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Missing NatGeo screensavers on new iMac

My old 2009 iMac died two weeks ago. Today I am setting up my new iMac and I wanted to use the National Geographic screensaver but it's not there. Any idea if I can access it somewhere? Thanks!

iMac 21.5", macOS 10.14

Posted on May 17, 2019 11:32 AM

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Posted on May 17, 2019 12:22 PM

Well, I figured it out with VikingOSX's help. I copied the 17 jpgs onto a flash drive, pasted them onto my desktop, then moved them into my /library/screen savers folder; then I opened preferences, clicked on screen savers, choose folder, and searched for Screen Savers, and double-clicked on the folder. Voila! It worked. Thanks!!

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May 17, 2019 12:22 PM in response to smartblondegirl

Well, I figured it out with VikingOSX's help. I copied the 17 jpgs onto a flash drive, pasted them onto my desktop, then moved them into my /library/screen savers folder; then I opened preferences, clicked on screen savers, choose folder, and searched for Screen Savers, and double-clicked on the folder. Voila! It worked. Thanks!!

May 17, 2019 12:55 PM in response to smartblondegirl

I know that you already solved this, but here is what I did.


Opened Terminal on a High Sierra 10.13.6 and:

  1. cd /Library/Screen Savers/Default*
  2. zip -r ~/Desktop/"National Geographic".zip "1-National Geographic"
  3. Moved the preceding .zip file to Mojave
  4. On Mojave, cd /Library/Screen\ Savers/Default*
  5. sudo unzip ~/Desktop/"National Geographic".zip

May 17, 2019 12:03 PM in response to smartblondegirl

Apple dropped it in Mojave, though it was in High Sierra in /Library/Screen Savers/Default Collections as 1-National Geographic folder. Unless you have access to a Mac or a Time Machine backup that contains this National Geographic content, you won't be able to add it to Mojave. You should be familiar with the Terminal command-line and have sudo privileges to write into the above folder location.


I zipped up the folder on High Sierra, and copied and unzipped it into the above folder location on Mojave. It works.

Missing NatGeo screensavers on new iMac

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