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I'm on a 2021 Macbook Pro M1, Mac OS Monterey 12.2.1.
My "Turn Screen Off After" setting is for 15 minutes. Whenever I select "Show Screen Saver" for 1 or 2 minutes, there is no warning triangle. But when I select it for 5 or 10 minutes, the triangle shows up again. Why is this happening?
MacBook Pro (2020 and later)
Greetings, steevo987.
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities. We can understand why you’d want to know more about the Screen Saver warning you saw.
“A warning symbol indicates if your display is set to turn off (as specified in Energy Saver preferences or Battery preferences) before the screen saver starts.” Change Screen Saver preferences on Mac
That being said, since the screen saver time frame is under the threshold for your screen being turned off, we'd like to look into this a bit deeper. To get started, if you change the Energy Saver settings to turn the display off after one hour, does the same behavior occur?
If you change the screen saver, does the same thing occur as well? Alternatively, if you test this behavior in another admin user, does it appear to be resolved? If you've never created another admin user for testing, check out: Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac - Apple Support
We hope this helps! Thanks for being a part of the community.
Sincerely.
Greetings, steevo987.
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities. We can understand why you’d want to know more about the Screen Saver warning you saw.
“A warning symbol indicates if your display is set to turn off (as specified in Energy Saver preferences or Battery preferences) before the screen saver starts.” Change Screen Saver preferences on Mac
That being said, since the screen saver time frame is under the threshold for your screen being turned off, we'd like to look into this a bit deeper. To get started, if you change the Energy Saver settings to turn the display off after one hour, does the same behavior occur?
If you change the screen saver, does the same thing occur as well? Alternatively, if you test this behavior in another admin user, does it appear to be resolved? If you've never created another admin user for testing, check out: Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac - Apple Support
We hope this helps! Thanks for being a part of the community.
Sincerely.
Hello, JessS19.
Thanks for the insight into this. I tried to set the "turn screen off" time to one hour, and the warning triangle still pops up next to the "start screen saver after" field when it is set at 5 minutes or higher.
The 1 and 2 minute options still have no triangle.
Thanks again...
Hi JessS19, I forgot to mention this: when I created another admin user, it did not let me change the "screen turns off" time, but the "screen saver" time was still adjustable.
And the warning triangle still came up with the screen saver set to 5 minutes and higher, but disappeared at 1 and 2 minutes.
Hi, steevo987.
Thanks for getting back to us. At this point, it would be best to Contact Apple Support for additional guidance.
Best wishes.
Thank you karina184, will do.
Hey, steevo987.
Have a wonderful rest of your day! Never hesitate to consult the Apple Support Communities.
Warmly.
Thanks so much, I hope you have a great day and a fantastic weekend!
Sincerely,
steevo987
Yellow Warning Triangle When I Select "Show Screen Saver" For 5 Minutes Or Longer
