Windows & Mac · 100% offline ☀

Multi-monitor photo & video screensaver
Your memories, on every screen.

Play your photos and videos across every monitor as a screensaver — or run them in live presentation frames while you keep working. Soft Effects collages, 29 transitions, and per-frame history, straight from your local folders.

✓ Windows & macOS ✓ No uploads, ever ✓ Nothing else to install
Memory Screen Saver Plus slideshow running on an external display
Peace of mind

Safe, secure & private

Built to stay on your machine — no account, no uploads, no catch.

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Resilient

Corrupt, cloud-only, or unsupported files are skipped — the rotation keeps going.

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Safe

Self-contained installers. Nothing else to install or trust.

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Secure

No cloud account. Optional update checks only — your call.

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Private

Photos and videos never leave your folders. Offline after install.

Download Memory Screen Saver Plus

Latest version 2.6.31 · released July 22, 2026 · Windows & macOS

Windows

Windows 10+ (x64)
~95 MB installer

Download for Windows

Mac · Apple Silicon

macOS 12+ arm64
~73 MB archive

Download for Mac

Mac · Intel

macOS 12+ x64 · video-capable
~90 MB archive

Download for Mac (Intel)

No charge to download or use it — Ko-fi tips are optional.

Tested, not code-signed yet. Windows may show a SmartScreen warning; on Mac you may need to clear quarantine or allow the app in Privacy & Security. Prefer the checksums on the GitHub release page if you want to verify the file. Read the FAQ →

Operating system
Windows 10 (1809+) x64 · macOS 12+ (Apple Silicon & Intel)
Runtime
.NET 10 + Avalonia UI (bundled / self-contained)
Video & media
LibVLC + ImageSharp (bundled) — no media player install
Built for real archives

Far more than a slideshow

Point it at your folders and it does the rest — across one monitor or all of them.

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Live Presentation Mode

Keep memories on screen in floating or full-screen frames while you keep working — no lock, no interruption.

Presentation mode guide →
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True multi-monitor

Span every connected screen with independent panels and timing — on Windows and Mac.

Windows multi-monitor guide →

Soft Effects & collages

Ken Burns zoom/pan plus eight collage overlays — Polaroid, film strip, binary partition, and more — while a still is showing.

Explore Soft Effects →
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Photos and videos

One rotation blends JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, and TIFF images with optional MP4, AVI, WMV, and MOV clips.

29 transition effects

Slides, spins, fades, splits, spirals, chess reveals and more — pick your favorites or enable them all.

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Windows & Mac

Self-contained installers for Windows 10+ and macOS 12+ — nothing else to install.

Mac install guide →
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Your folders, your rules

Drag-and-drop folders, toggle subfolders, filter by file type, and choose random or sequential order.

Organize media folders →
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Resilient & private

Corrupt, cloud-only, or unsupported files are skipped. Nothing is uploaded — media stays on your machine.

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Filename overlays

Optional on-screen labels with full path, relative path, or file name — plus font, color, and background.

See the app

Simple settings, deep control

Tabbed configuration covers media folders, video, presentation layout, transitions, soft effects, picture frames, and more — with preview before you save. See the multi-monitor setup guide →

Media Files tab — delay, folders, file names, and image file types

Add folders, toggle subfolders, filter image types, set delay and random order, and optionally show file names on screen.

The standout feature

Screensaver by night.
Presentation by day.

Live Presentation Mode keeps your media visible without locking your session — perfect for a desk display, a studio reference wall, family photos during a gathering, or ambient visuals on a second monitor.

  • Frame mode: start with 1–6 floating, resizable windows — add more anytime via right-click New presentation frame
  • Optional borderless frames and close-this-frame from the context menu
  • Full-screen mode: cover selected monitors while you keep working
  • Each frame keeps its own history for forward / back navigation
  • Start from Settings, a shortcut, or the /l command — on Windows and Mac

Read the full Presentation Mode guide →

Memory Screen Saver Plus — Presentation Mode
Memory Screen Saver Plus Live Presentation Mode with floating frames
Beyond transitions

Soft Effects that keep stills alive

While an image is on screen, Soft Effects add Ken Burns motion or multi-photo collages — independent of the 29 between-image transitions. Optional “randomly skip effects” keeps some frames static for variety.

  • Zoom and pan Ken Burns treatments
  • Eight collage overlays, including Polaroid, film strip, and binary partition
  • Same-folder collage option and optional random skip for variety

Organize folders for better collages →

Soft Effects
Soft Effects settings tab with Ken Burns and collage options

Polaroid collage

Tilted white-border cards with per-card filenames when overlays are on.

Scattered prints

Thin-bordered prints laid out like photos on a table.

Contact sheet

Calm grid layout — filenames stay off the cards.

Film strip

Large tilted film-strip composition for a cinematic feel.

Soft mosaic

Equal-tile mosaic with no rotation — clean and modern.

Scattered stack

Layered stack of prints with varied tilt and depth.

Imbricated photo pile

Overlapping photos nestled like shingles in a loose pile.

Binary partition collage

Recursive split layout with adjustable gutter, split, and overlay.

Same app, both desktops

Windows screensaver · Mac idle agent

Feature parity where it matters — with honest differences in how each OS launches idle mode.

Windows

  • Installs as a classic .scr screensaver
  • Register in Windows Screen Saver settings
  • Secure exit can lock the workstation on resume
  • Self-contained x64 installer — no extra runtimes
Windows setup guide →

macOS

  • Login-item idle agent launches the slideshow when you step away
  • Apple Silicon and Intel archives (macOS 12+)
  • Presentation Mode works the same as on Windows
  • Native System Settings .saver bridge is planned later
Mac install guide →
Setup & help

Guides

Step-by-step walkthroughs for setting up, tuning, and getting the most out of every part of the app — on Windows and on Mac.

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Windows multi-monitor

Install, add folders, choose displays, and activate as your Windows screensaver.

Read the guide →
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Mac multi-monitor

Fill every connected display on macOS, with independent timing per screen.

Read the guide →
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Second-monitor slideshow

Turn a spare display into a digital photo frame that keeps running while you work.

Read the guide →
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Video screensaver

Play MP4, AVI, WMV and MOV clips beside your photos — on one screen or all of them.

Read the guide →

Collage screensaver

Eight collage layouts and Ken Burns motion that animate stills while they are on screen.

Read the guide →
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Transition effects

Wipes, spins, splits, spirals and fades between images — all 29, or just your favourites.

Read the guide →
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History & navigation

Step back to the photo you just missed — with keys, the wheel, or on-screen arrows.

Read the guide →
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Large photo libraries

Tens or hundreds of thousands of files, read straight from your folders.

Read the guide →
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Presentation Mode

Floating frames and full-screen layouts while you keep working — no session lock required.

Read the guide →
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Organize media folders

Group photos and videos by date or event so collage and slideshow keep related memories together.

Read the guide →
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Windows screensaver alternative

Where the stock Windows screensaver runs out, and what switching actually costs.

Read the guide →
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Install on Mac

Extract the archive, run the install script, allow the idle agent, and pick Apple Silicon or Intel.

Read the guide →

FAQ

Privacy, Mac vs Windows, SmartScreen / Gatekeeper, formats, logs, and support.

Browse FAQ →
Why I built this

30 years of memories, finally seen.

Over the last 30 years I've gathered family pictures and videos — birthdays, holidays, ordinary afternoons that turned out to matter most. My archive grew to more than 100,000 images and videos, far more than I could ever realistically sit down and look through.

I longed for a way to simply enjoy them again — to have them quietly resurface while I worked, or fill the room when the computer sat idle. Nothing did quite what I wanted, so I built Memory Screen Saver Plus for Windows and Mac — Soft Effects, collages, self-contained installers, and a simple privacy promise. It works entirely with your local archive and never uploads anything. Your memories stay yours, on your machine.

30 yrs
of family memories
100,000+
photos & videos supported
Win + Mac
one product, both platforms
100%
offline & private
I'd love to hear from you

Feedback & contact

Found a bug, have an idea, or just want to share which photos showed up today? Use the form — it’s the only way messages reach me, and I read every one. Check the FAQ first for formats, privacy, and troubleshooting tips.

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    All feedback & support Bug reports, feature ideas, questions, and thank-you notes all go through the form. I reply by email when a response is needed.
    Please don’t use GitHub or other channels for support — the form keeps everything in one place.
  • Support development Optional one-time or recurring tips on Ko-fi. Completely separate from bug reports and feedback.
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    Troubleshooting log The log is a text file on your computer only — nothing is uploaded automatically. In Settings, click Log to open it. For bug reports, copy the last 30–50 lines and paste them into your message below.
    Saved locally — Windows: %TEMP%\MemoryScreenSaverPlus.log · Mac: under ~/Library/Logs. Open it from Settings → Log, then paste relevant lines into the message field.
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Helps me prioritize. Choose Bug report if something isn’t working as expected.
For bugs: what you expected, what happened, and your Windows or Mac version. Paste log lines from Settings → Log if relevant — the log stays on your machine until you copy it here.