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BamaGirl60 Author

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Photos for Screen Saver

Why doesn't the screen saver access photos application on my MacBook Pro

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jul 12, 2020 3:27 PM

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léonie

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Posted on Jul 13, 2020 1:45 AM

You should be able to use your Photos Library in the screensaver, if you enable the Photos Library as your System Photo Library. And if the library is on a suitable volume.

To make the library your System Photo Library open Photos, the go to Photos > Preferences > General.
Then click "Use as System Photo Library", if it is not greyed out.

Then Relaunch Photos and System Preferences and try again.

To use the Photos Library,

open "System Preferences > Desktop&Screensaver",
click a Slideshow screensaver template in the left pane
click "Source" in the right pane and scroll down to "Photo Library".
Wait (it can take several minutes) for your Photos library to appear and to show the albums inside.
Select the album you want to use.

You can only use photos, that have been downloaded from iCloud, if your library is an iCloud Photos Library.

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