Stylish screensaver of the iOS lock screen experience on your Mac

Want to bring iOS and OS X even closer together than they already are?

Christian Heudens has recreated the iOS lock screen to your Mac as a free downloadable screensaver. The thin fonts look great on a Retina Display. It’s a neat way to give your Mac a bit of individuality and make your experience across your Apple devices even more consistent.


The developer has done a good job of replicating the feel of iOS 7, using the same starry wallpaper by default and font style. The screensaver adds a zoom effect to the background too, which is a sophisticated yet subtle addition.

 

Set up is easy, just drag the file to your Mac’s screensaver folder and then select it from System Preferences. There are a few customisation options too. You can change the wallpaper from the starscape to a custom image (to match your desktop wallpaper, perhaps) as well as adjust the clock size and toggle the zoom effect if you find it distracting.


The beauty is, because there is no installation per se, if you don’t like it, you can revert back to your previous screensaver just as easily. It’s free so there’s no harm in giving it a try … in fact, it could foreshadow where an iOS 7-influenced OS X is going in the future.


Download here