OS X

How To Create Custom Screensavers In OS X

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Having your computer go to sleep immediately, or having a default screensaver come on is boring, just like having a voicemail with no custom message. However there is a solution. OS X allows you to easily create a custom screesaver based off two ore more photos so you have give your Mac that personalised edge it needs to set itself a part. You can choose several options, which is great, and having photos of your loved ones or your favourite sports teams flying across your screen definitely beats the traditional swirly, repetitive screensaver. Here’s how to do it.

1. Open System Preferences.

2. Click Desktop & Screensaver.

3. Click the + button to add the folder of photos of your choice.

4. Configure the display style as appropriate.

You have to have a bunch of photos ready in a folder to do this, so if you haven’t yet done that, best assemble them before, or use an already existing folder. You can also change the display style which is really nice – you can have falling photos or a traditional slideshow, so it’s pretty customisable and you can give the awesome screensaver your Mac desperately needs. So scrap anything you have at the moment and make your own screensaver – you won’t regret it!

About the author

Chris

I've been a passionate evangelist for Apple and the Macintosh throughout my working life, my first love was a Quadra 605 working with a small creative agency in the south of Norfolk UK in the mid 1990's, I later progressed to other roles in other Macintosh dominated industries, first as a Senior graphic designer at a small printing company and then a production manager at Guardian Media Group. As the publishing and printing sector wained I moved into Internet Marketing and in 2006 co-founded blurtit.com which grew to become one the top 200 visited sites in the US (according to Quantcast), at its peak receiving over 15 million visits per month. For the last ten years I have worked as an Affiliate and Consultant to many different business and start ups, my key skill set being online marketing, on page monetisation, landing page optimisation and traffic generation, if you would like to hire me or discuss your current project please reach out to me here.

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