Swiss Railway Clock Screensaver

A macOS screensaver inspired by the iconic Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) clock design, featuring the distinctive red second hand with its circular tip.

Features

• Authentic Swiss railway clock design
• Brushed aluminum bezel effect
• Smooth 30 FPS animation
• Optimized for low CPU/GPU usage during extended idle periods
• Supports both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs

Installation

1. Download the appropriate DMG for your Mac from the Releases page:

   • SwissRailwayClock-1.0-AppleSilicon.dmg for M1/M2/M3 Macs
   • SwissRailwayClock-1.0-Intel.dmg for Intel Macs

2. Open the DMG and copy SwissRailwayClock.saver to ~/Library/Screen Savers/

3. Open System Settings > Screen Saver and select "Swiss Railway Clock"

Security Note

This screensaver is self-signed. On first run, macOS may block it. To allow:

1. Go to System Settings > Privacy & Security
2. Scroll down to find the message about SwissRailwayClock being blocked
3. Click "Open Anyway"

Building from Source

git clone https://github.com/davenicoll/swiss-railway-clock-screensaver.git
cd swiss-railway-clock-screensaver
xcodebuild -project SwissRailwayClock.xcodeproj -scheme SwissRailwayClock -configuration Release build

The built screensaver will be in ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/SwissRailwayClock-*/Build/Products/Release/

License

MIT