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Can't Disable Screen Saver

Ever since upgrading the Darwin kernel from 9.1.0 to 9.4.0 (see "Memory Card Reader Stopped Working on New MSi Wind U100" TrackBack below), I haven't been able to disable the screen saver in Mac OS X. I have already set the screen saver to "Never" in System Preferences. But yet, it still comes on after a period of inactivity. Dos anyone experienced this problem?

Chieh Cheng
Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:17:38 +0000

Well, I found this thread titled, "Can't Disable Screensaver". I followed it's suggestion of deleting com.apple.screensaver.* from the ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost directory. There were two matching files. But the problem still persisted. :-(

By the way, the ByHost directory didn't show up in Finder. I had to get there through the Terminal program.

Chieh Cheng
Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:43:50 +0000

I can't disable it, but the timer seems to work. I set it to 2 hours. That's good enough for now. I guess if I haven't used the netbook for two hours, then the screen saver might as well use it.

Chieh Cheng
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:48:00 +0000

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Title: Memory Card Reader Stopped Working on New MSi Wind U100
Weblog: GearHack
Excerpt: This "MsiWindosx86: USB Problem...." thread helped me find the Mac OS X 10.5.4 Update. It help me bring Darwin Kernel up to 9.4.0. But the memory card reader still doesn't work. hmmmm . . .
Tracked: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:18:09 +0000

Title: Blank Screen Saver
Weblog: GearHack
Excerpt: Recently, I haven't been able to disable the screen saver on Mac OS X. Despite trying a few things, the screen saver always starts when the notebook is inactive for a while. Anyway to reduce distraction and to reduce CPU usage, I've always used a screen saver that blanks the screen (turns the screen . . .
Tracked: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:28:21 +0000

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