for you.
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Your setting will be remembered.
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I managed to get a GMT setting of 7 but screensaver clock then read an hour earlier than my correct time.
I tried to spin the dial to 8 but can't reach that number....I can only get to 7.4-7.6. and then the numbers start going retrograde.
I think that it might make more sense if one could set one's current time a la 10:30 am or pm for example.
Anyway, the dial technique is just not working for me.
At least if when typing in the correct GMT the number would stay stable and then reflect my correct time on the clock.
Maybe more work is needed to get the clock screensaver to work properly?
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The thing is I have no control over the way the options are presented in the screen saver options panel. This is the only way Quartz compositions enables numerical values to be set by the user.
"I managed to get a GMT setting of 7 but screensaver clock then read an hour earlier than my correct time."
You should set the Daylight Saving Time value to -1 or 1 to correct the hour. This is the equivalent of adding or substracting an hour in your clocks on daylight saving time.
You must spin the dial controller in a circular motion to change the value. On my computer there is no problem setting a value greater than 8 (there doesn't seem to be a limit either on the positive or negative side).
If that does not work, typing a value and pressing enter while the cursor is still in the text box does it for me.
"Maybe more work is needed to get the clock screensaver to work properly?"
I'm doing my best, but like I said I can't change how Quartz screen savers' preferences work.
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I've no doubt that Michaël, the developer, is trying the best that he can, and am not questioning his competency. Programming the clock software to easily configure accurately must be a difficult problem and I do wish him success.
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In the GMT Hours tab I typed in -8, then in Daylight Savings Time I spun the dial (which was at 0) to 1, without typing in either a - or +.
Hopefully, the clock readout will remain accurate.
Earlier, when spinning any of the dials, the corresponding numbers would not reach my intended setting, either falling short or going long.
It's too soon to say "all's well now".....I'll just have to wait and see.
My OS is Leopard 10.5.8.
BTW, are Michaël Fortin and Simon Carpentier(whose website I'm taken to when clicking on your name one and the same people? Can you be reached...for Clock Screensaver support and feedback, at Simon's contact email address?
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I don't know how you were sent to his webpage, because the only link there is to his page is in the sidebar of my homepage (www.irradiated.net). This is a list of my friends' websites and they have nothing to do with my software.
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I've used the screensaver myself for quite a while and there has been no problem with its accuracy. Just make sure to adjust the Daylight Saving Time parameter when the time comes. I'll most probably make this automatic in the next version so people do not have to worry about daylight saving time at all. I am aware that this is a little bit cryptic, but I will take care of this soon.
If you have any more problems, you can contact me directly through my e-mail address and we can work on correcting the issue.
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But I now know that your contact address is found on your web site (Irradiated.net) by clicking on the little envelope icon at the top of the page. So if have some questions or feedback I'll be in touch.
Bon chance to you!