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I bought a new MacBook Air with Apple’s M1 chip, and absolutely loved it so far. It’s really fast and the drums are fantastic. But I was faced with a nagging problem. Every once in a while, for reasons I haven’t been able to figure out, a screen saver will suddenly take over the entire computer – despite the fact that I never use a screen saver . And frustratingly, the screen saver makes my laptop unusable until I completely close the screen and reopen it.
It seems I’m not the only one seeing this bug, from this MacRumors article. Others have shared similar issues with MacBook Airs, pros and minis equipped with M1s on MacRumors‘forums, Reddit (in a few threads), and Apple’s support forums. And a user on MacRumors reported seeing the bug on their 16in MacBook Pro, which has an Intel chip, so maybe it’s an issue with macOS Big Sur.
Here is a video of the bug, shared by MacRumors dawideksl forum member:
Many people reporting the issue in this Reddit thread say they have multiple accounts on the same computer. And for what it’s worth, I created two accounts on my MacBook Air. One user at Apple’s Support Forums turned off fast user switching and said he didn’t see the screensaver, so maybe that’s a workaround until that Apple fix the bug.
Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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