One can check the preferences of the file on the Mac to which the common file will be copied, and then set the preferences the same after the common file is copied over.

One also has to be sure that if copying this file from one Mac to another, the preferences for it are set correctly on the Mac receiving the copy. Global preferences files that also derive settings from this file. If memory serves, there are some invisible. Whether setting that up on one Mac and copying that file to others will work, I can't say as I've not tried it. Accordingly, this setting applies at the system (entire Mac, all accounts) level. In /Macintosh HD/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration. The Display Sleep preferences are saved in the file: Set it short enough and you can avoid burn-in without having to resort to screen savers. Only an Admin user can change that setting. What I suggest as an alternative is to use the Admin account on each Mac to set the Display Sleep inactivity period to the same value. Using only one image sort of defeats the purpose of using a screen saver: you risk burning in that image. As to if a third-party app exists to do this, I don't know. Enable Parental Controls on each account, preventing the accounts from making changes via System Preferences.Ģ. You log into each account on every Mac.ģ. So, you cannot even enforce this at the Mac-level unless:ġ. Users/user_account/Library/Preferences/ByHostįolder. The settings are actually at the user account level:Įvery user on a given Mac can specify their own screen saver, with the settings saved in the

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