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Q: how you change the speed of pictures displayed on your screensaver

how you change the speed of pictures displayed on your screensaver

Posted on Jul 5, 2015 10:02 PM

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Q: how you change the speed of pictures displayed on your screensaver

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  • by Carolyn Samit,

    Carolyn Samit Carolyn Samit Jul 5, 2015 10:09 PM in response to RSHRSHRSH
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    Jul 5, 2015 10:09 PM in response to RSHRSHRSH

    Unfortunately, Apple does not offer an option for the speed at which the photos rotate >  Mac Basics: Display a screen saver when you're not using your Mac - Apple Support

     

    However, you can select how long after you put the Mac to sleep that you want the screen saver to start.

     

    Open System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver then click the Start after: pop up menu bottom of that pane.

  • by K Shaffer,Helpful

    K Shaffer K Shaffer Jul 6, 2015 1:52 AM in response to RSHRSHRSH
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    Jul 6, 2015 1:52 AM in response to RSHRSHRSH

    If yours is an older Apple computer running an OS X prior to Yosemite 10.10.x you may

    have other choices in the System Preferences> Desktop and Screen Savers settings...

     

    An example:

    Screen Shot 2015-07-06 at 12.40.35 AM.png

    A screenshot in Mavericks 10.9.5: There are controls to set duration of rotation to select

    times between slideshow images; in older OS X versions, most have control over this.

    {And you can choose images from your own folders, set up to be desktop backgrounds.}

     

    However it would appear the controls changed in Yosemite. I've not upgraded newer Mac

    to the latest system, so mine shipped (new-old-stock) with Mavericks 10.9 late last year.

     

    Not sure if there would be a third-party app or option to control this system function safely.

     

    In any event...

    Good luck & happy computing!