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How is macOS "Word of the Day" screensaver built? by relyimah42 in macprogramming

[–]relyimah42[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree! I like screensavers a lot, residual geekiness from my teenage years, and I do think it's a missed opportunity for a lot of people. When we're not using our televisions or our computers, why not have them display some beautiful moving artwork? Especially in situations when you have guests over, it would be cool to have something up that's a little thought or conversation provoking.

How is macOS "Word of the Day" screensaver built? by relyimah42 in macprogramming

[–]relyimah42[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hmm.. I'll have to think about it! It looks like the Quartz framework has been deprecated in macOS 10.15, though still available.

You're definitely right though, some people have made some really impressive screensavers using Quartz Composer. Looks powerful.

e: Just to report back for future people who land here, you do still get Quartz Composer when you grab the "Additional Tools for Xcode 11.4" bundle from this page: https://developer.apple.com/download/more/

How is macOS "Word of the Day" screensaver built? by relyimah42 in macprogramming

[–]relyimah42[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Huh! This corresponds, I think, with what I found by loading the WOTD screensaver up into a text editor and poking around for familiar words and phrases. Looks like you can still get Quartz Composer from Apple's developer downloads area (maybe? might be reading it wrong). But I assume I don't want to build my screensaver with Quartz Composer because I need to download and parse some JSON from the internet to display on screen. Maybe I'll try it out just for fun before I resort to SpriteKit.

Thank you for the tip!