Native, pixel-exact 3D Pipes screen saver for macOS 14 and later (universal: Apple Silicon and Intel).
Install: unzip, double-click Pipes.saver (or copy to ~/Library/Screen Savers/), then choose 3D Pipes in System Settings › Screen Saver. The bundle is ad-hoc signed; if macOS refuses to open it, right-click › Open, or run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine ~/Library/Screen\ Savers/Pipes.saver. Replacing an older version? Run killall legacyScreenSaver so the host reloads.
Highlights
- Faithful port of the classic: growth rules, palette, joints, random camera views, dissolve wipe, and the 1-in-200 teapot
- 99.8% of pixels identical to the reference implementation for the same random seed
- About 1.7% of one CPU core at full resolution, no GPU shading, no helper processes
- Stops rendering when the screen saver ends (works around the macOS 14+ host bug that keeps third-party savers running)