Is there any way to keep the screensaver running without sleep?

[ThatiMacGuy]

I have a 27 inch iMac 2019 on Big Sur 11.5. I enjoy when it automatically goes to the screensaver when I'm not using it, but I don't like how the screen turns off after a few minutes—I want the screensaver to just stay there for longer without the computer going to sleep.

Any way to do this without a 3rd party application? I do have the Amphetamine application that allows the screen to stay on, but it wouldn't let the computer automatically go to the screensaver, so that's not a great option.

Thanks for your help!

 

[lizurd]

Under Amphetamine's "Session Defaults" preferences there are settings for both "Display Sleep" and "Screen Saver" which if I am not mistaken should do what you want.

 

[ThatiMacGuy]

Under Amphetamine's "Session Defaults" preferences there are settings for both "Display Sleep" and "Screen Saver" which if I am not mistaken should do what you want.

Oh wow, thanks for the heads up! And if I check the option to allow the screensaver to turn on while Amphetamine is active, will it still consider the screen unlocked, and will programs still run as if the computer was still awake?

 

[firelighter487]

you can also find this setting under system preferences, just set display sleep to "never".

 

[ThatiMacGuy]

you can also find this setting under system preferences, just set display sleep to "never".

This is the solution I needed, thank you!!