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The one that mystifies me, is why Apple pulled their original Dubai At Night screensaver[0].

[0] https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=766810966790684 (This seems to be the only place to find it online).



I was in a room of Apple TV engineers when the screensaver of I-110 in LA came on. Everyone agreed that it caused mild anxiety. I'm glad I don't see it in the rotation anymore.

https://bzamayo.com/watch-all-the-apple-tv-aerial-video-scre...


I don't know why anyone would want to look at gross car dependent hell. Not something to be in awe of


The videos on this page don't work for me (tried Chrome and Firefox)


It links off to `https://sylvan.apple.com/` which has a name mismatch cert error. If you follow the url in the console (and ignore the cert error) you can download it. Not super convenient but there you are.



It's a beautiful recording of a dystopic society.


Weirdly I that always happened to me and I thought I was the only one.


That's weird, it immediately made me think of the Genshin impact loading screen. https://youtu.be/rBnfA4pXw6U


I'd take a guess and say that Dubai is one of those places that's a bit paranoid of aerial imagery?

Was this filmed with a drone or helicopter? Is it possible the right "permits" weren't obtained before flying over the rush hour traffic?


I have no idea. It’s an awesome video.

I have a couple of friends that used to work for Apple, and neither one has any idea why.


Could something be copyrighted here ? Eiffel Tower isn't, but lights are : https://www.toureiffel.paris/en/business/use-image-of-eiffel...


There's still a daytime top-down Dubai screensaver video on Apple TV I believe.


My Apple TV shows downtown LA.



Thank you for these! I think I'll have to enable a setting on mine to get the other screensavers.


I thought you could pick that categories in the settings, I swear I turned off the city ones cause I hate the city and I don’t live i. A city.


The files are still available in both 4K and 4K HDR versions, I still have them by default in Aerial if you miss them.




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