When I try and activate my screen saver the following message appears  contact the vendor to get a newer version of the screen saver Â
My operating system is Mac OS XÂ version 10.6.8
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
What are you using?
I'm currently using spotlight.
Since installing SL, as many know, many older screensavers no longer work. I looooved this Blank Screen Saver [URL], and if anyone could tell me how I could use the same thing, or something incredibly similar, I'd be very very grateful.
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Recently, after a clean install to Snow Leopard (from Lion). I can no longer open the desktop and screen saver preference pane. I click, it hangs, I click again, and the entire system preferences unexpectedly quits.Â
I've googled and searched, deleted all of the plists mentioned in most of the threads, I've removed caches, created new admin accounts, tried logging in as the root to no avail. I've got my crash report:Process:Â Â Â Â System Preferences [1141]Path:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â /Applications/System Preferences.app/Contents/MacOS/System PreferencesIdentifier:Â com.apple.systempreferencesVersion:Â Â Â Â 7.0 (7.0)Build Info:Â SystemPrefsApp-1750100~13Code Type:Â Â X86-64 (Native)
[code]...
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
As anyone found a way to create a video playing screen saver in Quartz Composer in Snow Leopard. These screen savers work fine in Leopard but crash System Preferences when you attempt to load them in Snow Leopard. They seem to work just fine within Quartz Composer.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), iPhone 4
I updated with snow leopard my old computer and now i want to use it on another computer instead. how do i deactivate it from an old computer to use it with another one? since you cant use it on multiple computers i need to get this done.
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mac os x snow leopard
I have my Energy Saver preference set to turn off my monitor after 20 minutes of idle time. But the display never goes off.Â
Energy Saver used to work, now it doesn't and I have no idea why not, or what changed.Â
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7), 6 Gb Ram
so this has happened twice now in the past month, my mb is in screen saver mode and i wake it up to find that the color is off in the screen. meaning that the color settings changed and the screen has a swashed out blue tint to it. first time i restarted and all was good, second time i clicked on the preferences icon and then the screen went back to its normal setting. my normal setting is not the factory one but one of the ones that people said makes the screen look better.
so what gives, is the integrated chip dieing on me?
oh its a unibody that i got when they first came out, 2.0 processor one all factory
My 27inch iMac screen shuts off during screen saver and does not come back on unless restart machine?
Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
When my MacBook Pro 13" i5 goes into screen saver mode, which is black, it won't return to normal mode. Tried all keys, trac pad, closing the lip and re-opening it, and it won't respond. The only thing that works is holding down power button for hard shutdown, then restarting it. It has happened 8 times in the last 2 weeks.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
This question will probably make me look like a total noob. But I can't find info on the Apple website. I've purchased Apple Care from a third party seller. Now I got the code emailed, without instructions. How do I activate this protection plan?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a Quad Core Mac Pro running Snow Leopard 10.6.4. I've been having this issue for the past couple of weeks. Basically I have my monitor set to turn off after after 15 minutes of inactivity, my Mac Pro is always on. After 5 minutes of inactivity my screensaver comes on and stays on until my monitor turns off. When I move my mouse to wake my monitor, sometimes an image from the screensaver appears onscreen for a few seconds and then disappears when my desktop appears.
I have repaired Permissions, rebuilt my drive using Disk Warrior, installed the 10.6.4 Combo update but the issue remains. An image from the screensaver doesn't always appear when I turn on my monitor, this issue is sort of random. Usually my desktop appears right away with no static image from the screensaver.
How to activate & de-activate built-in search field in safari 5.2
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), Adding search field to Safari 5.2
My battery is charged - in fact, I always have it plugged in. Regularly, I cannot activate my screen, even though the LED light is on. Only works if I switch power off, and back on. Computer is three months old.
Info:MacBookPro
Does a Screen Saver really save your screen? If yes how so?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
When viewing a page of anything, my screen reverts to the previous screen I was viewing. Also when looking at a map with zoom and out zoom the controls are of their own mind and always go to the max adjustment bypassing the incremental changes I want. Its very annoying.Â
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
my mac pro freezes every so often while the screen saver is on. not sure if it really has anything to do with the screen saver or not, but was wondering if anyone knew what was going on
View 24 Replies View RelatedThis is really annoying me. What could cause my screen saver to not activate?I've got it set to activate after 3 minutes. I just can't think of a reason why it's not working. I've just reinstalled Leopard (not because of this) and I had the same problem before.I did wonder if the iStat menu's were keeping the screen saver from kicking in (it monitors my CPU and memory uses so is changing constantly) but I tried uninstalling it and it continues to 'diss me'!
View 1 Replies View RelatedNone of my 3rd party screen savers and working after installing snow leopard. I used to use fenetres volantes but when i try and select it i get the message:
"You cannot use the Fenetres volantes screen saver on this computer. Contact the developer of this screen saver for a newer version."
Are there any good screen savers that work on snow leopard?? And why are old screen savers not working on snow leopard?
Running OS X Lion on an Intel iMac with 4GB.
When I call up system preferences and set the screen saver to "never" and remove the check next to "Use Random Screen Saver", it doesn't stay that way. I set it, then go back to the system preferences pane, and call it up again, and it's still set. However, once I exit the system preferences, then come back into the screen saver, it's been reset to where the random screen saver is checked again and the screen saver set at 20 minutes.
Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
I was hoping somebody could lend a hand here and tell me how to put my Serene Screen Aquarium Screen Saver as my desktop. I love it and want to be able to work in my aquarium, so to speak.
View 8 Replies View RelatedSo I've bee tinkering with my energy preferences in order to get the best battery life I can, I've turned down the brightness to 1, my keyboard back light, to 1 (when I'm watching a movie in a dark room) and I've set it as the 'better battery' option. But now i'm a bit confused. What's the point in the screensaver if you can set your display to sleep (which i'm sure would save more energy). Is it just to look pretty?
How does everyone have their notebooks set-up to get the most out of their battery? Lastly, the 'better battery' option in energy preferences, does this do anything apart from adjust the display/computer sleep? I read that it reduces processor power hence the 'better performance' option.
So there's this great hidden feature of OS X that allows you to set your screen-saver animation as your desktop background, but it is a Terminal command and it requires Terminal to be running in order to continue executing it. Here it is: Code: System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background So the million-dollar question is → Does anybody know of a way to keep this running even after you quit Terminal? Yeah I know, it's a waste of CPU cycles and battery power... but my Mac is plenty fast and is a desktop machine so I'm not concerned about that. So how about a Terminal command to made the above Terminal command not require Terminal to be open in order to continue?
View 8 Replies View RelatedI'm in the process of updating our server from 10.4 to 10.6.5. And I've noticed a very disturbing problem. First, I don't need a lecture on enabling the root account. I have a strong password and appropriate security measures in place (both physical and configuration wise), and I understand the risks.
Under 10.4, I was able to set the Security Preferences of the root account to "Require Password Immediately After Screen Saver Begins". Worked just fine and dandy. Under 10.6.5, when logged in as root, this option seems to be ignored. I have run a repair permissions, verify disk and both report no problems. It also seems to ignore the "Log out after XX minutes of inactivity" as well.
Is there a way to make it so that instead of my screen saver turning on, I can have the display turn off? I know I can set it to automatically do this after a few minutes, but I use a hot corner to turn my screensaver on, and would like to turn my display off when needed instead. I see no reason to keep the display powered just to show a pointless picture. I know I can hold down the decrease brightness button until it goes all the way down, but is there another way? I have a Unibody MB.
View 7 Replies View RelatedJust got an iMac yesterday. Today when I turned on the iTunes screen saver, the screen turned black, and wouldn't respond. I held the power button for several seconds until it turned off, and then turned it back on. Everything was ok until I went to configure the screen savers. As soon as I picked the first one, the preview screen turned gray, and the wheel started spinning. I used force quit on it, and tried loading a different screen saver, and same thing happened.
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