iCreate - UK (2021-07)

Step-by-step

Step-by-step Find the hidden “hello” screensaver

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Copy the screensaver

The file you need to work with is ‘Hello.

saver’. Copy it to your desktop, right-click it,

and select ‘Rename’. For this process to work,

the file must be called something else.

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Select the file

Once it has a new name, double-click

the icon. You’ll be prompted to install the

screensaver, so click ‘Install’. You’ll need to

enter your system password.

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Choose ‘hello’

Within seconds, the ‘hello’ screensaver

will be made available to you in the ‘Desktop

& Screen Saver’ section of your System

Preferences. Click to set it as your default.

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Say hello... maybe

A new ‘hello’ screensaver is now available

as part of macOS 11.3 and later, but non-M1

iMac owners won’t find it by going to System

Preferences>Desktop & Screen Saver.

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Install the screensaver

You’re going have to manually install

it. The Screensaver has been pre-saved in

a folder on your Mac, so start by clicking

Go>Go to Folder in Finder.

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Enter the path

To reach the folder, you will need to type

the file path: /System/Library/Screen Savers

into the text window. Press enter on your

keyboard or click ‘Go’ when you’ve done so.

Using Hot Corners

Add hot corners

to your screen

Screensavers make your display look

pretty when you’re away from your computer,

but they’re not actually particularly useful

when it comesto preventing screen burn

on modern displays – they’re a throwback to

the days when we used CRT monitors. Even

so, they remain popular, so perhaps

you should make it easier to start them

by making use of Hot Corners, a function

that will allow you to move your pointer

to a designated corner of the display, and

subsequently have the screensaver spark

into life immediately.

macOS System Preferences

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Open System Preferences

Launch System Preferences and select

‘Desktop & Screen Saver’. Click ‘Hot Corners’

in the bottom corner. You’ll see four blank

drop-down menus. Choose one of the four

corners and click the drop-down for options.

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Choose an action

Why not select ‘Start Screen Saver’ for

the top-left corner and ‘Disable Screen Saver’

for the top-right? Then you only need to move

the pointer into either corner. ‘Put Display to

Sleep’, and ‘Lock Screen’ are also useful.