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cayugafalls

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1. I never use a screen saver, unless fear of intrusion while away.

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Tue Sep 22, 2020, 09:40 PM

Sep 2020

But I am on my laptop a lot. Even if I was not, I wouldn't use a screen saver, unless I feared intrusion, then I would password protect it when away from keyboard.

If you are leaving your laptop for substantial amounts of time, close the top and it will sleep, saving the screen automatically.

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im running a semi modern mac. (early 2014) why in this day and age do we need screen savers still? [View all] AllaN01Bear Sep 2020 OP

I never use a screen saver, unless fear of intrusion while away. cayugafalls Sep 2020 #1

Cats CloudWatcher Sep 2020 #2

thanks to those who commented on my post . AllaN01Bear Sep 2020 #3

If I fall asleep with computer near, the screensaver tends to be quite a bit darker Tetrachloride Oct 2020 #4