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- Choose your desktop picture
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Change Screen Saver settings on Mac

On your Mac, use Screen Saver settings to hide the desktop when you’re away from your Mac or if you need extra privacy. Learn how to use a screen saver.

To change these settings, choose Apple menu > System Settings, click Wallpaper in the sidebar, then click Screen Saver on the right. (You may need to scroll down.)

Open Screen Saver settings for me

Option	Description
Current screen saver thumbnail	The screen saver currently used on your Mac.
Preview	To show a full-screen preview, move the pointer over the thumbnail at the top of the window, then click Preview. To stop the preview, move the pointer.
Start Screen Saver	Change how long your Mac can be inactive before the screen saver starts.
Use Screen Saver	Choose Automatic or Custom settings.
macOS	Choose a slow-motion image as your screen saver.
Landscape, Cityscape, Underwater and Earth aerials	Choose a slow-motion aerial as your screen saver. If appears next to an aerial name, you need to click the image to download and use it.
Shuffle Aerials	Choose to rotate through several slow-motion aerials as your screen saver. From the pop-up menu next to Shuffle at the top of the window, choose how often you want to rotate through the aerials.
Other	Click Photos or one of the screen savers. Click Options at the top of the window to set colour, speed and more, based on the screen saver you select. Click Random to shuffle through the screen savers.

To start or stop the screen saver when you move the pointer to a screen corner, choose Apple menu > System Settings, click Desktop & Dock in the sidebar, then click Hot Corners. (You may need to scroll down.) See Use hot corners.

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Change Screen Saver settings on Mac