Get a Space Vortex Screen Saver from Time Machine Animation in Mac OS X
Jan 20, 2014 - 5 Comments
Do you remember the original Time Machine backup animation of the slowly spinning green galaxy vortex? Triggered when a user entered Time Machine for backups, backup file management, or restoring files, the original animation was a snazzy space rendering that sort of looked like entering into a spinning black hole, shooting out stars and space dust, like the screenshot shown here.
Well, you can have that awesome space vortex as your screen saver on a Mac!
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By Paul Horowitz - Customize, Mac OS - 5 Comments
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