Photos Library not available to choose for Screen Saver

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Photos Library not available to choose for Screen Saver

I've tried restarting the computer and shutting down System Preferences and restarted with Photos On and Off and On again. The option to CHOOSE this option is grayed out. not hypertexted.

MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.14

Posted on Dec 16, 2019 4:53 PM

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csrosenblum Author

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Dec 19, 2019 8:09 AM in response to léonie

That did seem to work.... though "Photo Library" wasn't offered as a

Folder option, to load for Screen Saver... but it loaded what it called

'Photos' anyway. I'll save your directions and cycle through this

again, perhaps with restarting the computer if it defaults away to not

enabling me to choose "Photo Library" folder again. Thanks!

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léonie

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Dec 17, 2019 8:03 AM in response to csrosenblum

Did you enable your Photos Library as your System Photo Library? Only the System Photo Library will appear in the Screensaver Source > Photo Library dialog.

Launch Photos, then go to the menu "Photos > Preferences". In the Preferences click "General". If the button "use as System Photo Library" is not grayed out, click it. This button should be dimmed to show, your library is the System Photo Library.
Then Restart the System Preferences.
Try again to select your library as the source for a slideshow screen saver. The option to select a Photo Library is at the bottom of the Source list. Click "Photo Library" and wait for the Photo Library to appear. It may take a long time, sometimes several minutes.

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