My New Mac, Lion Edition

Using Your Pictures as a Screensaver

Besides displaying your pictures on the desktop, you can also use your pictures as a screensaver. After a fixed amount of time passes without a keystroke or mouse movement, your Macintosh can start displaying a slideshow screensaver. To customize your screensaver, follow these steps:

1. Click the Apple menu and choose System Preferences. The System Preferences window appears.

2. Click the Desktop & Screen Saver icon under the Personal category. A Desktop & Screen Saver window appears.

3. Click the Screen Saver tab, as shown in Figure 37-2.

4. Click the plus button. A sheet appears, displaying the folders stored on your Macintosh.

5. Click the folder that contains all the pictures you want to display and click the Choose button. ...