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Software to blank a display for security or to prevent hardware problems while system input is idle.

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How do I turn off the Screen Saver?

Can't believe that I have to ask this question, but... How to I disable the screen saver on my 2014 MacBook Pro, running MacOS Sierra 10.12? I have a need occasionally to keep the screen display on, but I might not use it for 20 minutes at a time. I…
PeteCon
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Is it possible to disable or remove the iTunes Artwork screensaver?

The iTunes Artwork screensaver is, IMO, an abomination. I like using a random screensaver but I do not want to see that one, ever. Apple, in their infinite wisdom, or lack thereof, seems to have decided that screensavers are mission critical and can…
Dave Noonan
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How to prevent the screensaver occasionally showing "No photos"?

I have my screensaver set to show photos from a shared album in my photo library. Normally this works fine, but occasionally it fails to load any of the photos and just shows a black screen with the message "No photos". I haven't been able to figure…
Dave Mulligan
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Why do some of my programs get terminated when the screensaver runs?

I have Mac with OS X 10.6.6 running. When the screensaver gets started and runs for a few minutes (10 or 15?) Thunderbind, Firefox and a few other programs gets terminated because OS X seems to want to log me out. This is very annoying as I have to…
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Google Featured Photos on mac stopped working

I've been using Google Featured photos screensaver, and it was fine, until recently ( I guess after upgrading to High Sierra) Right now, it comes up, it shows the photo taker's name on left down corner, but photos are all blank (just dark…
hamoon jamshidi meydandar
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Mac System Preference Screen Saver "Start after:" setting is always disabled

I've been searching for the answer for a while, but I haven't been able figure it out. I'd like to lower start time of my Mac's screen saver, but it's always disabled, and I cannot make it go up/down. Any suggestions on how to fix this? Thanks!
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screen lock using a script

Is it possible to lock the screen in OS Yosemite using code? And then put in a scheduler to run every two minutes? If so what script language are we talking, task scheduler program etc
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Screensaver does not offer option to use any photos

On iMac with Yosemite, my screensaver has lost the option to use photos. Where there should be an option to select a photos folder there is only a bar "Screen Saver Options" i.e. color, speed etc of the cg saver options which are still available. …
Roger S
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