Microcosm
The Microcosm screensaver features a phantasmagoria of gooey geometric shapes with various 3D patterns and vibrant colors against a black background. The screensaver can be customized with various sliders that define the view depth, speed and other settings, and three preset buttons are available: "Regular", "Simple" and "Hyperspace".
Free 
0.14-1.09 MB 
for Windows, Mac 
3,245
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Anti-virus report for Microcosm
Our editors have reviewed all files and found them to be safe, but they are also checked automatically using many different virus scanners. We are happy to share the results.
| Virus scanner | 1054-Microcosm.zip | Microcosm1.2.dmg |
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| ESET-NOD32 | ||
| F-Secure | Trojan-Downloader:W32/Kavala.B * | |
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| Panda | ||
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| Last scanned | 2 weeks ago | 1 week ago |
* When only a few of the virus scanners detect a problem with a file, this usually indicates a false alarm. While we cannot guarantee the safety of any file for 100%, we review them all carefully and report false positives to the anti-virus companies.
We have 2 files for "Microcosm"
- 1054-Microcosm.zip (Windows)
- Microcosm1.2.dmg (Mac)
| File report #1 | |
|---|---|
| File name | 1054-Microcosm.zip |
| Target system | Microsoft Windows |
| File size | 140.44 kB (143,806 bytes) |
| File type | ZIP archive |
| Anti-virus | |
| Detection ratio | 1/14 (7.14%) View report |
| Popularity | |
| Total downloads | 2,025 |
| Last downloaded | 2 days ago |
| File verification | |
| MD5 | 4cdc1994ca5515998b8deec30ce03f0f |
| SHA1 | 77108c91ed0382d530803557c99d8edea0364ccf |
| SHA256 | b78a1dd3d261b49e1c7a48401cdb283e19ab99d470b212bb37a181086fe8e07f |
| File report #2 | |
|---|---|
| File name | Microcosm1.2.dmg |
| Target system | Apple Mac |
| File size | 1.09 MB (1,142,395 bytes) |
| File type | Apple Disk Image (DMG) |
| Anti-virus | |
| Detection ratio | 0/14 (0%) View report |
| Popularity | |
| Total downloads | 1,220 |
| Last downloaded | 11 hours ago |
| File verification | |
| MD5 | 11b4f360c8b13b00293a66d7003fa915 |
| SHA1 | 0fc322eb6580d446d8b3d5298ed981582d3820a7 |
| SHA256 | 68ad2bc23efdd8ecb655d46e47314c42e6d5922c40703cc21ebb19c43ba946b5 |
User reviews (6)
reminds me of a lava lamp
Works on all my iMac’s from 2011 iMac High Sierra, 2014 iMac Big Sur, and the new 2023 M2 Mac mini Pro Ventura 13.2.1. Works with all of them. But you have to first select it in screensaver, it’ll say cancel, or put in the trash. Then go to security and privacy in system settings and select towards the bottom, select open anyway. Then go back into screensavers, click on microcosm, and it will say open, move to trash or cancel. Click on open. After that it will work.
Seth
works on all my iMac’s from 2011 iMac High Sierra, 2014 iMac Big Sur,. and the new 2023 M2 Mac mini Pro Ventura 13.2.1. Works with all of them. But you have to first select it and screensaver, it’ll say cancel, or put in the trash. Then go to security and privacy in system settings and select towards the bottom, open anyway. Then go back into screensavers click on microcosm and I’ll say open move to trash or cancel. Click on open. After that it will work.
Seth
It's very beautiful and unusual. Exactly what I was looking for! At first the shapes seemed a little bit blocky, but I just changed the "resolution of geometry" settings to 100 and then it was perfect! Great screen saver!
Broken in Mac OS 10.15.5. Screen Saver Options are not saved when System Preferences are closed. Screen saver works when previewed in System Preferences but if you wait for it to activate, the screen just goes black.
I love this screensaver. It looks like genetics in action.
