Screen savers
May 13, 2017 07:14:23 #
I have an iMac and i just had work done by Apple. Before the work i had a black screen, now i have a screen saver. I looked everywhere to turn it off and i can't find it. Does anyone know how to get rid of it.
May 13, 2017 07:19:18 #
fourg1b2006 wrote:
I have an iMac and i just had work done by Apple. Before the work i had a black screen, now i have a screen saver. I looked everywhere to turn it off and i can't find it. Does anyone know how to get rid of it.
Mine goes black, too, but I'm not on it now, so I can't help. I always thought it was strange having an image as a screen saver. Where are the savings?
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2255926?tstart=0
https://superuser.com/questions/328668/where-can-i-get-a-black-screen-screensaver-for-os-x-lion
https://randosity.wordpress.com/2017/02/18/how-to-setup-a-black-blank-screensaver-on-a-mac-or-windows-computer/
May 13, 2017 07:26:43 #
fourg1b2006 wrote:
I have an iMac and i just had work done by Apple. Before the work i had a black screen, now i have a screen saver. I looked everywhere to turn it off and i can't find it. Does anyone know how to get rid of it.
Do you mean a screen saver - usually an animated display that disrupts and hides what is on the screen until you touch a key or move the mouse, OR a wallpaper for the desktop - a static picture that replaces the black screen and has the normal icons displayed on top of it?
Two very different things, both managed in the control settings easily
May 13, 2017 07:29:48 #
spaceylb
Loc: Long Beach, N.Y.
Right click on desktop.
Change desktop background.
Solid colors. Take your choice...
Change desktop background.
Solid colors. Take your choice...
May 13, 2017 07:34:34 #
The original reason for the screen saver was for CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) displays. If one non-changing image was left on the screen for a very extended time, it would eventually "burn" the image into the phosphorous coating on the inside of the face of the CRT, and you could see a ghost image when the CRT was turned off.
So you were "saving" your screen.
So you were "saving" your screen.
May 13, 2017 07:38:21 #
spaceylb wrote:
Right click on desktop.
Change desktop background.
Solid colors. Take your choice...
Change desktop background.
Solid colors. Take your choice...
It is an IMAC.
May 13, 2017 08:02:05 #
Longshadow wrote:
The original reason for the screen saver was for CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) displays. If one non-changing image was left on the screen for a very extended time, it would eventually "burn" the image into the phosphorous coating on the inside of the face of the CRT, and you could see a ghost image when the CRT was turned off.
So you were "saving" your screen.
So you were "saving" your screen.
Plasma TVs had the same problem.
May 13, 2017 08:58:21 #
May 13, 2017 09:14:57 #
fourg1b2006 wrote:
I have an iMac and i just had work done by Apple. Before the work i had a black screen, now i have a screen saver. I looked everywhere to turn it off and i can't find it. Does anyone know how to get rid of it.
Marty
To turn off the screen saver, click "System Preferences" > click on "Desk Top & Screen Saver"> choose "Screen Saver" > at the bottom click on the up/down arrows for "Start After" > choose "Never".
May 13, 2017 09:58:57 #
fourg1b2006 wrote:
I have an iMac and i just had work done by Apple. Before the work i had a black screen, now i have a screen saver. I looked everywhere to turn it off and i can't find it. Does anyone know how to get rid of it.
Right click on any area of the desktop. Open Screen Saver. Go thru the options there. Mac beat me to it.
May 13, 2017 12:26:48 #
fourg1b2006 wrote:
I have an iMac and i just had work done by Apple. Before the work i had a black screen, now i have a screen saver. I looked everywhere to turn it off and i can't find it. Does anyone know how to get rid of it.
I'm a PC user and don't know Macs. What I've done is taken a photo with the lens cap on and upload the image as a screen saver.
May 13, 2017 13:29:12 #
joer wrote:
I'm a PC user and don't know Macs. What I've done is taken a photo with the lens cap on and upload the image as a screen saver.
How did you make that a screen saver? Or did you mean you used it as the wallpaper or background?
May 13, 2017 15:39:39 #
Dngallagher wrote:
How did you make that a screen saver?
Probably could choose a "photo folder" in the screen saver options.
May 13, 2017 15:46:34 #
dannac wrote:
Probably could choose a "photo folder" in the screen saver options.
I get the feeling many do not know the difference between a screensaver and wallpaper, I have seen many who refer to wallpaper as a screen saver and vice versa
May 13, 2017 15:50:35 #
Dngallagher wrote:
Do you mean a screen saver - usually an animated display that disrupts and hides what is on the screen until you touch a key or move the mouse, OR a wallpaper for the desktop - a static picture that replaces the black screen and has the normal icons displayed on top of it?
Two very different things, both managed in the control settings easily
Two very different things, both managed in the control settings easily
As far as I concern, the wallpaper for the desktop IS the screensaver!
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