Desktop & Screen Saver

The Desktop & Screen Saver preferences pane (Figures 30 and 35) enables you to set the background picture for the Mac OS X desktop and configure a screen saver that appears when your computer is idle.

Figure 30. The Desktop pane of the Desktop & Screen Saver preferences pane.

Figure 35. The Screen Saver pane of the Desktop & Screen Saver preferences pane.

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