Solar Winds
Solar Winds is a screensaver module for macOS that displays animated solar wind and space weather visualizations. It is a third-party screensaver extension from Demonews that integrates with macOS's built-in Screen Saver system, allowing users to select it from System Settings → Lock Screen → Screen Saver. The screensaver renders procedural animations of solar phenomena and particle effects.
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1 suggestionSolar Winds is a screensaver extension, not a standalone application — it lives within macOS's Screen Saver system and is updated through the vendor's installer, not separately. To get a native Apple Silicon version (if one exists), you must reinstall or update Solar Winds using Demonews's own installer or distribution method from their website or the original source where you obtained it. If Demonews no longer maintains this screensaver or does not offer a native build, the screensaver will stop working entirely when Apple removes Rosetta 2 in macOS 28 (September 2028). Contact Demonews directly to confirm whether they ship a native Apple Silicon version of Solar Winds, and if not, whether they plan to release one before the September 2028 deadline. As an alternative, macOS includes several built-in screensavers (Drift, Kaleidoscope, Solar, Floral, and others) that ship natively on all M-series Macs.
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