Earth 3D
Earth 3D is a Mac live wallpaper and screensaver app that shows a rotating 3D Earth with landmarks, day-night effects, and interactive globe views.
What is Earth 3D?
Earth 3D is a native Mac app that turns your desktop into a 3D view of Earth as a live wallpaper and screensaver. It is designed for users who want an animated desktop experience with a space theme, and it also offers an interactive globe mode for exploring the planet. Users can view day and night transitions, city lights, a realistic night sky, and a rotating Earth with geographic points of interest. The app is also used as a simple world exploration tool, with map-based content, landmarks, and additional educational add-ons available through in-app purchases. On macOS, it fits best for people who want decorative desktop visuals combined with light atlas-style browsing. Earth 3D is published by 3Planesoft.
Key features
- Show a rotating 3D Earth as a live wallpaper on the Mac desktop
- Run as a screensaver with animated space and lighting effects
- Explore the globe in an interactive mode
- View day and night cycles with city lights
- Browse geographic objects and world landmarks
- Use multiple map and information add-ons, including weather content
- Support Retina displays and multi-monitor setups
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
Earth 3D is a legitimate desktop wallpaper and screensaver app for macOS. Its normal activity is limited to displaying animated visual content and related globe information. If you enable optional online features such as weather, the app may connect to the internet for those updates. Removing it will mainly affect its wallpaper, screensaver, and add-on content, so keep it if you actively use those features.
Recommendation: Keep Earth 3D if you use it for desktop visuals, screensaver mode, or globe browsing. If you no longer use it, you can remove it without affecting macOS beyond losing its wallpapers, screensaver behavior, and any app-specific content.
Common paths
/Applications/Earth 3D.app
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.3Planesoft.Earth3D.plist
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