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Tried it, ran into problems. - capologist
I should have explored the application more carefully before posting. I didn't even notice the "Extras" menu. (The application is a strange combination of a dialog-based app and a menu-based app. The commands in the Extras menu should probably be available in a pane on the dialog.)Anyway, there is a "Launch Screen Saver" command in the menu. So to launch the screen saver, you launch Wallsaver, and then select this command from the menu.
It's not as convenient as a Hot Corner, and it doesn't replace the functionality of automatically launching the screen saver when the system is idle, but at least it's something. Maybe the developer can improve the way this works in future versions.
Also, there is an option to use the same screen saver as the system instead of selecting a screen saver in Wallsaver. When I use this option, the "Flagged" screen saver module runs as the desktop just fine.
Thursday, September 25 2008 @ 11:57 PM PDT
Tried it, ran into problems. - man290663
it used to work until 10.5.4 but since 10.5.5 it has not worked at all apple has changed something in desktop and screen savers and a update is needed!!Tuesday, November 25 2008 @ 05:44 AM PST
Tried it, ran into problems. - capologist
Followup:I tried Screeni, which provides similar functionality. It had no problem using "Flagged" as my desktop background, but did have the same problem that I could not activate the screen saver while the screen saver module was being used as my desktop background.
Then I tried DeskSaver. Same problem.
This suggests one of two obvious explanations:
1) Apple broke something with a recent update to the OS.
2) There's a problem that is unique to my system.
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Thursday, September 25 2008 @ 03:11 AM PDT