Desktop & Screen Saver (System Preferences)

The Desktop & Screen Saver pane of System Preferences in macOS allows a user to customize their Mac by changing their desktop background picture or screen saver.
==History==
The features previously appeared in separate panes. The Screen Saver pane was introduced in the Mac OS X Public Beta and briefly renamed Screen Effects in Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar). The Desktop pane was introduced in Mac OS X 10.1 (Puma). The two panes were merged into one in Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther), with two individual tabs to access the features.Road to Mac OS X Leopard: System Preferences by Prince McLean, AppleInsider. 2007-10-24. The Screen Saver tab also includes a button to manage Hot Corners.Use hot corners on Mac, Apple Support. Accesse 2021-12-16. Other than the addition of new screen savers, the functionality has changed little since then.The untold history of macOS System Preferences by Arun Venkatesan. 2020-09-17. 
== List of screen savers in macOS ==
=== Photos ===
* Floating
* Flip-up
* Reflections
* Origami
* Shifting Tiles
* Sliding Panels
* Photo Mobile
* Holiday Mobile
* Photo Wall
* Vintage Prints
* Ken Burns
* Classic	
=== Patterns / other ===
* Monterey (added in macOS 12)macOS Monterey Includes New 'Monterey' Screen Saver by Juli Clover, MacRumors. 2021-10-19.
* Hello (added in macOS 11.3)How to get the 'Hello' screensaver running on your Mac by Malcolm Owen, AppleInsider. 2021-06-21.
* Drift
* Flurry
* Arabesque
* Shell
* Message
* Album Artwork (replaced iTunes Artwork)
* Word of The Day
* Random (replaced by a checkbox)
==References==
==External links==
*Customize the desktop picture on your Mac at Apple Support
**Use a screen saver on your Mac
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