Heliogram
The live Sun on your Mac's screens: as your desktop picture, your screen saver, or a wall of video.
macOS 13 or later · Apple Silicon and Intel
- Open the disk image and drag Heliogram to Applications.
- Already have it? Drag the new one over the old; your settings stay.
- Heliogram keeps itself up to date.
- Coming from Heliograph 0.7? It will not update itself to Heliogram: install this one, then move Heliograph to the Trash.
iPhone, iPad and Android
The App Store version is the one with Kiosk, for lobbies and classrooms. iPhone and iPad come to the same App Store page next; Apple TV is planned.
- Tap the button on your phone. When Android asks, allow your browser to install unknown apps, then open the downloaded file and tap Install.
- This version tells you when a newer one is out; download it the same way and your settings stay.
- Google Play is coming. The Play version and this one are signed with the same key, so either can update the other.
Version 0.1 · SHA-256 6840c604e1e9351e03ce09217187236399eb9c386badd0c700cfe523a8d0edac
Android may warn that this app comes from an unknown developer, through Google Play Protect and your browser's prompt to install unknown apps. The app is signed by gilly.space, and its SHA-256 is shown above. To go ahead, choose Install anyway or Continue.
What's new in 0.8
- Heliograph is now Heliogram.
- Kiosk, for lobbies and classrooms, is now a subscription from the Mac App Store, monthly or yearly, with the first month free, in two tiers: Kiosk, and a lower-priced Kiosk with Store that keeps the My Heliogram link on screen. Macs already running Kiosk keep it.
- Heliogram is coming to the Mac App Store.
- Help > Copy Diagnostics copies a short report to paste into a support email, with your home folder hidden.
- A clip with no readable time is captioned UNKNOWN.
Live imagery from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, processed by gilly.space. · Privacy · Support: support@myheliogram.com