June 2004
Intermediate to advanced
1056 pages
39h 58m
English
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Name
Screensavers
Synopsis
- Adjust the amount of time my system needs to be idle before the screensaver kicks in?
System Preferences→Desktop & Screen Saver→Screen Saver→Start screen saver→move the slider left or right
- Quickly activate my screensaver when I know I’ll be away from my desk for a while?
System Preferences→Desktop & Screen Saver→Screen Saver→Hot Corners→in Active Screen Corners sheet, mark a corner of the screen to activate or disable the screensaver by selecting one of the pop-up menus
- Configure my Mac to use a .Mac member’s Slide Show?
System Preferences→Desktop & Screen Saver→Screen Saver→select .Mac in the left column→click the Options button→enter the member’s name in the .Mac Membership Name field→click OK
- Protect my system from prying eyes while I’m away from my computer?
System Preferences→Security→select the checkbox next to “Require password to wake this computer from sleep or screen saver”
- Store a
.saverfile for a third-party screensaver I’ve downloaded from the Internet? Place the
.saverfile in/Library/Screen Savers.- Locate the default screensavers that come with Mac OS X?
Look in
/System/Library/Screen Savers.- Use the images in one of my iPhoto libraries as a screensaver?
System Preferences→Desktop & Screen Saver→Screen Saver→in the Screen Savers column, scroll down→select the iPhoto library name
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