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2.
You can now close the Terminal window, and the screensaver will continue
to play in the background after a momentary delay. Ignore the warning
that appears about terminating an application.
3.
If you get tired of the screensaver, open a Terminal window, and type the
following:
KILLALL SCREENSAVERENGINE
Note that this tip isn't ideal for regular use on portable Macs because it places
a small additional drain on the battery. However, desktop Macs or portable
Macs connected to power sources shouldn't see any downside.
Tip 120
Add Folders of Wallpaper Images
Here's a tip if you're a fan of downloading lots of wallpaper from online sources.
Copy your downloaded wallpaper images to their permanent location on your
computer (that is, within your
PICTURES
folder, for example), and then open
System Preferences (Apple menu→System Preferences) and the Desktop &
Screen Saver panel. Select the Desktop tab; then just click and drag the
folder onto the left pane of the window, under the iPhoto heading. This will
instantly add the files to the list of available wallpapers, and this can be
repeated with any other folder containing images.
To remove the folder later, again open the Desktop & Screen Saver pane
within System Preferences, select the folder in the list, and click the minus
symbol button at the bottom of the list.
Incidentally, if you're choosing a new wallpaper in the Desktop & Screen Saver
pane of System Preferences, you can make the thumbnail previews bigger by
placing the mouse cursor over the thumbnail previews of the wallpapers and
using the pinch-and-expand gesture—placing a finger and thumb on the
trackpad and moving them slowly apart (if your Mac uses a multitouch
trackpad, of course!).
