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Both 11.3.1 and previous OS will not display Mac "Photos" even though listed as a "Source" for Screen Saver. Just spend many hours scanning / sorting / dating photos into Photos for the sole purpose of sharing them to our TV for background. Catalina & Big Sur photos do display normally as alternate "Sources." Frustrating.
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.13
I don't think you can even pick it if it is not set, but look in Photos Preferences and make sure your PhotosLibrary is set as the System Library.
I use the Favorites function to create a subset. When I selected the entire Library, screen was black for a small amount of time while it generated the images to display. When I switched to just my Favorites, it started quicker, but that may just be that it had already run with the full library.
I don't think you can even pick it if it is not set, but look in Photos Preferences and make sure your PhotosLibrary is set as the System Library.
I use the Favorites function to create a subset. When I selected the entire Library, screen was black for a small amount of time while it generated the images to display. When I switched to just my Favorites, it started quicker, but that may just be that it had already run with the full library.
Barney, same Barney who from Hammer when I was doing OT?
Thanks for the reply. Only fix I that worked was yours. I pushed all the photos into an Album in "My Albums" which was a default called "All Photos Album". Screensaver was able to read this "Source" under "Albums > All Photos Album.
Much appreciated!
This does not fix the problem for Mac, it's a work around. Mac ought to investigate why "Photos" is not selectable as a screen saver "Source" option.
Thank you. Yes, I'm up running 11.4 on Big Sur. Works fine once you shove the photos into a Photos Folder or like Barney mentions, tag them all as Favorites. So, every time I add a photo to Photos, I'll need to push them into that folder.
Same.
None of us here can change anything at Apple. You can try sending feedback:
https://www.apple.com/feedback/
Probably the macOS category but maybe photos, too.
Small world. Hope all is well with you & family. Maybe run into you down in BWB sometime (tougher to get there from TX, but still doable) Thanks for the gouge!
-Boomer
Will updating to latest Big Sur make any changes - 11.4 has been out a while now.
Big Sur 11.3.1 - Screen Saver will not select Mac Photos
