iCreate - UK (2021-07)

Unlock the Apple Mac’s

new retro screensaver

Say a huge “hello” to this striking blast from the past that

arrived with macOS 11. 3

W

hen Apple introduced the Macintosh

in 1984, the word “hello” was written

across the screen. With the release

of the M1-powered, 24-inch iMac, Apple has

revived the message in the form of a new

screensaver that draws the greeting in a cursive

font. It’s also available in different languages.

As you can imagine, it’s very cool, yet it’s

not immediately available. To enjoy the new

screensaver, you’re going to have to perform a

small number of actions – none of them tricky,

we’re happy to note. It certainly makes for a fun

homage while also being colourful and modern.

Here’s how to see this treat for yourself. The new ‘hello’ screensaver writes the word on your Mac’s display

Manage Apple’s new screensaver

You have a few options at your fingertips to make the retro screensaver work for you

Why does my Mac say the screensaver

is already installed?

If you try to import the screensaver, but your Mac says it is

already installed, chances are you won’t have renamed the

‘hello.saver’ file. Renaming this is a vital step in the process,

and it does not matter what you call the new file. It’s also

crucial that you have updated to your Mac to at least macOS

11.3. We found it worked on macOS 11 .4 without any issues.

Knowledge base

Choose a theme
Click ‘Screen Saver Options’,
and you will see settings specific
to ‘hello’. These include three
themes: Spectrum, which has bright
backgrounds and white text; Soft
Tones for pastel-likecolours,and
Minimal, which is more monochrome.

macOS

Developer

Apple Inc

Difficulty

Time

needed

05

Different
languages
By default, the ‘hello’
screensaver will cycle
through greetings in a
host of lingos, but if you
only want it to display
the Englishversion, then
untick this box.

Match system

appearance

If you enable Dark Mode on your

Mac, then you’ll likely want to the

screensaver to follow suit and darken

too. Do so by leaving this option ticked.

Decide on the timing

You can tell your Mac when the screen

saver should be displayed. This can be

set to as little as a minute or as much

as an hour. Screensavers can also be

shown with a clock and randomised.