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Aerial for Mac

Mac screen saver based on the new Apple TV screen saver.

Free
In English
4.7
Based on 33 user rates

Aerial overview

Aerial is a Mac screen saver based on the new Apple TV screen saver that displays the aerial movies Apple shot over New York, San Francisco, Hawaii, China, etc.

Aerial is completely open source, so feel free to contribute to its development!

Features:
  • Auto Load Latest Aerials: Aerials are loaded directly from Apple, so you're never out of date.
  • Play Different Aerial On Each Display: If you've got multiple monitors, this setting loads a different aerial for each of your displays.
  • Favorites: You can choose to only have certain aerials play.
  • Preview: Clicking on an aerial in the screen saver options previews that aerial for you.

What’s new in version 3.3.8

What's new:
  • Move weather API to https. This may fix issues with weather that some were experiencing
  • Add extra checks for filesize in case you have corrupted videos (from failed downloads) in your cache. This may fix black screen issues where you only see the overlays.
Please note:
  • Because of new restrictions in macOS Sonoma, some features (location, shell integration, etc) now require AerialCompanion to run in your menu bar in order to work.
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Aerial for Mac

Free
In English
Version 3.3.8
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1.0
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1.0
Reliability
1.0
Customer support
1.0

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4.7

(38 Reviews of Aerial)

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bfbeaulieu
bfbeaulieu
Jul 16 2023
3.2.6
0.0
Jul 16 2023
0.0
Version: 3.2.6
I think my wife and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Arial app! Thank you so much!!
twiggins
twiggins
Mar 1 2022
3.0.6
0.0
Mar 1 2022
0.0
Version: 3.0.6
Beware. I recently updated to Monterrey. I had been using Aerial. But this "aerial companion" does not work! It does put an app in the applications folder, but nothing happens if you click on it. It does not show up in the screensavers in control panel. The most frustrating is that you cannot delete it! Force delete does not show it. Manual delete says it is "running" and there is no way to stop it. Restart does not help. Beware "aerial companion."
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Feb 7 2022
3.0.4
5.0
Feb 7 2022
5.0
Version: 3.0.4
NOTE: v.3.0.5 IS working with macOS 10.14.x. From what I can tell, v.3.0.4 had bugs and is now no longer being installed by Aerial Companion. v.3.0.5 is now the default. [I'd delete my previous 'warning', but we are no longer allowed to pull old comments.]
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Feb 7 2022
3.0.4
5.0
Feb 7 2022
5.0
Version: 3.0.4
WARNING: v.3.0.4 does NOT run on macOS 10.14.x. Attempting to use it will black out Screen Saver System Preferences. Quitting and restarting System Preferences won't help. Stick with an older version on macOS 10.14.
RavenNevermore
RavenNevermore
Apr 25 2021
2.3.0
5.0
Apr 25 2021
5.0
Version: 2.3.0
This is a fun screen saver. Works great on my late 2015 21.5" 4K iMac running macOS 11.2.3.
Dolphinboy2u
Dolphinboy2u
May 16 2023
3.2.5
5.0
May 16 2023
5.0
Version: 3.2.5
lvduoyouxiang
lvduoyouxiang
Dec 16 2022
3.2.1
5.0
Dec 16 2022
5.0
Version: 3.2.1
Rick6
Rick6
Oct 26 2022
3.2.0
5.0
Oct 26 2022
5.0
Version: 3.2.0
ganomia
ganomia
Jan 21 2022
3.0.1
5.0
Jan 21 2022
5.0
Version: 3.0.1
iAziz
iAziz
Sep 6 2021
2.3.3
5.0
Sep 6 2021
5.0
Version: 2.3.3
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Dec 14 2020
5.0
Dec 14 2020
5.0
Version: null
Rob-h
Rob-h
Nov 14 2020
3.0
Nov 14 2020
3.0
Version: null
timmicki14
timmicki14
Oct 26 2020
5.0
Oct 26 2020
5.0
Version: null
piquadratpi2
piquadratpi2
Sep 25 2020
3.0
Sep 25 2020
3.0
Version: null
RogerKatz
RogerKatz
Sep 24 2020
5.0
Sep 24 2020
5.0
Version: null
bob-22
bob-22
Sep 20 2020
5.0
Sep 20 2020
5.0
Version: null
Pmanatee
Pmanatee
Sep 1 2020
5.0
Sep 1 2020
5.0
Version: null
ahuguely-1
ahuguely-1
Aug 30 2020
5.0
Aug 30 2020
5.0
Version: null
Fishboy
Fishboy
Aug 20 2020
5.0
Aug 20 2020
5.0
Version: null
Pross42
Pross42
Jun 28 2020
5.0
Jun 28 2020
5.0
Version: null
Ok14me21
Ok14me21
Jun 5 2020
5.0
Jun 5 2020
5.0
Version: null
Thaiwest
Thaiwest
May 26 2020
5.0
May 26 2020
5.0
Version: null
Gazman
Gazman
May 26 2020
5.0
May 26 2020
5.0
Version: null
hurunzhe97
hurunzhe97
May 7 2020
5.0
May 7 2020
5.0
Version: null
Earlejones
Earlejones
May 5 2020
5.0
May 5 2020
5.0
Version: null
MacParc
MacParc
Feb 19 2020
5.0
Feb 19 2020
5.0
Version: null
Johnnyr
Johnnyr
Jun 12 2019
4.0
Jun 12 2019
4.0
Version: null
Localboy56
Localboy56
Jun 2 2019
5.0
Jun 2 2019
5.0
Version: null
Aw21
Aw21
Nov 6 2018
5.0
Nov 6 2018
5.0
Version: null
Dominikhoffmann
Dominikhoffmann
Oct 30 2018
5.0
Oct 30 2018
5.0
Version: null
Edelheid
Edelheid
Oct 17 2018
4.5
Oct 17 2018
4.5
Version: null
franticfreddie
franticfreddie
Oct 15 2018
4.5
Oct 15 2018
4.5
Version: null
Steven-Goodheart
Steven-Goodheart
Aug 1 2018
5.0
Aug 1 2018
5.0
Version: null
diufsfiskjdfhksjf_1
diufsfiskjdfhksjf_1
Feb 9 2017
5.0
Feb 9 2017
5.0
Version: null
broox-M
broox-M
Jan 4 2017
4.5
Jan 4 2017
4.5
Version: null
ManfredA
ManfredA
Dec 29 2016
5.0
Dec 29 2016
5.0
Version: null
mosbiq
mosbiq
Dec 29 2016
0.5
Dec 29 2016
0.5
Version: null
RavenNevermore
RavenNevermore
Jan 11 2030
2.3.0
5.0
Jan 11 2030
5.0
Version: 2.3.0