Mac User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in macOS Tahoe
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- Intro to Apple Intelligence
- Translate messages and calls
- Create original images with Image Playground
- Create your own emoji with Genmoji
- Use Apple Intelligence with Siri
- Find the right words with Writing Tools
- Summarize notifications and reduce interruptions
- Use ChatGPT with Apple Intelligence
- Apple Intelligence and privacy
- Block access to Apple Intelligence features
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- Intro to Continuity
- Use AirDrop to send items to nearby devices
- Hand off tasks between devices
- Control your iPhone from your Mac
- Copy and paste between devices
- Stream video and audio with AirPlay
- Make and receive calls and text messages on your Mac
- Use your iPhone internet connection with your Mac
- Share your Wi-Fi password with another device
- Use iPhone as a webcam
- Insert sketches, photos, and scans from iPhone or iPad
- Unlock your Mac with Apple Watch
- Use your iPad as a second display
- Use one keyboard and mouse to control Mac and iPad
- Sync music, books, and more between devices
- Resources for your Mac
- Resources for your Apple devices
- Copyright and trademarks
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 
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. |
Current screen saver | View the name of the current screen saver, and choose options (such as Automatic, Light, or Dark) if available. |
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 |
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 Random to shuffle through the screen savers. Click Options at the top of the window to set color, speed, and more, based on the screen saver you select. |
appears next to an aerial name, you need to click the image to download and use it.To start or stop the screen saver when you move the pointer to a screen corner, choose Apple menu 
in the sidebar, then click Hot Corners at the bottom of the screen. See Use hot corners.