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How to set screensaver thumbnail in Settings panel on Mac?

I'm making a custom *.saver application, and I would like to add my own thumbnail to show up above the name of screensaver (the ladybug pictures in the left column). How do I do that?

Screensaver

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Michael Wilson Avatar asked Jun 19 '15 22:06

Michael Wilson


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By examining the default screensavers, I figured out that you need to add two files:

thumbnail.png, 58x90px
[email protected], 116x180px

When compiled by Xcode, this is automatically included in the .saver Resources folder as "thumbnail.tiff" with two subfiles.

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Michael Wilson Avatar answered Oct 04 '22 18:10

Michael Wilson