Using Screensavers in Home directory

When I open System Preferences and select ScreenSavers I can't seem to find any of the screen saver files stored in my ~/Library/Screensavers. How do I fix this - there are some neat ones like the roller-coaster or the water falls. Thanks.

QuickLook only works with .qtz files, not with .saver files. The UselessCreations saver seems to work fine: I downloaded it, mounted the .dmg file, drug the 3D Desktop Aquarium.saver file into
/Library/Screen Savers
Opened the System Prefs pane and it was listed in Others, tried it out, it worked. The Goldfish one is Windows only. Won't work on a Mac. Take a look at the savers featured here:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/icons_screensavers/
Also look here:
http://phillryu.com/2006/07/30/the-top-ten-os-x-screensavers/
That link has a snow flakes saver with large flakes falling straight down against a blue gradient background. Downloaded that one, unzipped and put it here:
"/Library/Screen Savers/LotsaSnow.saver"
Works fine.
Francine
Francine
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Figured it out.
First, the 10.3.9 is not a replica, just a share point for home directories.
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