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iMac stuck on screensaver Mojave

My iMac often stucks at the screensaver. It seems like there is no response from mouse, keyboard or usb-input. I found out that when I hit the keys Shift+CMD+Q at the same time, my iMac wakes up.

Unfortunaly all loggedin accounts are logged off.


Who has a better solution? Thank you.

Posted on Jul 26, 2019 4:46 AM

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Posted on Jul 26, 2019 8:11 AM

If you do not want or require a password after the screen saver starts, go to: Apple > System Preferences > Security & Privacy > General tab > unlock the panel > and uncheck "Require password _____ after sleep or screen saver begins"

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Jul 28, 2019 4:12 PM in response to dialabrain

I'm using an iMac retina 27", 2017 with Mojave 10.14.5; 3,5 GHz i5, 16GB ram.


This problem happens once in awhile, not always. I can not reproduce. I'd tried pram and smc reset. This might helped for awhile. I also had contact with Apple support. They only suggest pram reset.


I read somewhere on the internet someone with a similar problem had a broken motherboard. But I can't imagine this is the case with my iMac. Anyway, every suggestion is welcom.

iMac stuck on screensaver Mojave

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