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Re: How to activate Imac screen saver automatically every time easily

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On 2018-10-27 02:11:15 +0000, Tom Evans said:
> On 2018-10-22 16:38:11 +0000, heron stone said:
> 
> Thanks, Bird.
> 
> You didn't read carefully.  I wrote "automatically".  If I have to move 
> my mouse into a corner of the screen 25 times a day -- every time I 
> leave my computer -- over 9,000 times a year or 90,000 times per decade 
> -- that IS tough.
> 
> And often I'm in a hurry to leave the computer, so it's annoying to 
> have to do this every time.
> 
> And sometimes my mouse dragging is sloppy as I'm hurried, so that 
> although the screen darkens momentarily, it lightens again right after 
> that.  That means that I often have return to the computer to repeat 
> the process, which menas probably having to repeat this precise mouse 
> dragging 10,000 times a year, or 100,000 times per decade, and oten 
> taking extra time to do it when I'm hurried.
> 
> The screen saver is supposed to work automatically after two minutes of 
> activity, but it's not working, as I explained.
> 
> And I don't wantt to worry every time I leave the computer:  Is the 
> screen going to darken by itself after two minutes, or must I darken it 
> manually -- 10,000 times a year or 100,000 per decade.
> 
> This is not "insanely great" computer design, as Apple boasts about its 
> computers.  I have enough things to worry about, without having to 
> worry and fuss with this 10,000 times a year, or 100,000 times every 
> decade.
> 
> This unreliable activation of the screen saver is something Apple could 
> fix it it tried to.
> 
> If you weren't a bird-brain -- responding disrepectfully with sarcasem 
> by implying I'm lazy -- you would have thouught of these things 
> yourself, without me having to explain them to you.

You can't blame Apple because some crappy third-party apps don't follow 
the rules.  :-\

If an app isn't letting the Mac screensaver work normally, then there's 
little you can realistically do to force it to work. Check to see if 
there's any updates for those apps or any comments on the developers' 
support websites.

The best option is possibly to use Sleep instead. If you've got an 
Apple keyboard, you can just use the keyboard command Shift + Control + 
Eject. Once you've done it a few times it'll become a habit.

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How to activate Imac screen saver automatically every time easily Tom Evans <tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> - 2018-10-21 19:26 -0700
  Re: How to activate Imac screen saver automatically every time easily heron stone <heron@invalid.invalid> - 2018-10-22 09:38 -0700
    Re: How to activate Imac screen saver automatically every time easily Tom Evans <tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> - 2018-10-26 19:11 -0700
      Re: How to activate Imac screen saver automatically every time easily Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-10-27 19:34 +1300
  Re: How to activate Imac screen saver automatically every time easily dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2018-10-28 16:35 +1300
    Re: How to activate Imac screen saver automatically every time easily Jim Gibson <JimSGibson@gmail.com> - 2018-10-27 22:45 -0700
      Re: How to activate Imac screen saver automatically every time easily Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-10-28 19:27 +1300

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