Just like above, type nano ~/.sleep and paste the below code. When it asks if you want to save theįile, press Y and then press the enter key to confirm the file name. Osascript -e 'do shell script "/System/Library/Frameworks/amework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background & EOF"' In the Terminal, type nano ~/.wakeup then paste the below code. These 2 files in the user’s Home Directory. Sleepwatcher searches for and runs two files. When your Mac wakes up, and kill the screen saver when your Mac goes The lines of code needed to make Sleepwatcher run the screen saver Then run: sudo cp ~/Desktop/sleepwatcher_2.2/sleepwatcher.8 /usr/local/share/man/man8Īwesome! You have successfully installed Sleepwatcher. Run: sudo cp ~/Desktop/sleepwatcher_2.2/sleepwatcher /usr/local/sbin You might need to enter your password after pasting this line. sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/sbin /usr/local/share/man/man8 The following lines of code in the Terminal. The file and your Mac will extract the downloaded file (sometimes it
WHEN DOES MAC SCREENSAVER START SOFTWARE
Software called “Sleepwatcher.” You can download it here.
To detect when the Mac sleeps and wakes up, we need a small piece of The Terminal window - or if your Mac goes to sleep - the screen saverĬloses and your wallpaper goes back to whatever it was by default.
The problem with running just that line of code is that if you close System/Library/CoreServices/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background & If you are using High Sierra (or later), the ScreenSaverEngine.app hasīeen moved to a different location. Unfortunately, it appears its much more of a hassle in High Sierra+. Heres a link and quoted tutorial to do it. The path and functionality have seemed to change.
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