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A list of the feeds Apple uses for its video screensavers
tvOS 10: 1080p + H.264
http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/000/Features/atv/AutumnResources/videos/entries.json
tvOS 11: 1080p/4K + SDR/HDR + HEVC
https://sylvan.apple.com/Aerials/2x/entries.json
https://t27q97zg19.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/prod/aerialAltJSON/4kEntites.json
tvOS 12: 4K + SDR/HDR + HEVC, 1080p + H.264, localised descriptions
https://sylvan.apple.com/Aerials/resources.tar
tvOS 13: 4K + SDR/HDR + HEVC, 1080p + H.264, localised descriptions
https://sylvan.apple.com/Aerials/resources-13.tar
tvOS 15: 4K + SDR/HDR + HEVC, 1080p + H.264, localised descriptions
https://sylvan.apple.com/Aerials/resources-15.tar
tvOS 16: 4K + SDR/HDR + HEVC, 1080p + H.264, localised descriptions
https://sylvan.apple.com/Aerials/resources-16.tar
macOS 14: 4K 120FPS + 240FPS, localised descriptions
https://sylvan.apple.com/itunes-assets/Aerials126/v4/82/2e/34/822e344c-f5d2-878c-3d56-508d5b09ed61/resources-14-0.tar
macOS 15: 4K 240FPS, localised descriptions
https://sylvan.apple.com/itunes-assets/Aerials126/v4/82/2e/34/822e344c-f5d2-878c-3d56-508d5b09ed61/resources-15-0-2.tar
macOS 26: 4K 240FPS, localised descriptions
https://configuration.apple.com/configurations/internetservices/aerials/resources-config-26-0.plist
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is there a way to access the newly launched screensavers from tvOS 26?

Currently no, at least I couldn't find them in the manifests. Maybe they will be live in a future update (but I can't test since I don't have an Apple Silicon Mac or an Apple TV).

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imajes commented Jul 29, 2025

macos 26 (i think at least?) is up: https://configuration.apple.com/configurations/internetservices/aerials/resources-config-26-0.plist

I put together a quick script to take their output and give something a bit cleaner to work with: https://gist.github.com/imajes/d62862b132185ac4162ff997025ef42d

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kenshaw commented Jul 29, 2025

@imajes thanks for the pointer; I've updated my wallgrab tool to properly download these resources:

$ go install github.com/kenshaw/wallgrab@master
$ wallgrab list
$ wallgrab show
$ wallgrab grab

Apparently they forgot to put .plist entries for A33A55D9-EDEA-4596-A850-6C10B54FBBB8/0DC99DD8-3386-4D1E-8878-C43E97EB710A, which was causing problems with my script, and has now been fixed.

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kenshaw commented Jul 29, 2025

Quick output from wallgrab, which I just fixed to correctly deal with the missing .plist name:

$ go build && ./wallgrab list --sizes
(metadata) [==============================================] 152 / 152 (71.56 GiB)
  1: Cityscape/Dubai/Dubai Creek Harbor.mov (DB_D001_C001, 426.35 MiB)
  2: Cityscape/Dubai/Dubai Creek.mov (DB_D001_C005, 439.89 MiB)
  3: Cityscape/Dubai/Dubai Night.mov (DB_D011_C010, 387.83 MiB)
  4: Cityscape/Dubai/Dubai Skyline.mov (DB_D002_C003, 424.77 MiB)
  5: Cityscape/Dubai/Dubai from Above.mov (DB_D008_C010, 528.76 MiB)
  6: Cityscape/Hong Kong/Hong Kong Harbor.mov (HK_H004_C008, 754.51 MiB)
  7: Cityscape/Hong Kong/Hong Kong Horizon.mov (HK_H004_C010, 431.84 MiB)
  8: Cityscape/Hong Kong/Hong Kong Night.mov (HK_B005_C011, 307.94 MiB)
  9: Cityscape/Hong Kong/Hong Kong Skyline.mov (HK_H004_C013, 663.14 MiB)
 10: Cityscape/London/London Evening.mov (L012_C002, 329.43 MiB)
 11: Cityscape/London/London Skyline.mov (L010_C006, 373.69 MiB)
 12: Cityscape/London/London Thames.mov (L004_C011, 359.04 MiB)
 13: Cityscape/London/London from Above.mov (L007_C007, 394.54 MiB)
 14: Cityscape/Los Angeles/Los Angeles Airport.mov (LA_A006_C008, 348.68 MiB)
 15: Cityscape/Los Angeles/Los Angeles Beach.mov (LA_A008_C004, 981.11 MiB)
 16: Cityscape/Los Angeles/Los Angeles Hills.mov (LA_A006_C004, 296.49 MiB)
 17: Cityscape/Los Angeles/Los Angeles Night.mov (LA_A011_C003, 534.22 MiB)
 18: Cityscape/Los Angeles/Los Angeles Overpass.mov (LA_A005_C009, 198.4 MiB)
 19: Cityscape/Los Angeles/Los Angeles Sunset.mov (LA_A009_C009, 221.55 MiB)
 20: Cityscape/New York/New York Midtown.mov (N003_C006, 243.09 MiB)
 21: Cityscape/New York/New York Night.mov (N013_C004, 256.52 MiB)
 22: Cityscape/New York/New York Skyline.mov (N008_C003, 255.91 MiB)
 23: Cityscape/New York/New York from Above.mov (N008_C009, 528.17 MiB)
 24: Cityscape/San Francisco/San Francisco Bay.mov (A006_C003, 264.63 MiB)
 25: Cityscape/San Francisco/San Francisco Evening.mov (A007_C017, 244.4 MiB)
 26: Cityscape/San Francisco/San Francisco Fog.mov (A008_C007, 308.99 MiB)
 27: Cityscape/San Francisco/San Francisco Night.mov (A015_C018, 238.49 MiB)
 28: Cityscape/San Francisco/San Francisco Skyline.mov (A012_C014, 725.39 MiB)
 29: Cityscape/San Francisco/San Francisco’s Ferry Building.mov (A013_C004, 607.11 MiB)
 30: Cityscape/San Francisco/San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge.mov (A013_C012, 319.55 MiB)
 31: Earth/Africa Night/Africa.mov (GMT312_162NC_139M_1041_AFRICA_NIGHT, 275.99 MiB)
 32: Earth/Antarctica/Antarctica’s Southern Lights.mov (GMT110_112NC_364D_1054_AURORA_ANTARCTICA, 138.36 MiB)
 33: Earth/Atlantic Ocean to Spain and France/North Atlantic.mov (A001_C001_120530, 237.86 MiB)
 34: Earth/Australia/Australia.mov (GMT060_117NC_363D_1034_AUSTRALIA, 315.77 MiB)
 35: Earth/California to Vegas/California.mov (GMT306_139NC_139J_3066_CALI_TO_VEGAS, 178.41 MiB)
 36: Earth/Caribbean Day/Caribbean.mov (GMT308_139K_142NC_CARIBBEAN_DAY, 392.96 MiB)
 37: Earth/Caribbean/Caribbean Islands.mov (A108_C001, 252.65 MiB)
 38: Earth/Caribbean/Caribbean Sea.mov (A105_C002, 186.3 MiB)
 39: Earth/China/China Night.mov (GMT329_2_113NC_396B_1105, 115.79 MiB)
 40: Earth/Iran and Afghanistan/Middle East.mov (A083_C002_1130KZ, 100.29 MiB)
 41: Earth/Ireland to Asia/Europe Night.mov (GMT329_117NC_401C_1037_IRELAND_TO_ASIA, 233.2 MiB)
 42: Earth/Italy to Asia/Southern Europe Night.mov (GMT329_113NC_396B_1105_ITALY_TO_ASIA, 154.46 MiB)
 43: Earth/Korea and Japan Night/East Asia.mov (GMT026_363A_103NC_E1027_KOREA_JAPAN_NIGHT, 305.42 MiB)
 44: Earth/Middle East/North Africa.mov (A103_C002_0205DG, 364.73 MiB)
 45: Earth/New York Night/New York.mov (GMT307_136NC_134K_8277_NY_NIGHT, 299.93 MiB)
 46: Earth/New Zealand/New Zealand.mov (A105_C003_0212CT, 271.05 MiB)
 47: Earth/Nile Delta/Nile Delta.mov (A050_C004_1027V8, 288.96 MiB)
 48: Earth/North America Aurora/North America Aurora.mov (GMT314_139M_170NC_NORTH_AMERICA_AURORA, 356.46 MiB)
 49: Earth/Sahara and Italy/Sahara.mov (A009_C001_10181A, 330.07 MiB)
 50: Earth/South Africa to North Asia/South Africa.mov (A351_C001_1213SK, 488.17 MiB)
 51: Earth/Southern California to Baja/Southern California.mov (A114_C001, 283.44 MiB)
 52: Earth/West Africa to the Alps/West Africa.mov (A001_C004_1207W5, 283.02 MiB)
 53: Landscape/China/China Mountain Cliffs.mov (CH_C007_C004, 617.67 MiB)
 54: Landscape/China/China Mountains.mov (CH_C007_C011, 580.63 MiB)
 55: Landscape/China/China Paddy Field.mov (CH_C002_C005, 207.65 MiB)
 56: Landscape/China/China Silhouette.mov (C003_C003, 267.95 MiB)
 57: Landscape/China/China’s Great Wall Daylight.mov (C001_C005, 330.06 MiB)
 58: Landscape/China/China’s Great Wall.mov (C004_C003, 319.59 MiB)
 59: Landscape/Goa/Goa Beaches.mov (ANN0060, 801.3 MiB)
 60: Landscape/Goa/Goa Coast.mov (ANN0080, 1.02 GiB)
 61: Landscape/Grand Canyon/Grand Canyon Evening.mov (G007_C004, 695.72 MiB)
 62: Landscape/Grand Canyon/Grand Canyon River Valley.mov (G010_C026_0107KE, 482.77 MiB)
 63: Landscape/Grand Canyon/Grand Canyon Sediment.mov (G009_C014_0106B9, 809.93 MiB)
 64: Landscape/Grand Canyon/Grand Canyon Sunset.mov (G009_C003_010678, 830.67 MiB)
 65: Landscape/Grand Canyon/Grand Canyon from Above.mov (G008_C015_0106MB, 339.25 MiB)
 66: Landscape/Greenland/Greenland Coast.mov (GL_G002_C002, 589.63 MiB)
 67: Landscape/Greenland/Greenland Evening.mov (GL_G010_C006, 529.83 MiB)
 68: Landscape/Greenland/Greenland Glacier.mov (GL_G004_C010, 290.34 MiB)
 69: Landscape/Hawaii/Hawaii Clouds Dark.mov (H004_C007, 256.31 MiB)
 70: Landscape/Hawaii/Hawaii Clouds Light.mov (H004_C009, 217.93 MiB)
 71: Landscape/Hawaii/Hawaii Coastline.mov (H007_C003, 280.79 MiB)
 72: Landscape/Hawaii/Hawaii Ocean.mov (H012_C009_0, 287.4 MiB)
 73: Landscape/Hawaii/Hawaii Valley.mov (H005_C012, 315.91 MiB)
 74: Landscape/Iceland/Iceland Coast.mov (I003_C004, 1.39 GiB)
 75: Landscape/Iceland/Iceland Fjord from Above.mov (I004_C014, 951.6 MiB)
 76: Landscape/Iceland/Iceland Fjord.mov (I003_C011, 752.8 MiB)
 77: Landscape/Iceland/Iceland Glacier.mov (I003_C008, 518.09 MiB)
 78: Landscape/Iceland/Iceland Lake.mov (I003_C005, 872.91 MiB)
 79: Landscape/Iceland/Iceland Riverbed.mov (I003_C015, 727.6 MiB)
 80: Landscape/Iceland/Iceland Snow Caps.mov (I005_C008, 850.33 MiB)
 81: Landscape/Kerala/Reservoir Day.mov (ANN0070, 1.02 GiB)
 82: Landscape/Kerala/Tea Gardens Day.mov (ANN0100, 781.88 MiB)
 83: Landscape/Kerala/Tea Gardens Mist.mov (ANN0130, 690.91 MiB)
 84: Landscape/Kerala/Tea Gardens from Above.mov (ANN0040, 887.44 MiB)
 85: Landscape/Liwa/Liwa Dune Fields.mov (LW_L001_C006, 420.66 MiB)
 86: Landscape/Liwa/Liwa Horizon.mov (LW_L001_C003, 186.43 MiB)
 87: Landscape/Monument Valley/Arizona’s Coal Mine Canyon.mov (M013_C012_F01, 592.31 MiB)
 88: Landscape/Monument Valley/Utah Evening.mov (M012_C065_S04, 460.22 MiB)
 89: Landscape/Monument Valley/Utah’s Cathedral Canyon.mov (M010_C005_F01, 406.47 MiB)
 90: Landscape/Monument Valley/Utah’s Factory Butte.mov (M012_C023_S04, 524.98 MiB)
 91: Landscape/Monument Valley/Utah’s Lake Powell.mov (M010_C009_F01, 480.3 MiB)
 92: Landscape/Monument Valley/Utah’s Monument Valley.mov (M007_C007_F01, 1.26 GiB)
 93: Landscape/Monument Valley/Utah’s Olympia Bar.mov (M005_C017_F01, 503.99 MiB)
 94: Landscape/Patagonia/Patagonia Lake.mov (P005_C002_1109E1, 936.29 MiB)
 95: Landscape/Patagonia/Patagonia Mountain.mov (P001_C005_11059D, 852.58 MiB)
 96: Landscape/Patagonia/Patagonia Range.mov (P007_C027, 1.28 GiB)
 97: Landscape/Patagonia/Patagonia River.mov (P006_C002_11106T, 560.61 MiB)
 98: Landscape/Redwoods/Oregon Coastline.mov (R004_C012_F01, 590.91 MiB)
 99: Landscape/Redwoods/Oregon Sunset.mov (R006_C013_S05, 778.17 MiB)
100: Landscape/Redwoods/Redwoods River.mov (R013_C039_F01, 575.67 MiB)
101: Landscape/Redwoods/Redwoods from Above.mov (R010_C003_F01, 461.25 MiB)
102: Landscape/Scotland/Scotland Castle.mov (S006_C007, 363.89 MiB)
103: Landscape/Scotland/Scotland Coast.mov (S003_C020, 781.94 MiB)
104: Landscape/Scotland/Scotland Loch.mov (S005_C015, 613.08 MiB)
105: Landscape/Sequoia/Sequoia Morning.mov (A010_C0005, 350.58 MiB)
106: Landscape/Sequoia/Sequoia Night.mov (A018_C0002, 416.47 MiB)
107: Landscape/Sequoia/Sequoia Sunrise.mov (A007_C0001, 453.21 MiB)
108: Landscape/Sonoma/Sonoma Clouds.mov (S011_C003_F01, 459 MiB)
109: Landscape/Sonoma/Sonoma Evening.mov (S013_C001_F01, 559.87 MiB)
110: Landscape/Sonoma/Sonoma Horizon.mov (W010_C003_F01, 587.1 MiB)
111: Landscape/Sonoma/Sonoma River.mov (S005_C013_F01, 873.3 MiB)
112: Landscape/Sonoma/Sonoma from Above.mov (S009_C018_F01, 292.39 MiB)
113: Landscape/Superbloom/California Wildflowers.mov (W015_C006_F01, 544.52 MiB)
114: Landscape/Superbloom/California’s Carrizo Plain.mov (W015_C010_F01, 243.24 MiB)
115: Landscape/Superbloom/California’s Temblor Range.mov (W014_C018_F01, 727.06 MiB)
116: Landscape/Tahoe/Tahoe Day.mov (TA_L_002, 445.4 MiB)
117: Landscape/Tahoe/Tahoe Evening.mov (TA_D_001, 431.08 MiB)
118: Landscape/Tahoe/Tahoe Morning.mov (TA_L_001, 431.86 MiB)
119: Landscape/Tahoe/Tahoe Night.mov (TA_D_002, 428.38 MiB)
120: Landscape/Uttarakhand/Ghansali from Above.mov (ANN0010, 686.05 MiB)
121: Landscape/Uttarakhand/Himalayan Peaks.mov (ANN0120, 221.31 MiB)
122: Landscape/Uttarakhand/Himalayas Day.mov (ANN0090, 485.25 MiB)
123: Landscape/Uttarakhand/The Ganges.mov (ANN0110, 734.84 MiB)
124: Landscape/Uttarakhand/Through Himalayas.mov (ANN0020, 892.38 MiB)
125: Landscape/Yosemite/Yosemite Clouds.mov (Y005_C003_0228SC, 411.6 MiB)
126: Landscape/Yosemite/Yosemite Horizon.mov (Y002_C013_0226, 459.17 MiB)
127: Landscape/Yosemite/Yosemite Mountains.mov (Y003_C009_027, 500.28 MiB)
128: Landscape/Yosemite/Yosemite Silhouette.mov (Y004_C015_0227PD, 422.81 MiB)
129: Landscape/Yosemite/Yosemite Snow Caps.mov (Y011_C008_030584, 814.72 MiB)
130: Landscape/Yosemite/Yosemite Valley.mov (Y011_C001_0305, 1.04 GiB)
131: Landscape/Yosemite/Yosemite from Above.mov (Y009_C015_0304I, 922.67 MiB)
132: Underwater/Alaskan Jellies/Alaskan Jellies Dark.mov (A004_C012, 332.85 MiB)
133: Underwater/Alaskan Jellies/Alaskan Jellies Light.mov (A003_C014, 570.79 MiB)
134: Underwater/Barracuda/Barracuda Battery.mov (BO_A018_C029, 214.26 MiB)
135: Underwater/Bumpheads/Bumpheads.mov (BO_A014_C008, 409.7 MiB)
136: Underwater/California Dolphins/California Dolphin Pod.mov (B002_C011, 373.23 MiB)
137: Underwater/California Kelp Forest/California Kelp Forest.mov (A016_C002, 470.72 MiB)
138: Underwater/Costa Rica Dolphins/Costa Rica Dolphin Pod.mov (A009_C007, 342.75 MiB)
139: Underwater/Cownose Rays/Cownose Rays.mov (A006_C008, 423.38 MiB)
140: Underwater/Gray Reef Sharks/Gray Reef Sharks.mov (U009_C004, 422.09 MiB)
141: Underwater/Humpback Whale/Humpback Whale.mov (D004_L014, 313.34 MiB)
142: Underwater/Jacks/Jack School.mov (A014_C023, 187.2 MiB)
143: Underwater/Kelp/Kelp Dark.mov (KP_A010_C002, 356.02 MiB)
144: Underwater/Palau Coral/Palau Coral Colors.mov (PA_A004_C003, 317.17 MiB)
145: Underwater/Palau Jellies/Palau Jellies Blue.mov (PA_A002_C009, 950.38 MiB)
146: Underwater/Palau Jellies/Palau Jellies Dark.mov (PA_A001_C007, 639.1 MiB)
147: Underwater/Palau Jellies/Palau Jellies Light.mov (PA_A010_C007, 286.55 MiB)
148: Underwater/Red Sea Coral/Red Sea Coral from Above.mov (A008_C010, 332.02 MiB)
149: Underwater/Sea Stars/Sea Stars.mov (A012_C031, 285.54 MiB)
150: Underwater/Seals/Seal Pod.mov (SE_A016_C009, 379.65 MiB)
151: Underwater/Tahiti Waves/Tahiti Coast.mov (TH_804_A001_8, 124.08 MiB)
152: Underwater/Tahiti Waves/Tahiti Waves Mist.mov (TH_803_A001_8, 148.71 MiB)
total: 71.56 GiB

Previously there were 137 videos at 61.79 GiB in size.

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