Mousecape vs Aerial

Mousecape

Cursor Manager for OSX (by alexzielenski)

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Aerial

Aerial Apple TV screen saver for Windows (by cDima)

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Mousecape		Aerial
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22	Mentions	7
1,261	Stars	1,961
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	0.0
almost 2 years ago	Latest Commit	over 1 year ago
Objective-C	Language	C#
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	-

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Mousecape

Posts with mentions or reviews of Mousecape. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-04.

Apple doesn't allow you to change macOS cursor anymore
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Feb 2024

Yes, it's my impression that the submission link should be https://github.com/alexzielenski/Mousecape/issues/219
Mousecape: Custom Cursors for macOS
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Sep 2023
How can i get a custom mouse cursor? (macOS Big Sur 11.7.6)
1 project | /r/MacOS | 5 Jul 2023
I created a fun cursor for my Mac using Mousescape.
2 projects | /r/macapps | 27 Apr 2023

I was looking for a way to use custom cursors for my Mac when I came across a cool app called Mousecape that allows you to do just that. Unfortunately, there isn't a strong community creating cursors for it so I decided to give it a crack. You can snag the files here https://github.com/obatola/mousecape-hand-cursor.
macOS Cursors
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Mar 2023

This got me wondering how I could set my macOS system cursors to something else.
https://github.com/alexzielenski/Mousecape/releases
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https://www.deviantart.com/allannyholm/art/Mousecape-Throwba...
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The 2 .zip cursor packs on here https://www.macintoshrepository.org/33199-mighty-mouse
Works on Ventura.
Any apps that will help you customize MacOS?
3 projects | /r/macapps | 13 Feb 2023

There's also MouseCape for mouse cursors.
A small but important optional change to pc-cursors....
1 project | /r/lefthanded | 19 Dec 2022

If you are on Mac, download Mousecape. It allows you to reverse all the built-in cursors (or add third-party sets). It runs under Monterey (my current OS), and likely Ventura; runs on both Intel and Apple Silicon processors; and is free!
Is it possible to change the mouse cursor on osx?
1 project | /r/OSXTweaks | 2 Nov 2022

Yes it is with MouseCape https://github.com/alexzielenski/Mousecape
What are your favorite hidden gem Mac apps?
13 projects | /r/macapps | 9 Jun 2022

Mousescape - Change your mouse cursor
Can you change the cursor on a mac?
1 project | /r/applehelp | 25 May 2022

Mousecape - free/open source

Aerial

Posts with mentions or reviews of Aerial. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-01-16.

My X370 Yoga running Windows 11 Home
1 project | /r/thinkpad | 4 Apr 2023
Gorgeous Apple screensavers for your OLED screen
1 project | /r/OLED_Gaming | 1 Jul 2022

I did not manage to install them directly with the Windows Aerial soft people seem to use, so I simply imported them into Wallpaper Engine from Steam. It works pretty well (but some of the HDR videos don't work, they have pink/green tint, even with the proper codecs, I don't know why. SDR are fine. If you find a workaround, I'm glad to hear it).
Where to find screensaver not on AppleTV
1 project | /r/appletv | 10 Jan 2022

You can install them as a screensaver on Windows; https://github.com/cDima/Aerial
Create Aerial 4K Drone footage screensaver
1 project | /r/Windows11Concepts | 18 Aug 2021
what good apps are in windows store that arent in ios or android so we can discover new apps
11 projects | /r/Surface | 16 Jan 2021

Aerial screensaver for Windows: Port of the screensaver seen on AppleTV.
aerial screensaver for windows 10?
1 project | /r/Windows10 | 8 Jan 2021
I'm returning my M1 Mac and returning to Windows, here are my thoughts
9 projects | /r/Windows10 | 27 Dec 2020

Aerial screensaver for Windows: Port of the screensaver seen on AppleTV.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Mousecape and Aerial you can also consider the following projects:

MonitorControl - 🖥 Control your display's brightness & volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display. Use Apple Keyboard keys or custom shortcuts. Shows the native macOS OSDs.

SmartTaskbar - A lightweight utility which can automatically switch the display state of the Windows Taskbar.

alfred-calculate-anything - Alfred Workflow to calculate anything with natural language

bitbar-plugins - Plugin repository for xbar (the BitBar reboot)

mousecape_breeze - A macOS mousecape port for KDE breeze cursor theme

barrier - Open-source KVM software

winget-cli - WinGet is the Windows Package Manager. This project includes a CLI (Command Line Interface), PowerShell modules, and a COM (Component Object Model) API (Application Programming Interface).

Flashlight - :mag_right: Enhance Spotlight with plugins on macOS

macmediakeyforwarder - Media Key Forwarder for iTunes and Spotify

TileIconifier - Creates tiles for most Windows 8.1 and 10 start menu icons

T-Clock - Highly configurable Windows taskbar clock

mac-precision-touchpad - Windows Precision Touchpad Driver Implementation for Apple MacBook / Magic Trackpad