Q: What happened to my screensaver last week as I slept

Perhaps it went on vacation, or got ill and wound up in hospital.

Could you be a little more specific about the image screensaver

in use or where the original was stored, if it were one of your own

or a system image. If you tried logging out of the system, or into

another user account; or other general procedures to try to see if

the system had a minor issue that prevented it from being used(?)

Try safe mode if your Mac doesn't finish starting up - Apple Support

You could start in Safe mode, as that sometimes can fix a minor

glitch, then restart normally. Could be something isn't loading up

on startup -- or if you haven't restarted the Mac lately, that can be

of help to resolve these user-interface issues.

{Beginning with OS X El Capitan, system file permissions are automatically pro

tected. It's no longer necessary to verify or repair permissions with Disk Utility.}

There may be an issue where a simple restart of start in safe mode

may help; or there may be other items involved such as different

applications you have acquired that could affect the OS X.

Not knowing more, I daresay that I've written too much.

But that hasn't stopped me before...

K Shaffer is correct.

Effective December 15, 2015 all Screen Savers are required to take a 3 week vacation. After 5 years of employment they have also been granted a 3 month sabbatical and after 10 years a 6 month sabbatical. After 30 years of employment they receive a monthly pension equaling 90% of their last annual salary plus they are eligible for any other government benefits.

rkaufmann87 wrote:

 

K Shaffer is correct.

 

Effective December 15, 2015 all Screen Savers are required to take a 3 week vacation. After 5 years of employment they have also been granted a 3 month sabbatical and after 10 years a 6 month sabbatical. After 30 years of employment they receive a monthly pension equaling 90% of their last annual salary plus they are eligible for any other government benefits.

If you found a bitcoin under your pillow sounds like the screensaver fairy was there.