I have an old MacBook Pro running on High Sierra that has great screensavers not showing up on my 21.5" iMac running on Monterey. Is there some way I can add those old screensavers to my iMac--like transferring using a flash drive?
I also have great wallpapers downloaded into a folder that I would love to utilize as a screensaver if that's possible.
Thanks!
iMac 21.5″, macOS 12.2
Yes, was going to do that.
On old MacBook I went to screensaver under system preferences, found the name of the photos I like (NaturePatterns), then opened Finder on the dock and searched for NaturePatterns on my Mac. When I found them, I copied them onto a flash drive, and inserted that into my iMac. I opened Photos and created a new folder called Screensavers, copied from the flash drive to Screensavers folder. Then I two-finger clicked on my iMac desktop and clicked on Change Desktop Background, clicked on Screensaver, clicked on Source and chose screensavers and then how I wanted it to display from the left column (I chose Flip-Up). Voilà--it works great!
Yes, was going to do that.
On old MacBook I went to screensaver under system preferences, found the name of the photos I like (NaturePatterns), then opened Finder on the dock and searched for NaturePatterns on my Mac. When I found them, I copied them onto a flash drive, and inserted that into my iMac. I opened Photos and created a new folder called Screensavers, copied from the flash drive to Screensavers folder. Then I two-finger clicked on my iMac desktop and clicked on Change Desktop Background, clicked on Screensaver, clicked on Source and chose screensavers and then how I wanted it to display from the left column (I chose Flip-Up). Voilà--it works great!
If you know where the images are stored you can certainly copy them to the new computer.
Okay, I found them and copied them onto a flash drive. Dumb question: wondering exactly where I paste them so I can access them for my screensaver? Just into Photos?
never mind--I figured it out!
Good Job!
Can you share it here so others can benefit?
Can I add Nature Patterns (on my old laptop) to my iMac screensaver options?
