Re: Blank screen screen saver?

2014-12-09 Thread Arno Hautala
So, if I understand everything that's been said: The goal is to get a black screen when not in use. Energy saver can't be used because, instead of going black, the screen goes blue like a TV from the 80s. The screen can't be turned off because that kills color accuracy for 20 minutes. The color

Re: Blank screen screen saver?

2014-12-09 Thread Michael
So, if I understand everything that's been said: Yep. Perfect. The goal is to get a black screen when not in use. Energy saver can't be used because, instead of going black, the screen goes blue like a TV from the 80s. The screen can't be turned off because that kills color accuracy for

Re: Blank screen screen saver?

2014-12-09 Thread LuKreme
On Dec 9, 2014, at 10:40 AM, Arno Hautala a...@alum.wpi.edu wrote: So, if I understand everything that's been said: The goal is to get a black screen when not in use. Energy saver can't be used because, instead of going black, the screen goes blue like a TV from the 80s. Then you have a

Re: Blank screen screen saver?

2014-12-09 Thread steve harley
on 2014-12-09 10:40 Arno Hautala wrote The Apple logo is probably your best bet, short of putting together your own with Quartz Composer. Tutorials and examples are pretty plentiful. not vouching for this, but it's up the right alley: http://www.dr-lex.be/software/screensavers.html

Re: Blank screen screen saver?

2014-12-08 Thread LuKreme
On Dec 7, 2014, at 2:33 PM, Michael_google gmail_Gersten keybou...@gmail.com wrote: Alright, does anyone know how to get the screen saver to just put up the image, and not do anything? I see fairly high energy usage in Activity Monitor when the screen saver goes active, and I finally

Re: Blank screen screen saver?

2014-12-07 Thread Michael_google gmail_Gersten
Alright, does anyone know how to get the screen saver to just put up the image, and not do anything? I see fairly high energy usage in Activity Monitor when the screen saver goes active, and I finally realized that between zooming in, or scrolling the pictures, or other things, screen saver is not

Re: Blank screen screen saver?

2014-11-25 Thread LuKreme
On Nov 24, 2014, at 6:33 PM, LuKreme krem...@kreme.com wrote: int he also decade in the last decade… Sigh. -- Nothing says poor craftsmanship more than wrinkled duct tape. ___ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com

Re: Blank screen screen saver?

2014-11-24 Thread Michael
On 2014-11-23, at 12:16 AM, Macs R We macs...@macsrwe.com wrote: Why don't you just set energy saver to put your display to sleep? That's black. Not for my external display. I get a bright blue screen, and No Input flowing across it. I would check your monitor’s onboard settings. It

Re: Blank screen screen saver?

2014-11-24 Thread LuKreme
On Nov 23, 2014, at 8:35 AM, Michael keybou...@gmail.com wrote: Not for my external display. I get a bright blue screen, and No Input flowing across it. Additionally, during the daytime, I might want the screen to go black if I'm not using it, but not turn off -- turning off kills color

Re: Blank screen screen saver?

2014-11-23 Thread Macs R We
Why don't you just set energy saver to put your display to sleep? That's black. On Nov 23, 2014, at 1:02 AM, Michael keybou...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a way to get a blank screen as the screen saver in 10.9.5? I can get all sorts of pictures. I can get a message on a black screen with

Re: Blank screen screen saver?

2014-11-23 Thread Michael
On 2014-11-23, at 12:16 AM, Macs R We macs...@macsrwe.com wrote: Why don't you just set energy saver to put your display to sleep? That's black. Not for my external display. I get a bright blue screen, and No Input flowing across it. Additionally, during the daytime, I might want the

Re: Blank screen screen saver?

2014-11-23 Thread David Patrick Henderson
On 23 Nov 2014, at 07:35, Michael keybou...@gmail.com wrote: On 2014-11-23, at 12:16 AM, Macs R We macs...@macsrwe.com wrote: Why don't you just set energy saver to put your display to sleep? That's black. Not for my external display. I get a bright blue screen, and No Input flowing