Screen saver on 2nd screen only?

alra111 · #1 December 10th, 2007, 03:18 PM

I have a secondary display on my iMac. However, there are times when I would like to have the secondary display running a screen saver while working on the iMac's built-in display. Is this possible?

Thanks,
Alra111

barhar · #2 December 10th, 2007, 03:33 PM

'Is this possible?' - no.

**Giaguara** · #3 December 10th, 2007, 03:49 PM

Well, it is possible... as long as your second screen is running something virtualized. So if you are working on the second screen using e.g. XP in Fusion, then you can have the screensaver on the second screen. If both are running Mac OS X, then no. Unless the other screen is with VNC or Remote Desktop connected to another Mac's Mac OS X, or you are running Mac OS X (Server) virtualized...

alra111 · #4 December 10th, 2007, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Giaguara

Well, it is possible... as long as your second screen is running something virtualized. So if you are working on the second screen using e.g. XP in Fusion, then you can have the screensaver on the second screen. If both are running Mac OS X, then no. Unless the other screen is with VNC or Remote Desktop connected to another Mac's Mac OS X, or you are running Mac OS X (Server) virtualized...

Or maybe I could have the wallpaper automatically changed every 20 minutes on the 2nd screen somehow??! I wish I knew automator better

DeltaMac · #5 December 10th, 2007, 07:15 PM

Are you concerned that an image might get 'burned in' to that second screen?
There's little likelihood of that happening on an LCD screen...
If you seldom use that second display, you could disconnect that screen. Plug it in when you need to use it...

alra111 · #6 December 10th, 2007, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by DeltaMac

Are you concerned that an image might get 'burned in' to that second screen?
There's little likelihood of that happening on an LCD screen...
If you seldom use that second display, you could disconnect that screen. Plug it in when you need to use it...

The disconnect is more work than is necessary...I simply turn it off when I'm not using it. I just wanted to avoid the having to turn it off and on...