My screen saver goes to black after a few minutes of running...any idea why?

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My screen saver goes to black after a few minutes of running...any idea why?

I've got a brand new macbook pro. I just did the set up of the screensaver which draws from a pictures folder. The screensaver starts like it is supposed to but after a very brief time of running the screen just goes to black...no more screen saver. Any suggestions for what I have set wrong or what I need to change?

Also, when I'm loading a batch of pictures to my machine from my memory card is there a way to go through them and easily delete the ones I want to trash in a large screen (ie in preview or iphoto?) I don' see a delete button of any kind. For example in Micorsoft Office picture manager there's an 'x' and if you want to dump the picture while you are previewing them all/editing you can do it right from that screen.

Thanks in advance for any helpful suggestions!! I'm a newbie to Macs (20 year PC user) and a little lost at the learning curve!

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Oct 21, 2012 3:46 PM

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Answer 1

Poikkeus

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Oct 21, 2012 4:44 PM in response to isalaur

Oooh, I think I know what's happening. Go to System Preferences/Desktop & Screensaver/Screensaver/Screensaver, and you'll see a dialog at the bottom that says "Start After". Choose "Never." The reason you're not seeing your screensaver is, likely, that you accidentally enabled the screensaver.

I can't help you in the Memory Card question, since I don't use one.

Post here with your results!

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Linc Davis

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Oct 21, 2012 6:39 PM in response to isalaur

From the menu bar, select  ▹ System Preferences ▹ Energy Saver. Set the Display sleep slider to an interval longer than the interval at which the screensaver starts. For example, if the screensaver starts after 10 minutes, set the display to sleep after 20 minutes. You'll then get 10 minutes of the screensaver, followed by a blank screen. You can set the slider to Never, if you like, but that will waste a lot of energy over the life of the machine.

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