When I got my new computer, I lost one of my favourite programmes, an analogue clock screen saver. The old screen saver doesn’t work on intel-based Macs. So I decided to try my hand at making one, and I’m pleased with the first attempt. I used Quartz Composer, which comes free in the Xcode Tools software from Apple. I learned how to make a clock screensaver from this website, and learned how to make a clock face with Adobe Illustrator from this website. I made the hands myself in Illustrator. Finally, I can’t take credit for the wheels in the background of the clock; those come from here (though I suspect they got it from somewhere else). In tribute to my old clock, the swatches used for the back of the clock are taken from the old one.
You are of course welcome to use it yourself. It’s open-source, I just ask you credit me if you develop it further. Download it here. To use it as a screensaver, just unzip it and put it in "/Library/Screen Savers/". If you want to put it on your desktop rather than your screensaver, follow the steps above and then use quartz desktop.
And if you’re on a windows machine, you can see what you’re missing in this movie.
