macbook screensaver start after greyed out

#Macbook screensaver start after greyed out how to

While the screensaver appears on the screen, the mouse pointer is still on top and moving, but nothing else works, and users have to close and re-open the lid on their MacBook Air or MacBook Pro. The thing that sucks here is that while xscreensaver has some power management features (none of which are actually enabled by default), disabling the screen is not one of them. Cant enable screensaver, 'Start after' box greyed out. 1 Ive been on the Yosemite and noticed only as of just this morning that my screen was on with a screen saver running. It can “blank the screen” but all that means is that it basically rewrites the screen with blackness before starting the screensaver or just staying that way if it’s set to blank only.Īdditionally sucky is that lxqt-powermanagement can handle both locking and disabling the screen, but it cannot accomodate multiple actions.

#Macbook screensaver start after greyed out how to

The screen saver 'start after:' box is greyed out and I cant figure out how to make it active. Because of this, I have made an upstream feature request.

You were on the right track, actually, but had too big of a time gap. Editing /Library/Preferences/ByHost/. Set it to “Turn off the monitor(s)” when idle If you use a screen saver, it starts automatically after your computer is inactive for a time.In the “Idle” section in lxqt-powermanagement.check the box to lock the screen after 0 minutes.cycle after 0 minutes (probably unnecessary but it doesn’t hurt).If you can actually disable the monitor between the blanking and the screensaver starting, you’ll be set. Set idle time to 1 minute and 5 seconds.You can also choose a shortcut so your screen saver starts when. NOTE: If you have no password set, locking won’t work no matter what you do.