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It is one of the oldest screensavers for the Windows operating system.

Thanks to some clever repackaging tricks it can still run on modern (and even 64-bit ) versions of Windows, and as a result remains popular today.

Unfortunately, Johnny Castaway was never made available for the increasingly popular Apple Mac OS family of operating systems.

Since Windows programs arent compatible with Mac, and vice versa, Mac users have never been able to enjoy Johnnys screen antics.

The good news is that we have found a way around these limitations, allowing Johnny Castaway to run like any other screensaver on Mac OS X.

This requires a few supporting utilities, but all in all you should be able to have Johnny Castaway up and running within 15 minutes.

How it works The trick, as we explain it below, is to use a combination of Wineskin, a computer program that can emulate a Windows environment on Mac OS, and AppStartSaver, a utility that allows you to run any program as your screensaver.

We have tested the below process to work on Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard, 32-bit) and OS X 10.10 (Yosemite, 64-bit).

This means that while computers with a 64-bit version of Windows are unfortunately unable to run the (16-bit) Johnny Castaway screensaver, Wineskin allows it to work on both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Mac OS X.

Note: because of the emulation process required to run a Windows program on a Mac, running the screensaver may result in a relatively high level of processor (CPU) load.

We are still looking for an alternative.

Step 1. Download Johnny Castaway Create an empty folder named JohnnyCastaway on your desktop by right-clicking on an empty area and selecting New Folder.

Name it JohnnyCastaway and press Enter or click elsewhere to save it.

Johnny Castaway Screensaver .Exe To The

Download JohnnyCastawayMac.exe to the folder you created by right-clicking the before link and selecting Save As.

We will be returning to this folder and file later in the process.

Step 2. Download and run Wineskin You can optionally skip this step by downloading the application wrapper file we created using the below instructions: JohnnyCastaway.zip (42.5MB).

We tested this file to work on Snow Leopard and Yosemite.

Copy the Wineskin wrapper within the ZIP file to a folder on your computer where you can easily find it later, and where it is unlikely to be accidentally deleted.

Double-click it to see if the screensaver works, then proceed to step 3.

Once the file has been downloaded, double-click it to extract its contents into the folder you downloaded it to.

Locate the Wineskin Winery 2 application in that folder and double-click it to launch the program.

If an updated Wrapper Version is available, click Update before proceeding.

Select the newest engine at the top of the dropdown list (e.g.

It may take a few minutes before the engine is downloaded and installed.

Wineskin Winery will return you to the list of installed engines, and the engine you just selected and downloaded should appear in the list.