iMac Stuck on Screen Saver

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Help!!
Our iMac is stuck on the screen saver. If you wiggle the mouse, you can see the cursor move on the screen, but there is no access to anything as it is still showing the screen saver image, and it is not moving from image to image like it would if the screen saver was actually running. (Using the 'Cosmos' saver, stuck on the image of a nebula :Not-Amused:). Even pressing keys on the keyboard doesn't help. What can I do?? I've tried command+option+esc, didn't help.
We are currently trying to back up to an external drive - would that have anything to do with it?
Thanks in advance!
 

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2017 27" iMac, 10.5" iPad Pro, iPhone 8, iPhone 11, iPhone 12 Mini, Numerous iPods, Monterey
The backup program may have locked everything while it's running. Let it complete first and then try to reboot the machine. Let us know.
 

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