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Flying Toasters on your M-series Mac? Yep! They’re back!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mac aficionados of a certain age will remember After Dark\u2019s iconic Flying Toasters screensaver. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Screensavers were immensely popular in the 90\u2019s. They would often play a moving image after a period of inactivity to protect CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) monitors from burn-in. (Burn-in would occur when a static image was left on the screen over a long period of time. The continuously illuminated pixels would cause permanent damage.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With modern displays, screen burn-in is much less of an issue. I use screensavers on my Macs primarily as a security measure, to guard against prying eyes while I\u2019m away from my Mac. I also like screensavers because, well\u2026 they\u2019re darn fun to look at!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve had screensavers running on just about every computer I\u2019ve ever used. And my absolute favorite of the bunch was After Dark\u2019s \u201cFlying Toasters\u201d. It was the de facto install on every Mac I owned during that era. When Apple switched to Mac OS X in the early 2000’s, my beloved flying toaster screensaver no longer worked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Berkeley Systems, the makers of After Dark, has been defunct for well over twenty five years, a dedicated Mac fan by the name of Greg Gant has seemingly resurrected and recommissioned the toaster fleet for modern Apple Silicon and X86 Macs. And best of all, it\u2019s free<\/em>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Ode to the Flying Toaster” includes options to set the number of toasters, the flapping speed, cloud count, and more.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dubbed \u201cOde to the Flying Toaster\u201d<\/a>, Gant\u2019s labor of love includes the ability to customize the number of toasters, toasts, speed and flapping speed. \u201cOde\u201d uses the original animated sprites for the toasters, but kicks it up a notch. Additional modes include \u201c3D\u201d and \u201cCloud\u201d. The first creates more spatial depth for your toaster squadron, while the latter adds some randomly generated atmospheric clouds for your toasters to fly through. There\u2019s even a \u201cenable stunt maneuvers\u201d option, but I have yet to bear witness to my pixelated toasters performing any such feats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOde\u201d works on macOS 11 Big Sur and above. Installation of \u201cOde\u201d is simple and straight forward, thanks to the provided step-by-step directions<\/a>. (I recommend rebooting your Mac after installing it, as it was the only way I could see \u201cOde\u201d\u2019s Options button.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gant didn\u2019t forget vintage Mac folks. Users of legacy PowerMacs running 10.4 and 10.5 can finally enjoy Flying Toasters on their vintage Macs. Version 0.2 offers OpenGL 2.0 acceleration for Macs that support it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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