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Change the screen saver's idle time via AppleScript
Authored by: johnsawyercjs on Feb 16, '08 01:25:38AM

Note that the plist name quoted in my hint (com.apple.screensaver.0011aa2233cc.plist) is specific to a certain Mac, and yours will be different. The name quoted above may be specific to robg's Mac, since my original hint cited this plist's name as "com.apple.screensaver.MAChash.plist", and pointed out that MAChash was a placeholder for the Mac's MAC address.



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Change the screen saver's idle time via AppleScript
Authored by: gerryster on Feb 25, '09 04:52:04AM

Note that the defaults command did not take effect if the System Preferences application is open.

This is helpful to know when watching long videos on your computer. I also use the pmset command to set my Energy Saver preferences to never sleep. This is what I use:

sudo pmset -a -1

-a means apply to battery and outlet powered. -1 loads the custom Energy Saver preferences which in my case all timeouts are set to "Never." I revert this back to normal by using this command:

sudo pmset -a 1

Note that "1" is the "Normal" setting in Energy Saver.

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