Mac Tip Podcast – #014 – Adding screensavers to your Mac
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In this episode of Mac Tip Podcast;
Adding screensavers to your Mac
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Show Notes
Back in the old windows days I remember downloading a bunch of screensavers a weekly basis but now I’m older I don’t really download that many screen savers and haven’t had to download any screensavers since and move to the Mac, but was fiddling I wanted to actually wanted to download some screensavers.
Apple provides a number of screen savers with the Mac OS, but you can never have too many As the same with Windows PCs. There are screen savers available for almost everybody’s tastes
Adding a third-party screen saver to your Mac is a simple process. You can add it manually, or if the screen saver has a built-in installer, as many do, you can let it perform the installation for you.
Screen savers are stored in one of two locations on your Mac.
/Library/Screen Savers/. Screen savers stored here can be used by any user account on your Mac.
~/Library/Screen Savers/. Screen savers stored here can only be used by that user account. The tilde (~) character at the front of the path name represents your personal home directory. For example, if your home directory is named ‘Ben,’ the pathname would be /Users/Ben/Library/Screen Savers/.
Most Mac screen savers are smart little buggers; they know how to install themselves.
- Close System Preferences, if you already have it open.
- Double-click the screen saver you wish to install.
- The Installer will start.
- Most installers will ask if you wish to install the screen saver for all users or just yourself. Make your selection to complete the installation.
- You can copy screen savers you download from the Internet to one of the above two locations. Note: Never move a folder or file that doesn’t end with .saver to a Screen Savers folder.
and that should do it The installation is complete, no matter which way you chose to perform the installation. You can now select and configure the options your new screen saver offers, if any, by going to the System Preference Pane — Desktop and Screensavers
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