get screensaver to work on extended desktop screen

#Get screensaver to work on extended desktop screen driver#
#Get screensaver to work on extended desktop screen windows#

My thought is that it has to do with the monitor entering 'sleep' mode itself, and taking a tad longer to wake up to reply to said 'ping', thus causing the issue described by My theory stems from the fact that when this issue DOES happen for me it always has an OSD message saying the monitor is waking from sleep (and it's usually at the login prompt), but this does not happen when the MBPr screensaver is on by itself. I agree with that the issue is most likely the 'ping' request sent by the Mac, but I don't think it's due to input cycling on the monitor.

I end up having to deal with this problem too many times a day. Step 2: The Settings app opens with the Display panel loaded by default.

My MBPr is normally in the 'docked' configuration for probably 90% of the time, only being removed when I need to meet with clients, have the urge to work from the coffee shop for a change, or have some reason to travel (usually vacation). Step 1: Right-click your desktop and select the Display Settings option on the resulting pop-up menu. Click Screen Saver at the bottom-right corner of the window. I am a web developer, and typically have tons of open windows, all arranged a particular way, and it's extremely annoying to have them all snapped back up to the top left corner every time I walk away for a few minutes. Right-click on a blank area of your desktop and select Personalize. In my case, however, my mid-2012 MBPr is in a docking station with the lid closed to save desk space. Only the displays put themselves into Power Save mode. Wondering if anyone has any thoughts about this, or have experienced a similar situation with other screens? Note, I don't have my machine set to sleep at all (never put it to sleep), and keep hard drives and system active. The other Dell uses an Active MiniDisplayPort (TB) to DVI-D connector. The new Dell monitor is connected via the Thunderbolt to DisplayPort connector, incase that has anything to do with it.

#Get screensaver to work on extended desktop screen windows#

However, when they sleep for any extended periods of time 10+ minutes it seems, all the windows from my second older monitor pile into the main screen, and I have to go through the very annoying task of rearranging the windows. I just upgraded one of the two screens to a Dell P2415Q (4k) monitor, which is being used as my primary screen.īoth monitors go to sleep at the same time, and if I wake them up right away – in the case where I'm sitting in front of them - all is fine. When my screens went to sleep from no activity, everything would be as it was left when I woke them up.

#Get screensaver to work on extended desktop screen driver#

So it does seem to be a driver issue which produces a different problem with all of them. MSs Photo screen saver puts the image on the left screen (2) with a bit of overlap onto 1 - the opposite of Mystify. In other words it treats the two screens as an expanded single screen. I have a 2013 MacPro, and until recently was running dual Dell 2007FP monitors. Mystify is mainly on 1 but some swirls go over to 2.