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Q: Screen saver problem. Yosemite

Help please. I keep having to go back into Screen Saver to reselect the iphoto album I want it to run. It works for a few cycles, or sometimes only once, then switches back to National Geographic slides. Grr.

iMac, MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5)

Posted on Oct 30, 2014 1:12 PM

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  • by corvairkid,Helpful

    corvairkid corvairkid Dec 31, 2014 10:23 AM in response to FoxFlea
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    Dec 31, 2014 10:23 AM in response to FoxFlea

    I reinstalled the operating systems in my iMac and my MacBook Pro a couple of weeks ago.

    Unfortunately, the problem has returned again.

  • by FoxFlea,

    FoxFlea FoxFlea Dec 31, 2014 11:27 AM in response to corvairkid
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    Dec 31, 2014 11:27 AM in response to corvairkid

    Really glad I didn't bother to reinstall OS, on 2 computers. At this point, I guess it's just wait for an update fix

  • by withnail69,

    withnail69 withnail69 Jan 16, 2015 2:25 AM in response to FoxFlea
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    Jan 16, 2015 2:25 AM in response to FoxFlea

    I deleted that national geographic folder and it doesn't help. Infact its worse. It just says no photos now as it still reverts to national geographic

  • by withnail69,

    withnail69 withnail69 Jan 18, 2015 6:40 AM in response to withnail69
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    Jan 18, 2015 6:40 AM in response to withnail69

    I have also since tried what someone else recommended which was moving my prefered screen saver folder into macintosh HD > library > screen savers
    This doesn't work either

  • by withnail69,

    withnail69 withnail69 Jan 23, 2015 2:28 AM in response to withnail69
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    Jan 23, 2015 2:28 AM in response to withnail69

    update... So far so good it weirdly seemed to have started working. The only change I can see is I DIDN'T select 'shuffle slide order'. I am not going to reselect shuffle and report back here. Either way I think coping the pictures to Macintosh HD > Library > screensavers seem to do the trick so thanks

  • by GaryAS,

    GaryAS GaryAS Jan 25, 2015 7:15 PM in response to Amenhotep III
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    Jan 25, 2015 7:15 PM in response to Amenhotep III

    There are two locations. One is the Library (on your hard drive) and the other is in the System folder. Each contains a folder named Screen Savers, and each of those contain a folder called Default Collections. National Geographic (with a 1- before the name) is contained in each, along with 3 or 4 other collections of photos.

    I have tried moving both Default folders to the desktop, after which Screen Saver reports "No Photos." I made an iPhotos alias and put that in a new Default folder to no avail. I even put a "1-" in front of the alias, but no luck.

    No clue for a permanent answer. Bummer.

  • by withnail69,

    withnail69 withnail69 Jan 26, 2015 1:53 AM in response to GaryAS
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    Jan 26, 2015 1:53 AM in response to GaryAS

    GaryAS wrote:

     

    There are two locations. One is the Library (on your hard drive) and the other is in the System folder. Each contains a folder named Screen Savers, and each of those contain a folder called Default Collections. National Geographic (with a 1- before the name) is contained in each, along with 3 or 4 other collections of photos.

    I have tried moving both Default folders to the desktop, after which Screen Saver reports "No Photos." I made an iPhotos alias and put that in a new Default folder to no avail. I even put a "1-" in front of the alias, but no luck.

    No clue for a permanent answer. Bummer.

    Yes I was in same situation. Move the folder with your screen saver into macintosh hd > Library > screensavers. and then reselect it in your sys prefs and wait. It didn't  stick immediately but now I have my folder on shuffle all the time no more national geographic

  • by withnail69,

    withnail69 withnail69 Feb 7, 2015 12:15 PM in response to withnail69
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    Feb 7, 2015 12:15 PM in response to withnail69

    UPDATE. Its the shuffle button that breaks it. You can't have your own folder of pictures and have the shuffle the button pressed. You have to play them in order

  • by 666k9s,

    666k9s 666k9s Mar 2, 2015 10:14 PM in response to FoxFlea
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    Mar 2, 2015 10:14 PM in response to FoxFlea

    I tried this too and it failed after one day. I'm pretty upset about this as I bought my Mac to help me with my photography business. I'm generally VERY disappointed with iPhoto, and the screen saver bug is infuriating. Even a Dell will let you put your own photos up as a screen saver. Ridiculous. Just FIX IT! Please.

  • by gutdoc,

    gutdoc gutdoc Mar 5, 2015 1:37 PM in response to FoxFlea
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    Mar 5, 2015 1:37 PM in response to FoxFlea

    Can you please clarify what information that needs to be selected, copied and pasted. It is not clear from your posting.

    Thanks.

  • by stevekrischer,

    stevekrischer stevekrischer Mar 14, 2015 5:27 PM in response to FoxFlea
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    Mar 14, 2015 5:27 PM in response to FoxFlea

    Here is a 1/2 fix

    The NatGeo folder is in    Library/Screen Savers/Default Collections

    The folder is actually called   1-National Geographic thus when the screensaver reverts to the default folder it always chooses  1-National Geographic

     

    The fix is to place an alias to the folder that has the pix you want to use in the  Default Collections  folder and put a * infant of the name so it is always first in the list

     

    I still can't figure out how to make it stay on shuffle but at least I can use my pix folder instead of the default NatGeo

  • by corvairkid,

    corvairkid corvairkid Mar 14, 2015 5:52 PM in response to stevekrischer
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    Mar 14, 2015 5:52 PM in response to stevekrischer

    All of these fixes seem to work...for a short time.

    Bottom line ...Apple needs to fix the problem ....... I've tried many of the fixes suggested  .... eventually they don't work.

    It's time for APPLE to fix this thing!!

    We shouldn't have to jump through hoops!

    I left Microsoft for Apple years ago because I thought they were superior. Now I'm not so sure.

  • by Sarah irene,

    Sarah irene Sarah irene Mar 23, 2015 6:39 PM in response to corvairkid
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    Mar 23, 2015 6:39 PM in response to corvairkid

    I AM HAVING THE SAME ISSUE!!!

     

    Wish Apple would fix this problem for good!!

  • by Sarah irene,

    Sarah irene Sarah irene Mar 23, 2015 6:42 PM in response to Sarah irene
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    Mar 23, 2015 6:42 PM in response to Sarah irene

    BTW I feel like this is a recent issue, at least from the last few months...?

    I never had this issue when I first got this Imac..

  • by withnail69,

    withnail69 withnail69 Mar 24, 2015 2:42 AM in response to Sarah irene
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    Mar 24, 2015 2:42 AM in response to Sarah irene

    There are two similar threads going so I forgot to update this one.
    The workaround is to copy your pictures or an alias to your pictures into the national geographic folder. Works find as doesn't shuffle image order button

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