Everyone likes a workspace that's aesthetically pleasing to look at. You can pick a new desktop photo or screen saver and even customize your icons. Once you've designed the perfect desktop, your settings will be saved to your user profile and available whenever you log in.
Choosing a desktop picture is more important than you might initially think. After all, it's going to be one that you see every day! You can select one of the preloaded pictures already on your MacBook or you can use one of your own. Open the System Preferences pane and click the Desktop & Screen Saver icon.
Click the Desktop tab to access the desktop preferences. Click the folders to see what pictures are available in the various categories and click one to apply it. Choose Translucent Menu Bar if you want to see your desktop picture through the menu bar.
Add your own picture by clicking the + sign at the bottom of the pane and browsing your computer for the picture you want. You can also access your photos by clicking on the iPhoto folder in the sidebar.
If the picture you want to use isn't the perfect size for your laptop screen, you can resize it. You can preview your photo on the Desktop tab. If your picture isn't the proper size, a pop-up menu will appear so that you can choose another display option.
As they say, variety is the spice of life! You can opt to have your MacBook automatically change your desktop picture for you on a regular interval. Check the Change Picture check box and select a frequency from the pull-down menu. When you check the Random Order box, the picture will be changed randomly from the ones contained in the folder that you selected.
Back before the time of LCD monitors, screen savers were actually very important. When a static image, like your desktop, remained on the screen too long, it could "burn in" to the monitor, leaving a permanent, ghostly impression.
Now a screen saver serves other purposes. You can use it for entertainment, to display a slideshow of your favorite photos, for example. Or you can set your computer to lock when it's been idle for a certain period of time. With this setting, it will display a screen saver, and then you will need to log back into your user account to access your files.
Open System Preferences and click the Desktop & Screen Saver icon to open the options. Click the Screen Saver tab and you can select from an assortment of included screen savers. Click one to see its preview display on the right side. The Screen Saver tab offers several options for your screen savers:
Use Random Screen Saver - Check this box to have your MacBook decide which screen saver you will use.
Show with Clock - Check the box to show the time on your screen saver.
Start Screen Saver - Use the slider to tell your Mac when it should activate your screen saver.
Test - Click this button to see a live preview of the screen saver. Move your cursor to exit.
Options - If a specific screen saver has customizable options, you can click this button to access them. For screen savers that don't have additional options, this button will not be active.
Hot Corners - Click this button to select tasks for your Mac to perform when you place the mouse pointer in one of the corners of your screen. Assigning Hot Corners will let you access certain tasks without having to open menus and applications. For example, you can assign your screen saver to one corner. Then, when you want to activate it, just move your cursor to that corner and the screen saver will activate.
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