Photo screensaver hangs up computer

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Photo screensaver hangs up computer

This was working well until a couple of days ago. For a screensaver, I like to have a slideshow of my photos. Now the entire computer hangs up when I attempt to select the folder containing the photos. In fact, the folder selection window stops

The computer stays hung up for about 55 seconds, then it hangs up again when I click on a folder. After several attempts, I am able to select a folder, but after running awhile the slideshow changes to landscapes.

This is vexing me, and I will appreciate help.

iMac 27″, 10.14

Posted on Aug 5, 2020 4:39 PM

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Answer 1

BDAqua

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Aug 5, 2020 7:13 PM in response to dwonk786

You can save us asking dozens of questions by submitting a report from this App for us to look at…

EtreCheck is a FREE simple little diagnostic tool to display the important details of your system configuration and allow you to copy that information to the Clipboard. It is meant to be used with Apple Support Communities to help people help you with your Mac. It will not display any personal info.

https://www.etrecheck.com/

Pastebin is a good place to paste the whole report if you capture the URL while there…

https://pastebin.com/

Whew, they've changed pastebin & made it harder, but after pasting in, click Create new paste button, then Embed button, then copy the URL...

The important part is...

https://pastebin.com/embed_js/KuvnghqA

Workable but harder for me to work with...the Note tool on the bottom of this editor's toolbar, as shown in the image, to copy and paste the output from EtreCheck. In a Reply before you click post, look for this to add longer texts...

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Answer 2

dwonk786 Author

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Aug 5, 2020 8:43 PM in response to BDAqua

I was unable to find the EMBED button on Pastebin. A Word file with the report is at https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/upqfkqzoggkkofipnkj45/EtreCheckPro-report.docx?dl=0&rlkey=bs6mgwxyty2qm4q1kjzacepwb

Thank you.

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Answer 3

BDAqua

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Aug 6, 2020 8:45 AM in response to dwonk786

boy, was that ever hard to read!

Uninstall : Bitdefender & CleanMyMac, restart & run etrechceck again.

Delete these files & restart...

/Library/LaunchAgents/com.epson.pma.launcher.plist

/Library/LaunchAgents/com.epson.esua.launcher.plist

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Answer 4

dialabrain

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Aug 5, 2020 8:31 PM in response to dwonk786

FWIW, the last Mojave security update broke the photo screen savers. The only workaround at this time is to select one of the non-photo savers such as Flurry, Message, Shell, etc.

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