Put the screensaver «hello» of the new iMac on any Mac with M1

Manuel Alonso

2 minutes

Put the screen saver of the Mac M1 in yours

The new M1 iMacs will ship with a new screen protector in macOS 11.3, titled hello. A not-so-subtle homage to the original Macintosh and the original iMac. The new screen saver is available in macOS 11.3 Release Candidate, but it can run on any Mac with a bit of precision. We leave you the way to carry out this operation because it is not as if you put a screen background. We are talking about a screen saver.

To use the new Hello screen saver, first you must be running macOS 11.3 Release Candidate. From there, it's just a matter of visiting the following location in Finder: / System / Library / Screensaver / and copying the hello screensaver to your desktop. Rename hello.saver to hellocopy.saver and then double-click it to install.

You will be asked to verify the installation with your administrator password. Once verified, the screen saver will be installed and available in System Preferences → Desktop & Screen Saver → Screen Saver. Please note that the hello screen protector requires macOS 11.3So if you try to install it on an older version of macOS, you will run into an error stating that that particular version is required.

Select the Hello screensaver and click preview to see a preview in action. What's really cool is that the screensaver features various configurable options to adjust the aspect.

Screen protector includes three different options:

  1. Theme: three different themes. Soft tones, Spectrum and minimal. The colors consist of colors similar to what you'll see on the new iMac, including orange, blue, yellow, and pink.
  2. Languages: By default, the screensaver is displayed in multiple languages, such as Japanese, Croatian, and Spanish, but users have the option to uncheck Show "hello" in all languages ​​so that the screensaver is only displayed in English. 
  3. System appearance: If you want the Hello screen saver to match the system appearance in terms of light or dark mode, just leave the matching system appearance option enabled. Doing so will cause darker versions of the screen saver to appear when dark mode is enabled on your Mac

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