Click on this and record a key combination that you want to use to activate your screensaver.Īnd that’s it! Stabbing that keyboard shortcut will now kick off the screensaver on your Mac. To the right of it should be a button which says “Add Shortcut”. On the left-hand side of the screen that appears, click on Services and, on the right, find the new “Start Screen Saver” service that you created previously. Head into System Preferences > Keyboard and then click on the “Shortcuts” tab. Give the automation a name of “Start Screen Saver”. Finally, change “Workflow receives current” to “no input”, before clicking on File > Save in the Menu bar. Click the result into the box on the right. On the next screen, type “Start Screen Saver” into the search box.
Select the Quick Action option and then click on the “Choose” button. Launch the Automator app, which comes with all Macs.Setting up a keyboard shortcut for a Mac screensaver
