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Authored by: raider on Sep 18, '02 06:49:19PM

How is this a hint?

In 10.2 I just set a folder full of Jpegs in the Screen Saver preferences, and selected the "random" and "don't repeat" options. It cross-fades, and zooms in and out - just like the other modules.

What does this hint give you extra?



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More than one folder...
Authored by: robg on Sep 18, '02 07:24:29PM

So how do you switch between a folder of your vacation images and a folder of your family images? Do you select Screen Effects, click on Pictures Folder, click on Configure, click on Set Slide Folder, navigate to the images you wish to display in the Open dialog, click Open, and then click OK? Unless I'm missing something, that's how I have to do it every time I wish to switch between two different sets of images.

With this method, it's "select Screen Effects, click on the name of the images you wish to see" and then start the saver.

In addition, this method lets you created folders of mixed images -- you can combine pictures from multiple places, since it just uses aliases. You could do the same thing yourself, of course, and then point the Pictures Folder saver at the new images folder, but again, that's two steps. Here, the alias folder becomes the screensaver.

That's why I felt it "hint-worthy" - it saves a bunch of time if you switch between screensaver slide sets often ... but if someone else knows a different workaround, I'm all for it.

-rob.



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More than one folder...
Authored by: raider on Sep 19, '02 12:01:15PM
Ahh hah.
That's why it didn't seem like anything special to me, cause I only ever use 1 folder. I just keep all the files I wanna see in one folder....
Thanks for the insight...

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