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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 JamieJuno,

    JamieJuno JamieJuno Apr 18, 2015 12:08 AM in response to FoxFlea
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    Apr 18, 2015 12:08 AM in response to FoxFlea

    I think I have finally fixed it, for my setup at least...

     

    I have left the "1 National Geographic" folder in Default Collections in place, but I have deleted the Nat Geo photos within that folder and replaced them with my own set of pix. With each phase of deleting the Nat Geo pix and replacing them with my own selection, the computer prompted me to enter my admin password.

     

    I tried all the other suggestions in this thread, but invariably the computer would default back to the Nat Geo set.

     

    It now still defaults back to Nat Geo, but by replacing the contents of that folder, I think I have an acceptable "workaround" here. Hope this helps.

  • by 666k9s,

    666k9s 666k9s Apr 18, 2015 5:59 PM in response to JamieJuno
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    Apr 18, 2015 5:59 PM in response to JamieJuno

    CCan you please provide instructions on how to delete the Nat. Geo photos, and replace them with my own photos? I'm so fed up with this problem! Thank you!!  

  • by JamieJuno,

    JamieJuno JamieJuno Apr 18, 2015 6:16 PM in response to 666k9s
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    Apr 18, 2015 6:16 PM in response to 666k9s

    I first found the National Geographic folder by searching for it in Finder (Command F). The National Geographic folder was the first item in the list that pops up (if you click on the National Geographic folder in the finder results, at the bottom of that window it should say the Nat Geo folder is located in the Default Collections folder). Then I double clicked on the National Geographic folder itself, to open it, highlighted all the images within that folder, then dragged them to the Trash.

     

    At that stage the computer asked for my Admin password, which I provided.

     

    Next, I highlighted all the photos I wanted to use (about 250 of them) and dragged/copied them in the National Geographic folder, while also holding down the Option key, so they are copies. Again, the computer asked for my Admin password.

     

    And that was it.

     

    Back at the "Desktop and Screensaver" preferences pane, I then made sure the National Geographic folder was selected as the one I wanted to use. I also clicked the "Shuffle" option.

     

    As a quick test run, I then set the screen saver to start working every 2 minutes, then over the next few minutes I noticed it worked well every time. Today (the day after the initial fix) the new screensaver is still working fine. I have now reset the screensaver back to chime in after 10 minutes, and it's still working fine. Hope this helps.

  • by D Hert,

    D Hert D Hert Apr 22, 2015 9:37 AM in response to JamieJuno
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    Apr 22, 2015 9:37 AM in response to JamieJuno

    The problem seems to be that by default the plist file for ScreenSaverPhotoChooser always has the NatGeo path in it, regardless if you choose a different file path for it to use or not in System Preferences. When your screen saver loads in due to inactivity is converts this file (with your specific options that you've selected) as a temporary file and displays your pictures. When you wake up the computer (after any length) it removes the file it converted to a temporary file and replaces it with a blank ScreenSaverPhotoChooser, which then loads default values when your screen saver kicks on again.

     

    Apple should be able to fix this by changing the code so it copies the file to a temporary file to load the screen saver, rather than renaming it.

  • by D Hert,

    D Hert D Hert Apr 22, 2015 10:24 AM in response to D Hert
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    Apr 22, 2015 10:24 AM in response to D Hert

    *I should also note that sometimes it will replicate the settings you've saved, other times it will not. Though the replication isn't exactly how they are from when you've set them in system preferences.

  • by lapislazuli11,

    lapislazuli11 lapislazuli11 Apr 29, 2015 2:12 PM in response to FoxFlea
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    Apr 29, 2015 2:12 PM in response to FoxFlea

    To the original poster of this question: First off, thanks, because it's been driving me crazy too. Second, I think it would help if you could mark the reply that you originally thought had solved the problem as not solving the problem. And if the reply from D Hert seems to fix it, mark that one instead. Thanks

  • by lapislazuli11,

    lapislazuli11 lapislazuli11 Apr 29, 2015 2:21 PM in response to lapislazuli11
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    Apr 29, 2015 2:21 PM in response to lapislazuli11

    Sorry, I meant the reply from JamieJuno tho D Hert's were also helpful.

  • by lapislazuli11,

    lapislazuli11 lapislazuli11 Apr 29, 2015 6:06 PM in response to JamieJuno
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    Apr 29, 2015 6:06 PM in response to JamieJuno

    I tried JamieJuno's approach and was able to move the Nat Geo photos to the trash. However, when I tried to move my photos (from Photos) into that folder (whether trying one or thousands) I got this message: DSC_1283.JPG couldn't be copied because you don't have permission to access 1-National Geographic. If I tried moving them without holding down "Option," then I got the message: Could not write file to destination (1,016)

     

    Any further advice?

  • by lapislazuli11,

    lapislazuli11 lapislazuli11 Apr 29, 2015 6:17 PM in response to lapislazuli11
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    Apr 29, 2015 6:17 PM in response to lapislazuli11

    Just replying to myself here... I think I finally got it to work. I thought that maybe the "1" in the National Geographic folder name was responsible for making it the default, so I changed the name of that folder to "5-National Geographic" and then created a new folder called "1-Family photos". Then I moved some photos into the new folder (each step requiring administrator's permission, as JamieJuno said). That did not work. But then, I renamed the NatGeo folder back to its original name and for some reason, I was able to slide the photos from "1-Family photos" into "1-National Geographic" which I had not previously been allowed to do, and voila! Finally have my slide show back!

     

    Hope that helps someone.

  • by CoolKat7,

    CoolKat7 CoolKat7 May 13, 2015 9:42 PM in response to FoxFlea
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    May 13, 2015 9:42 PM in response to FoxFlea

    Add your custom folder containing the images you'd like to use for your screen saver to the screen saver folder in - 'Mac HD' - 'Library' - 'Screen Savers' - 'Default Collections' --- I also have the shuffle option disabled. So far so good. Hope this helps.

  • by gutdoc,

    gutdoc gutdoc May 14, 2015 7:55 AM in response to CoolKat7
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    May 14, 2015 7:55 AM in response to CoolKat7

    Thanks for this. I find that I cannot move my entire photo library into the default folder. Any suggestions?

  • by corvairkid,

    corvairkid corvairkid Jul 9, 2015 5:57 AM in response to gutdoc
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    Jul 9, 2015 5:57 AM in response to gutdoc

    Since updating to OS X 10.10.4, my screensaver has not reverted back to NatGeo. Did Apple finally fix this?

  • by JonathanGranato,

    JonathanGranato JonathanGranato Jun 11, 2016 8:40 PM in response to FoxFlea
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    Jun 11, 2016 8:40 PM in response to FoxFlea

    I have a separate folder called "SCREENSAVER." I dragged that folder to the Default Collections folder and puff of smoke went up.  I found the screensaver folder.  How do I move the images in the screensaver folder to the Default Collections folder?

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Jun 12, 2016 9:31 AM in response to JonathanGranato
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    Jun 12, 2016 9:31 AM in response to JonathanGranato
    You might want to consider starting a new discussion. Since this one is marked solved, less people are likely to look at it. You can link to this one.
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