how to move to next picture in screen saver

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how to move to next picture in screen saver

how do i show the next or previous picture shwon in the screen saver?? ... on the PC that was just a right or left arrow click but I can't find the equivalent on my new iMac 😉

iMac 24", Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Oct 17, 2007 10:10 PM

Answer 1

SteveLamb0

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Oct 19, 2007 12:49 PM in response to bazone

Hi

Not exactly sure if it's what your after but, if I start on Computer Name, I can move down the list using  + ↓ (down arrow key).

Steve

Answer 2

bazone Author

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Oct 20, 2007 10:34 AM in response to SteveLamb0

maybe i didn't make sense

i'm talking about when the screen saver is displaying pictures

how do I go back (or fw) in the pictures displayed?

often we notice a picture just as its transitioning to the next and want to look at it again .. ie go backward

on the PC i was able to click left arrow and it would go back

when i do that on the iMac it comes out of the screen saver ;-(

Answer 3

Oct 20, 2007 11:23 AM in response to bazone

Screensaver does not behave the way you want--if you touch the mouse or keyboard then Sceensaver goes away, as it was designed to do.

If you are in the habit of wanting to see pictures again, perhaps you should use Slideshow instead. Go to the folder of pix you want to see displayed, select all, then control click or right click on an item and select Slidehow from the drop down menu. You can use the arrow keys to go forward or back.
Francine

Francine
Schwieder

Answer 4

bazone Author

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Oct 20, 2007 2:06 PM in response to Francine Schwieder

what a shame ;-( ... i understand how to do the slideshow but unless it can come on automatically after time & via hot corners and play all pics randomly - always ... i don't think we're gonna be happy

Answer 5

baltwo

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Oct 21, 2007 12:38 AM in response to bazone

Sorry, but it appears that you'll be unhappy.

Answer 6

sndmxr

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Oct 29, 2007 8:42 AM in response to bazone

I agree with you bazone, it would be fantastic to be able to 'go back' and see the photo that was displayed on the screen saver. With over 10,000 photos on disk - sometimes I catch of glimpse of something that I have not seen in a while and would like to see it again without digging around in iphoto.

Answer 7

bazone Author

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Oct 29, 2007 8:58 AM in response to sndmxr

thanks for the reply sndmxr ... I was beginning to think I was crazy ;-( ... my hope is its functionality available in Leopard 😉

Answer 8

bazone Author

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Nov 13, 2007 8:23 PM in response to bazone

doesn't seem to have the functionality in Leopard either ;-( ... am I missing anything?

or do you know of any [extension] software out there to do this??

Answer 9

bazone Author

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Aug 1, 2008 1:24 PM in response to bazone

this ***** that it can't be done