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Prevent screensaver starting when an application runs fullscreen.

E.g when I am viewing a movie & making no ipnut. At other times I want my screensaver to kick in after 3 minutes

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Look at something like Caffeine...

Tiny utility Caffeine disables or enables the screensaver by simply double-clicking on the icon in the system tray—so you can watch that YouTube video without your screensaver kicking in.

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+1. Thanks. That seems ok, although I woudl rather automate it. II will keep looking – Mawg Mar 17 '11 at 0:53

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