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Run Mac's Flurry screensaver on your Windows PC
by Lee Mathews Dec 18th 2008 at 9:00AM
We've covered plenty of software that brings Mac OSX features to Windows systems, like stacks and expose. Suppose you'd like some Apple ambiance while your system is idling.
DeviantArt user Ausrif has created a Windows version of the stunning Flurry screensaver.
[correction] Thanks to readers who caught my oversight! The credit for this actually goes to Matt Ginzton of Maddog Software. [/correction]
To install it, extract the .scr file from the zipped archive, right click it, and choose install. You can then configure it from the display properties screen.
Five different flurries are available: classic, RGB, fire, water, and psychedelic. It also supports multiple monitor configirations and can display one massive flurry across both or a different one on each monitor. The visuals are fantastic, especially considering the download is only 54kb.
The .scr file scanned clean with ESET Smart Security v4 beta and on novirusthanks.com.
[correction] Thanks to readers who caught my oversight! The credit for this actually goes to Matt Ginzton of Maddog Software. [/correction]
To install it, extract the .scr file from the zipped archive, right click it, and choose install. You can then configure it from the display properties screen.
Five different flurries are available: classic, RGB, fire, water, and psychedelic. It also supports multiple monitor configirations and can display one massive flurry across both or a different one on each monitor. The visuals are fantastic, especially considering the download is only 54kb.
The .scr file scanned clean with ESET Smart Security v4 beta and on novirusthanks.com.
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Hamps said 10:07AM on 12-18-2008
well it didnt work on my acer one. and now... how do i remove it? did a search for .scr but it cant find the file...
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LordDaMan said 11:28AM on 12-18-2008
This was already ported back in 2003
http://www.maddogsw.com/flurry/
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Joey said 11:39AM on 12-18-2008
Anyone know where to find a Windows clone of the Mosaic pictures screensaver?
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BLOL said 2:06PM on 12-18-2008
This was originally a windows screensaver called seraphim before it was ported to Mac.
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Haplo said 2:37PM on 12-18-2008
And it's really ugly. If you want really slick screensavers go to
http://www.reallyslick.com/
Helios and Plasma are my faves.
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Eric said 6:06PM on 12-18-2008
I used to have this on my PC as part of the FlyAKiteOSX package.
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teamsandwich said 6:45PM on 12-18-2008
The original version is here: http://www.maddogsw.com/flurry/
Credit where credit is due, DS.
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kamron_1 said 3:41AM on 12-19-2008
Just for the record, flurry is what started as an open source screensaver by Calum Robinson. His website is here:
http://homepage.mac.com/calumr/flurry.html
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Robin said 4:26AM on 12-22-2008
It's not even that good a screensaver!
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