I know some folks were having problems with their system screen savers in 10.8.2 and 10.8.3.
My problem was mainly with 10.8.2. Failed to activate a few times in 10.8.3, but then mysteriously healed itself.
Will 10.8.4 finally fix this problem?
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)
Well, it looks like there might be a glimmer of hope coming.
It has been reported that there is a screensaver fix in the soon to be released OS X 10.8.5 update.
Keeping all fingers and toes crossed!
Don't know if this will help anyone else, but I just discovered that my screen saver works as long as I set the start time to one minute. Other settings, not so much.
I just downloaded the 10.8.5 update.
Let's see if it works.
The 10.8.5 update appears to have fixed it for me.
Not working again, I suppose we must now start a new thread '10.8.5 Screen Saver not Working'.
Screen Saver still working on my iMac, but it just failed 3 times on my MacBook Pro.
****!!!
Interesting. I just downloaded an update to 'Growl' and on re-installation this message appeared:
Just wondering if it has anything to do with our problem.
Anybody else using 'Growl'?
I've never used it.
ScreenSavers on both of my computers have been running smooth since my last post on Sept. 17.
I've started a new thread on this:
Never mind - just a thought. Back to the drawing board.
I hate to say this but the ScreenSaver problem has not been corrected with OS X Mavericks. I have been having this problem ever since I installed OS X version 10.8.2.
OS 10.8.5 appeared to have fixed the problem and the screensaver for 10.9 seemed to be working fine ever since I intalled it on Oct. 22.
But, today the problem has returned.
Now I have to use a HotCorner to activate it. It refuses to activate automatically.
Tags: 10.9, mavericks, screensaver_problem
FYI...
Last night, I used Time Machine to restore my system back to 10.8.5.
ScreenSaver is now working like a charm.
I was also having problems with Safari freezing up... that problem is gone too.
I'm staying away from Mavericks until they fix it.
I brought the last 2 posts over here to let folks know what I've been going through.
Hope it helps.
Wow. I guess that underscores what a weird glitch this is, because in my case Mavericks completely corrected my problems and now both the screen saver and the power save features work flawlessly.
Hope yours gets resolved soon.
Thanks Spinland.
I hope your system continues to work flawlessly.
10.8.4 Screen Saver
