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How to Set a Random Order Screensaver on a Mac

You can set your Mac screen saver to choose a random screen saver style. Each time your Mac goes into screen saver mode, it will choose one of the available styles at random. You can change the source for your photo screen savers so that...
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Setting Random Screen Savers

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    Click the Apple menu.
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    Select "System Preferences."
  3. How to Set a Random Order Screensaver on a Mac Picture 3How to Set a Random Order Screensaver on a Mac Picture 3
    Click the "Desktop & Screen Saver" option. You'll find this in the first row of options. If you're on a different screen, click the "Show All" button at the top of the window.
  4. How to Set a Random Order Screensaver on a Mac Picture 4How to Set a Random Order Screensaver on a Mac Picture 4
    Click the "Screen Saver" tab. You'll find this at the top of the window.
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    Scroll to the bottom of list of available screen savers. This is the left frame of the Screen Saver menu.
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    Select "Random." This is the very last option in the list of available screen savers.[1]
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Changing Screen Saver Sources

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    Open the Screen Saver menu. Follow the steps in the previous section to open the list of available screen savers.
  2. How to Set a Random Order Screensaver on a Mac Picture 8How to Set a Random Order Screensaver on a Mac Picture 8
    Select any of the photo screen savers. All of the screen savers at the top of the list use photo sources. Changing one will change all of them.
  3. How to Set a Random Order Screensaver on a Mac Picture 9How to Set a Random Order Screensaver on a Mac Picture 9
    Click the "Source" menu. You'll see several different option.
  4. How to Set a Random Order Screensaver on a Mac Picture 10How to Set a Random Order Screensaver on a Mac Picture 10
    Click the source you want to use. There are a few different choices:[2]
    1. Your recent photo events will be listed at the top.
    2. There are several premade collections you can choose from.
    3. You can click "Choose Folder" to select a specific folder of photos.
    4. Click "Photo Library" to browse all of your photo albums.
  5. How to Set a Random Order Screensaver on a Mac Picture 11How to Set a Random Order Screensaver on a Mac Picture 11
    Check the "Shuffle slide order" box if you'd like. This will shuffle the photos from the source you selected.
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