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Question for other MacBook Pro owners (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/apple_enthusiast

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I’ve had my MacBook Pro a few years now. It’s an M1 with 16gb ram. It’s been acting weird when it comes to the screensaver activating. As in, it never comes on. I’ve adjusted my settings, and it still won’t work. The only thing that makes the screensaver act normal is a reboot, but it’ll only work once.

Anyone have any idea?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Have you checked the system log in console.app and/or run EtreCheck?

I haven’t had that issue on my M1 MBP, although I have had fast user switching go to a beachball and require a force reboot.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, I’m fairly new to the Mac. This is my first one after 20ish years on PC.

Can you direct me to a how-to or something online so I can follow it tomorrow?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ah; best thing to do is drop a note in the Apple Support Forum.

Personally, I haven’t used a screensaver in over a decade; I just have energy saver settings set to turn the screen off after 3 minutes of inactivity; separately, I set it to require login after 5 minutes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Oooh ok! I’ll do that.

Well, my display won’t turn off like it used to either.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Hmm… that’s odd. Definitely worth checking the system log, but you may not be able to tell much from that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Are you using the new huge built in Screensavers that you have to download first, and if so which one?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That was the issue! I changed it to a basic SS and it’s working again! Thank you :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I wonder what could possibly be up with that one. They haven't fixed it yet because apple, but what is wrong with it?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I wish they fix it, it’s such a cool screensaver.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, the old school Mac one. Looks like e-ink.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That one fails constantly on my M4 Pro Mini. Honestly glad it's not just me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Oh wow, that’s good to know. I’ll change up my screensaver and see if that fixes my issue.