Screensaver Question: Pausing With Keyboard Key Combo ?

[Robert4]

Hi,

Screensaver works fine.

Enjoy watching the pix's as they cycle thru from the file I created.

Is there any way of pausing a pix indefinitely by some key(s) combination
perhaps, without having to go to the System Preferences ? (and how to resume ?)

Thanks,
Bob

 

[bogdanw]

I don't think you can pause, as pressing any key terminates the screensaver.

 

[AngrofMayfair]

Way back in early ‘creature’ OS versions you could pause a screen saver slide show using the space bar.
A brilliant little option that I used a lot.
Why was it removed so many years ago?
Nobody knows, its just apple’s way - cool little options just disappear never to return….

 

[bogdanw]

ArtSaver https://user.informatik.uni-bremen.de/zach/software/ArtSaver/index.html
" ArtSaverApp, the regular app, allows for keyboard controls at runtime, so you can go back to previously shown images (using arrow keys), pause, etc."

 

[AngrofMayfair]

I have that app running on my old Mac mini running Ventura - it's excellent and the designer is very forthcoming with help if needed...
The only issue with it is that Apple have stopped any access to the photos app and so ArtSaver needs a separate folder of pics to work with....