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. The Screen Saver tab also includes a button to manage Hot Corners. Other than the addition of new screen savers, the functionality has changed little since then.

List of screen savers in macOS
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Photos

 * Floating
 * Flip-up
 * Reflections
 * Origami
 * Shifting Tiles
 * Sliding Panels
 * Photo Mobile
 * Holiday Mobile
 * Photo Wall
 * Vintage Prints
 * Ken Burns
 * Classic


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Patterns / other

 * Monterey (added in macOS 12)
 * Hello (added in macOS 11.3)
 * Drift
 * Flurry
 * Arabesque
 * Shell
 * Message
 * Album Artwork (replaced iTunes Artwork)
 * Word of The Day
 * Random (replaced by a checkbox)
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