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When Apple launched macOS Sonoma it added \u201cnew slow-motion screen savers of breathtaking locations from around the world\u201d that \u201clook beautiful on your large Mac display.\u201d These new screensavers replicate the awesome screensavers found on the Apple TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plus, when you login to your Mac, they seamlessly become your desktop wallpaper. Here\u2019s how to enable one of these awesome new screensavers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b0 Go to the \uf8ffApple Menu at the top right of your Mac\u2019s screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b0 Open System Settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b0 Look down the left panel and select the Lock Screen<\/strong> settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"System
System Settings > Lock Screen<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u00b0 Click the drop-down menu next to Start Screen Saver when inactive<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b0\u00a0Choose the time duration of the screensaver. If you choose, for instance, five minutes, the screensaver will start after, well, five minutes of inactivity on your Mac.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Screen
Screen Saver options<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u00b0 If you\u2019re using a laptop that\u2019s running on battery power, you can enable the Turn display off on battery when inactive<\/strong> and set a time value as low as one minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b0 Click on the Screen Saver<\/strong> option in System Settings<\/strong>. There are four available: landscape, cityscape, underwater, landscape, and Earth. You can also choose Shuffle Aerials to have the landscapes, well, shuffle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Screen
Screen Saver <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u00b0\u00a0Select the one you want to use, and macOS will download and apply the screensaver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b0 To enable a seamless transition from the screensaver into your Mac’s desktop wallpaper hit the toggle for Show as wallpaper<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s how to setup the beautiful cinematic screensavers in macOS that transition from screensaver to desktop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":96626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7597,4],"class_list":["post-88769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mac-tips","category-tech-tips"],"yoast_head":"\nHow to Setup Cinematic Screensavers in macOS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here\u2019s how to setup the beautiful cinematic screensavers in macOS that transition from screensaver to desktop.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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