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Aerial 4.0.0 is finally out 🍾 This took a long while, so a massive thanks to all the alpha testers who helped with their testing, bug reports and feedback !

If you are upgrading from the old Aerial Companion, close it in the menubar before install. After you download the app, move it to your /Applications or ~/Applications folder and launch it, it will offer to migrate your data and cleanup the old versions.

Auto updates are provided via Sparkle from now on.

What's new (very short recap) :

• Aerial is now distributed as an AppExtension for perfect compaibility with macOS Sonoma and Tahoe. No more black screens bugs or other annoyances that have plagued previous versions of all third party screensavers to date : Aerial uses the same (private) API that Apple uses nowadays for it's screensavers
• Wallpaper mode with auto-pause : by default plays 4K 240fps videos at a slower pace on desktop, pausing when your windows cover your screens to save gpu, and transitionning to/from screensaver.
• New My Videos feature for easy import of your own videos
• Live feed support : RTSP, http streaming and yt-dlp are supported (`yt-dlp support provided as a best effort)
• New visual overlay editor, just drag'n drop, with more options than ever before. Per screen, with the ability to now have separate overlays on desktop if you want
• Global hotkeys support to play/pause/prev/next
• New video library with a host of new features. Including ordered, fully customizable playlists
• And plenty more, check https://aerialscreensaver.github.io/ for more

Important :

• If things don't work, open the app settings and look at the checklist on top. You should get buttons to resolve issues if any.
• You can start fresh if you get stuck by deleting /Users/Shared/Aerial. It resets everything, including settings.

💡 Nearly ready now. Still don't be surprised of bugs 💡

What's new :

• Fix broken HDR playback.
• Fix POI implementation to load the correct info for macOS/tvOS
• Fix unable to filter by source for tvOS 26
• Fix thumbnail generation/fetch

Known issues/Various gotchas :

• Wallpaper Continuity can sometimes show the wrong wallpaper after sleep
• Wallpaper Continuity does not update (yet) all your Spaces if you use that macOS feature.
• Wallpaper Continuity does not work great with HDR. It likely wouldn't look great either, so this is unlikely to change.

After you download the app, move it to your /Applications or ~/Applications folder. Auto updates are provided via Sparkle.

Important :

• If things don't work, open settings and look at the checklist on top. You should get buttons to resolve issues if any (register/enable). Report issues about this on discord/github.
• You can start fresh if you get stuck by deleting /Users/Shared/Aerial. It resets everything, including settings.

💡 Still alpha version, install with caution. 💡

What's new :

• Fix overlays not respecting per screen configuration

Known issues/Various gotchas :

• Wallpaper Continuity can sometimes show the wrong wallpaper after sleep
• Wallpaper Continuity does not update (yet) all your Spaces if you use that macOS feature.

After you download the app, move it to your /Applications or ~/Applications folder. Auto updates are provided via Sparkle.

Important :

• If things don't work, open settings and look at the checklist on top. You should get buttons to resolve issues if any (register/enable). Report issues about this on discord/github.
• You can start fresh if you get stuck by deleting /Users/Shared/Aerial. It resets everything, including settings.

💡 Still alpha version, install with caution. 💡

What's new :

• Add tvOS 26 source
• Add optional md5 checking for downloads to avoid corrupted videos
• Add download resume support, handling for stale download URLs
• Many improvements to Video Library UI/functionality
• Add Expansions in Video Library
• Improve accessibility with toolips, voice over support and other changes
• Fix startup bug that changed video when you opened the popover for the first time
• Fix now playing section not showing the right videos when you have multiple screens
• Improved settings UI
• Better thumbnail generation, faster/less downloads required
• Bunch of fixes to Wallpaper Continuity feature
• Final (hopefully) fix for screen detection in the extension.
• Fix spanned mode not working in many situations in the extension
• Fix auto pause in desktop mode not correctly taking into account both screens to play/pause
• Add activity Log
• Bunch of various fixes

Known issues/Various gotchas :

• Wallpaper Continuity can sometimes show the wrong wallpaper after sleep
• Wallpaper Continuity does not update (yet) all your Spaces if you use that macOS feature.

After you download the app, move it to your /Applications or ~/Applications folder. Auto updates are provided via Sparkle.

Important :

• If things don't work, open settings and look at the checklist on top. You should get buttons to resolve issues if any (register/enable). Report issues about this on discord/github.
• You can start fresh if you get stuck by deleting /Users/Shared/Aerial. It resets everything, including settings.

💡 Still alpha versions, install accordingly. But it's getting close 💪 💡

What's new :

• Add Flash time separator option for clock overlay
• Fix continuity not working correctly with multiple monitors in extension
• Fix hot-plugging a monitor not restarting the correct playlist in desktop mode

Known issues/Various gotchas :

• Not sure ? 🤞 Maybe I broke your settings if you used a previous alpha ? Live feeds may have issues ?

After you download the app, move it to your /Applications or ~/Applications folder. Auto updates are provided via Sparkle.

Important :

• If things don't work, open settings and look at the checklist on top. You should get buttons to resolve issues if any (register/enable). Report issues about this on discord/github.
• You can start fresh if you get stuck by deleting /Users/Shared/Aerial. It resets everything, including settings.

💡 Still alpha versions, install accordingly. But it's getting close 💪 💡

What's new :

• Live feeds, finally. Aerial now handles three kind of live feeds that can be used for showing your local cameras if that's what you want, assuming they support some form of open streaming protocol (not all "cloud" cameras do, or you may need a 3rd party bridge for this). What is supported :
  • HLS/HTTP : This is natively supported by Aerial, and the best thing to use if available
  • RSTP : Second best, this however requires you have ffmpeg installed on your Mac.
  • yt-dlp streams : This requires yt-dlp, obviously. yt-dlp is provided as is, and is likely to often break
• Desktop mode <-> Screensaver continuity. It works as expected all the time ? I probably missed some cases but it's very close, you should see near seamless transitions from all modes, with speed ramp up/down if you use slow desktop playback. It's a cool effect !
• Add independent wind unit choice, and introduce m/s unit for it.
• Fix unlimited cache not being unlimited
• Bunch of other fixes

Known issues/Various gotchas :

• Not sure ? 🤞 Maybe I broke your settings if you used a previous alpha ? Live feeds may have issues ?

After you download the app, move it to your /Applications or ~/Applications folder. Auto updates are provided via Sparkle.

Important :

• If things don't work, open settings and look at the checklist on top. You should get buttons to resolve issues if any (register/enable). Report issues about this on discord/github.
• You can start fresh if you get stuck by deleting /Users/Shared/Aerial. It resets everything, including settings.

💡 Still alpha versions, install accordingly. But it's getting close 💪 💡

What's new :

• Add overlay rotation setting, you can have overlays rotate to alleviate burn-in if you are concerned by this.
• Add a tiny spinner when you have advanced screen detection on. If you don't have two monitors of the same size, you should disable this option in Displays (at the bottom). It's now off by default for new installs. I may change this in the future or make it optional.
• Fix nightshift not correctly triggering in the extension. It properly uses the cached values now
• Fix selection change not sticking on restarts (for good!)
• Fix selection change sometimes not triggering a download (it should download a video, if it has none, after a few seconds)
• Fix auto download quite not auto downloading
• Remove tons of dead code/cleanup of deprecated/moved settings. If you have issues, you may want to delete your /Users/Shared/Aerial folder and start fresh. It's an alpha, you were warned !
• Fix default settings not being quite right (default video format, cache size, advanced detection being forced on while it really should not)
• Fix fallback when you have no videos, there's a new message telling you what's wrong now. And a cool fallback !

Known issues/Various gotchas :

• Continuity between screensaver and desktop mode doesn't work as expected. This may be the last known issue until first proper beta 🤞

After you download the app, move it to your /Applications or ~/Applications folder. Auto updates are provided via Sparkle.

Important :

• If things don't work, open settings and look at the checklist on top. You should get buttons to resolve issues if any (register/enable). Report issues about this on discord/github.
• You can start fresh if you get stuck by deleting /Users/Shared/Aerial. It resets everything, including settings.

💡 Still alpha versions. Near feature complete, but bugs expected. 💡

What's new :

• Fix (hopefully) a crash related to Night Shift usage when opening the menu popover
• Improve performance when opening menu popover (First click still needs to be improved but subsequent ones are much faster than before)
• Add left arrow in fullscreen mode to go back to previous video
• Add quick fades around password prompt in screensaver
• More bug fixes.

Known issues/Various gotchas :

• Now playing selection is sometimes not sticking on restart.
• Automatic downloads are very lazy. Use the third icon at the bottom of the popover to open the Video Library and manually download some videos if needed in the meantime.

After you download the app, move it to your /Applications or ~/Applications folder. Auto updates are provided via Sparkle.

Important :

• If things don't work, open settings and look at the checklist on top. You should get buttons to resolve issues if any (register/enable). Report issues about this on discord/github.
• You can start fresh if you encounter issues by deleting /Users/Shared/Aerial

💡 Still alpha versions. Near feature complete, but bugs expected. 💡

What's new :

• Fix invert colors accessibility option not behaving like macOS built in one.
• Fix overlay editor not respecting invert colors.
• Add dock and menu bar detection and automatic overlay offset for desktop view
• Add overlay configuation for edge insets, shadows and text color
• More bug fixes.

Known issues/Various gotchas :

• Now playing selection is sometimes not sticking on restart.
• Automatic downloads are very lazy. Use the third icon at the bottom of the popover to open the Video Library and manually download some videos if needed in the meantime.

After you download the app, move it to your /Applications or ~/Applications folder. Auto updates are provided via Sparkle.

Important :

• If things don't work, open settings and look at the checklist on top. You should get buttons to resolve issues if any (register/enable). Report issues about this on discord/github.
• You can start fresh if you encounter issues by deleting /Users/Shared/Aerial

💡 Still alpha versions. Near feature complete, but bugs expected. 💡

What's new :

• Fix auto update that didn't really automatically update, you can now pick how often it checks, and if it should install on quit or restart immediately.
• Fix to pause/resume mode not working (but still broken in shared mode)
• Fix desktop overlays not showing
• Fix per screen overlay configuration not working as expected
• Fix location showing even if you didn't have any overlay setup
• More bug fixes.

Known issues/Various gotchas :

• Now playing selection is sometimes not sticking on restart.
• Automatic downloads are very lazy.

After you download the app, move it to your /Applications or ~/Applications folder. Auto updates are provided via Sparkle.

Important :

• If things don't work, open settings and look at the checklist on top. You should get buttons to resolve issues if any (register/enable). Report issues about this on discord/github.
• You can start fresh if you encounter issues by deleting /Users/Shared/Aerial

💡 Still alpha versions. Near feature complete, but bugs expected. 💡

What's new :

• Add back inverted colors accessibility option.
• Add solid background option for the popover in accessibility.
• Various UI tweaks
• Fix video fallback when using time adaptation and not having videos of the corresponding type. Now, if you don't have videos for a time slice, it will play the next one first, eg, if you have no sunset videos, it will try playing night videos.
• More bug fixes.

Known issues/Various gotchas :

• Now playing selection is sometimes not sticking on restart.
• Automatic downloads are very lazy.

After you download the app, move it to your /Applications or ~/Applications folder. Auto updates are provided via Sparkle.

Important :

• If things don't work, open settings and look at the checklist on top. You should get buttons to resolve issues if any (register/enable). Report issues about this on discord/github.
• You can start fresh if you encounter issues by deleting /Users/Shared/Aerial

💡 Still alpha versions. Near feature complete, but bugs expected. 💡

What's new :

• Continuity between desktop and screensaver. Not 100% perfect but videos should resume at the right time in the right situation (there may be a few seconds lag that will be fixed later)
• Redone launch at startup implementation using the new SMAppService API.
• Redo Auto updates panel not being wired to the correct Sparkle settings. May fix some crashes
• Massive massive code cleanup.
• More bug fixes.

Known issues/Various gotchas :

• User made playlist may not stay selected on restart.
• Automatic downloads are very lazy.
• Sunset does not show night videos only right now if you have time adaptation selected and no sunset videos, same issue with sunrise. IF you have no video of a given type it will fallback to everything, which is not correct.

After you download the app, move it to your /Applications or ~/Applications folder. Auto updates are provided via Sparkle.

Important :

• If things don't work, open settings and look at the checklist on top. You should get buttons to resolve issues if any (register/enable). Report issues about this on discord/github.
• You can start fresh if you encounter issues by deleting /Users/Shared/Aerial

💡 Still alpha versions. Near feature complete, but bugs expected. 💡

What's new :

• Cleanup of settings, moved things around, renamed a few things, should make more sense
• "My videos" feature is part of the video browser now, it fits better there than in settings.
• Improved some settings panels so they are more understandable. There's a timeline that shows how long screensaver runs, etc. Removed (most) references to Companion so it gets less confusing. Probably missed some, more cleanup needed
• Bring back version overlay that took a vacation somwhow. It briefly shows the current version of Aerial when the screensaver starts. If it annoys you, you can disable it in the Overlays settings.
• Probable fix for "Others" tab in settings not working correctly ? It's also renamed "Auto-updates" to reflect what's inside it (Sparkle settings).
• More bug fixes.

Known issues/Various gotchas :

• User made playlist may not stay selected on restart.
• Automatic downloads are very lazy.
• Sunset does not show night videos only right now if you have time adaptation selected and no sunset videos, same issue with sunrise. IF you have no video of a given type it will fallback to everything, which is not correct.

After you download the app, move it to your /Applications or ~/Applications folder. Auto updates are provided via Sparkle.

Important :

• If things don't work, open settings and look at the checklist on top. You should get buttons to resolve issues if any (register/enable). Report issues about this on discord/github.
• You can start fresh if you encounter issues by deleting /Users/Shared/Aerial

💡 Still alpha versions. Near feature complete, but bugs expected. 💡

What's new :

• Music overlay is back, but only for Apple Music as of now. Compared to previous versions, you may see a slight delay.
• You can now set a custom cache location again if you need it for external drives and network shares. This will require that you allow access to your local network in System Settings.
• More bug fixes.

Known issues/Various gotchas :

• User made playlist may not stay selected on restart.

After you download the app, move it to your /Applications or ~/Applications folder. Auto updates are provided via Sparkle.

Important :

• If things don't work, open settings and look at the checklist on top. You should get buttons to resolve issues if any (register/enable). Report issues about this on discord/github.
• You can start fresh if you encounter issues by deleting /Users/Shared/Aerial

💡 Still alpha versions. Near feature complete, but bugs expected. 💡

What's new :

• Video browser now lets you download videos and add sources
• Add user playlist support for users who want to make more precise selections than what the filtering modes offer.
• More bug fixes

Known issues/Various gotchas :

• Music overlay is not working and will require changes as Apple no longer allow us to grab the information in mediaremoted.

Do not install this if you changed the cache location (to a NAS or an external drive for example). This feature will be back soon. All Aerial data is stored in /Users/Shared/Aerial and will offer migrating data from the container.

After you download the app, move it to your /Applications or ~/Applications folder.

Important :

• If things don't work, open settings and look at the checklist on top. You should get buttons to resolve issues if any (register/enable). Report issues about this on discord/github.
• You can start fresh if you encounter issues by deleting /Users/Shared/Aerial

💡 Still alpha versions. Near feature complete, but bugs expected. 💡

What's new :

• New video browser that lets you browse what's available. It also gives you information on what will play based on the time adaptation that you picked in settings.
• You can use the video browser to change the time a video should appear (day, night, sunset, sunrise)
• Fix time adaptation that didn't work in previous alphas
• Overlays now hide themselves by default when macOS logging in ui comes up, avoiding those not super pretty overlaps. You can disable this in Overlay settings
• Fix Advanced panel sometimes closing when getting selected in settings
• Fix one more bug with multimonitor and fades disabled.
• Remove old settings panel

Known issues/Various gotchas :

• Music overlay is not working and will require changes as Apple no longer allow us to grab the information in mediaremoted.

Do not install this if you changed the cache location (to a NAS or an external drive for example and this is important to you). All Aerial data is stored in /Users/Shared/Aerial and will offer migrating data from the container. Other location support will come back in a subsequent alpha.

After you download the app, move it to your /Applications or ~/Applications folder.

Important :

• If things don't work, open the "new" settings and look at the checklist on top. You should get buttons to resolve issues if any. (register/enable). Report issues about this on discord/github.
• You can be sure you are running the new version if you see a version number at the bottom corner of the screen when you start the screensaver. It disappears after a few seconds and will be removed in the future.
• You can start fresh if you encounter issues by deleting /Users/Shared/Aerial

⚠️⚠️⚠️ Still alpha versions. Some features missing, bugs expected. ⚠️⚠️⚠️

What's new :

• Fix missing icon for battery overlay when plugged in
• More fixes for desktop mode not always understanding display mode.
• Fix auto-pause creating black screens if you had fades enabled
• Auto-pause has a better understanding of video framerate, and adjust the start/stop animation on low fps videos
• Add opacity setting for overlays
• Add vertical spacer overlay for more precise control
• Overlays can be dragged directly in the editor after they have already been placed

Known issues/Various gotchas :

• Music overlay is not working and will require changes as Apple no longer allow us to grab the information in mediaremoted.

Do not install this if you changed the cache location (to a NAS or an external drive for example and this is important to you). All Aerial data is stored in /Users/Shared/Aerial and will offer migrating data from the container. Other location support will come back in a subsequent alpha.

After you download the app, move it to your /Applications or ~/Applications folder.

Important :

• If things don't work, open the "new" settings and look at the checklist on top. You should get buttons to resolve issues if any. (register/enable). Report issues about this on discord/github.
• You can be sure you are running the new version if you see a version number at the bottom corner of the screen when you start the screensaver. It disappears after a few seconds and will be removed in the future.
• You can start fresh if you encounter issues by deleting /Users/Shared/Aerial

⚠️⚠️⚠️ These alpha versions finally fix the Sequoia/Tahoe black screen issues. Some features still missing, bugs expected. Support for this on Discord, or report issues on github ⚠️⚠️⚠️

Do not install this if you changed the cache location (to a NAS or an external drive for example and this is important to you). All Aerial data is stored in /Users/Shared/Aerial and will offer migrating data from the container. Other location support will come back in a subsequent alpha.

After you download the app, move it to your /Applications or ~/Applications folder.

What's new :

• Fix Countdown/Timer overlays
• Fix Battery overalay. Should work again on all macs.
• Fix desktop mode not closing correctly on screen disconnect, and not restarting correctly on reconnect
• More fix to independant mode playback, it seems it still acts up from time to time, report your issues
• Add new auto pause feature for desktop mode, it will pause/restart the desktop mode smoothly if your windows cover a large portion of the screen :

Known issues/Various gotchas :

• Music overlay is not working and will require changes as Apple no longer allow us to grab the information in mediaremoted.

Important :

• If things don't work, open the "new" settings and look at the checklist on top. You should get buttons to resolve issues if any. (register/enable). Report issues about this on discord/github.
• You can be sure you are running the new version if you see a version number at the bottom corner of the screen when you start the screensaver. It disappears after a few seconds and will be removed in the future.
• You can start fresh if you encounter issues by deleting /Users/Shared/Aerial

⚠️⚠️⚠️ These alpha versions finally fix the Sequoia/Tahoe black screen issues. Some features still missing, bugs expected. Support for this on Discord, or report issues on github ⚠️⚠️⚠️

Do not install this if you changed the cache location (to a NAS or an external drive for example and this is important to you). All Aerial data is stored in /Users/Shared/Aerial and will offer migrating data from the container. Other location support will come back in a subsequent alpha.

🚨🚨🚨 WARNING : 🚨🚨🚨

• DO NOT LAUNCH THE APP FROM YOUR DOWNLOAD FOLDER. After you download the app, move it to your /Applications folder (or if you want to test things, you can try ~/Applications, it's untested but should work). You will have issues if you move around the app, so pick one and stay with it, or the new screensaver will not work.

What's new :

• Sparkle integration. Auto updates are finally in.
• Renamed to Aerial.app for simplicity as the new format screensaver (appex) is part of the app. Because of this, if you have installed a previous beta, you will need to remove your old Aerial Companion.app. Two issues may arise :
  • When opening settings, it will complain that the screensaver is not registered. If that happens, you have to wait (could be up to 12 hours) until some internal cache in macOS gets refreshed. It's annoying, but this is the last time this should happen. Various fixes I tried (including the Register button) that works for other kinds of appex don't work for ScreenSaver appexes.
  • If it says registered, launch the screensaver manually once. If you get a black screen, exit and you may see a system warning that "this app has changed since you last used it". This seems to be a security warning triggered by the name change. Allow it and things will work again. Sorry for both inconveniences, that's why those are alphas 😅
• New Overlay editor. You will need to reconfigure your overlays entirely as the new system is not backward compatible. Includes a visual editor where you can drag and drop and configure your settings. Expect changes and bugs. You can find it in the new settings. The overlay interface in the "old" settings is no longer functional.
• Multiple weather location support and improved weather caching. You can add multiple locations now, on the same, or different screens.
• New Tahoe compatible icon
• Fix tinting on some controls

Known issues/Various gotchas :

• Music overlay is not working and will require changes as Apple no longer allow us to grab the information in mediaremoted.
• Battery overlay is part of the missing overlays and will be back at some point

Important :

• If things don't work, open the "new" settings and look at the checklist on top. You should get buttons to resolve issues if any. (register/enable). Report issues about this on discord/github.
• You can be sure you are running the new version if you see a version number at the bottom corner of the screen when you start the screensaver. It disappears after a few seconds and will be removed in the future.
• You can start fresh if you encounter issues by deleting /Users/Shared/Aerial

🚨🚨🚨 This is a test of the Sparkle auto update integration, test 3 💪 🚨🚨🚨

⚠️⚠️⚠️ These alpha versions finally fix the Sequoia/Tahoe black screen issues. Some features still missing, bugs expected. Support for this on Discord, or report issues on github ⚠️⚠️⚠️

Do not install this if you changed the cache location (to a NAS or an external drive for example and this is important to you). All Aerial data is stored in /Users/Shared/Aerial and will offer migrating data from the container. Other location support will come back in a subsequent alpha.

🚨🚨🚨 WARNING : 🚨🚨🚨

• DO NOT LAUNCH THE APP FROM YOUR DOWNLOAD FOLDER. After you download the app, move it to your /Applications folder (or if you want to test things, you can try ~/Applications, it's untested but should work). You will have issues if you move around the app, so pick one and stay with it, or the new screensaver will not work.

What's new :

• Sparkle integration and auto update testing, test 3
• Renamed to Aerial.app for simplicity as the new format screensaver (appex) is part of the app. Because of this, if you have installed a previous beta, you will need to remove your old Aerial Companion.app before installing this. Note that two issues may arise :
  • When opening settings, it will complain that the screensaver is not registered. If that happens, you have to wait (could be up to 12 hours) until some internal cache in macOS gets refreshed. It's annoying, but this is the last time this should happen. Various fixes I tried (including the Register button) that works for other kinds of appex don't work for ScreenSaver appexes.
  • If it says registered, launch the screensaver manually once. If you get a black screen, exit and you may see a system warning that "this app has changed since you last used it". This seems to be a security warning triggered by the name change. Allow it and things will work again. Sorry for both inconveniences, they may or may not happen, but that's why those are alphas 😅

Known issues/Various gotchas :

• Music overlay is not working and will require changes as Apple no longer allow us to grab the information in mediaremoted.

Important :

• If things don't work, open the "new" settings and look at the checklist on top. You should get buttons to resolve issues if any. (register/enable). Report issues about this on discord/github.
• You can be sure you are running the new version if you see a version number at the bottom corner of the screen when you start the screensaver. It disappears after a few seconds and will be removed in the future.
• You can start fresh if needed by deleting /Users/Shared/Aerial

🚨🚨🚨 This is a test of the Sparkle auto update integration, test #2 🚨🚨🚨

⚠️⚠️⚠️ These alpha versions finally fix the Sequoia/Tahoe black screen issues. Some features still missing, bugs expected. Support for this on Discord, or report issues on github ⚠️⚠️⚠️

Do not install this if you changed the cache location (to a NAS or an external drive for example and this is important to you). All Aerial data is stored in /Users/Shared/Aerial and will offer migrating data from the container. Other location support will come back in a subsequent alpha.

🚨🚨🚨 WARNING : 🚨🚨🚨

• DO NOT LAUNCH THE APP FROM YOUR DOWNLOAD FOLDER. After you download the app, move it to your /Applications folder (or if you want to test things, you can try ~/Applications, it's untested but should work). You will have issues if you move around the app, so pick one and stay with it, or the new screensaver will not work.

What's new :

• Sparkle integration and auto update testing, test 2
• Rename to Aerial.app for simplicity as the new format screensaver (appex) is part of the app. Because of this, if you have installed a previous beta, you will need to remove your old Aerial Companion.app. Two issues may arise :
  • When opening settings, it will complain that the screensaver is not registered. If that happens, you have to wait (could be up to 12 hours) until some internal cache in macOS gets refreshed. It's annoying, but this is the last time this should happen. Various fixes I tried (including the Register button) that works for other kinds of appex don't work for ScreenSaver appexes.
  • If it says registered, launch the screensaver manually once. If you get a black screen, exit and you may see a system warning that "this app has changed since you last used it". This seems to be a security warning triggered by the name change. Allow it and things will work again. Sorry for both inconveniences, that's why those are alphas 😅

Known issues/Various gotchas :

• Music overlay is not working and will require changes as Apple no longer allow us to grab the information in mediaremoted.

Important :

• If things don't work, open the "new" settings and look at the checklist on top. You should get buttons to resolve issues if any. (register/enable). Report issues about this on discord/github.
• You can be sure you are running the new version if you see a version number at the bottom corner of the screen when you start the screensaver. It disappears after a few seconds and will be removed in the future.
• You can start fresh if needed by deleting /Users/Shared/Aerial

🚨🚨🚨 This is a test of the Sparkle auto update integration, use 🚨🚨🚨

⚠️⚠️⚠️ These alpha versions finally fix the Sequoia/Tahoe black screen issues. Some features still missing, bugs expected. Support for this on Discord, or report issues on github ⚠️⚠️⚠️

Do not install this if you changed the cache location (to a NAS or an external drive for example and this is important to you). All Aerial data is stored in /Users/Shared/Aerial and will offer migrating data from the container. Other location support will come back in a subsequent alpha.

🚨🚨🚨 WARNING : 🚨🚨🚨

• DO NOT LAUNCH THE APP FROM YOUR DOWNLOAD FOLDER. After you download the app, move it to your /Applications folder (or if you want to test things, you can try ~/Applications, it's untested but should work). You will have issues if you move around the app, so pick one and stay with it, or the new screensaver will not work.

What's new :

• Sparkle integration and auto update testing, test 1
• Rename to Aerial.app for simplicity as the new format screensaver (appex) is part of the app. Because of this, if you have installed a previous beta, you will need to remove your old Aerial Companion.app. Two issues may arise :
  • When opening settings, it will complain that the screensaver is not registered. If that happens, you have to wait (could be up to 12 hours) until some internal cache in macOS gets refreshed. It's annoying, but this is the last time this should happen. Various fixes I tried (including the Register button) that works for other kinds of appex don't work for ScreenSaver appexes.
  • If it says registered, launch the screensaver manually once. If you get a black screen, exit and you may see a system warning that "this app has changed since you last used it". This seems to be a security warning triggered by the name change. Allow it and things will work again. Sorry for both inconveniences, that's why those are alphas 😅

Known issues/Various gotchas :

• Music overlay is not working and will require changes as Apple no longer allow us to grab the information in mediaremoted.

Important :

• If things don't work, open the "new" settings and look at the checklist on top. You should get buttons to resolve issues if any. (register/enable). Report issues about this on discord/github.
• You can be sure you are running the new version if you see a version number at the bottom corner of the screen when you start the screensaver. It disappears after a few seconds and will be removed in the future.
• You can start fresh if needed by deleting /Users/Shared/Aerial