Hi, I just updated to Big Sur recently, and found an issue with the screensaver.
Any photo that has been edited (eg cropped) will always show up in the original format on my screensaver or wallpaper. How can I get it so that the photo it shows is the one that I have already edited?
thanks!
Windows, Windows 6
There is currently another bug in Big Sur that makes exporting tricky. If I export a photo as a JPEG many metadata will be missing - the titles and the keywords.
So I am exporting my screensaver photos with "File > Export > Export ... photos" to a folder in the Pictures folder and use the TIFF format to export the photos at a high quality while preserving the metadata. This will produce very large files. Then I convert them with Preview to high quality HEIC files to reduce the file size to a reasonable size while preserving the quality. I am reimporting these converted files to my Photos Library to an album, where I can find them easily.
There is currently another bug in Big Sur that makes exporting tricky. If I export a photo as a JPEG many metadata will be missing - the titles and the keywords.
So I am exporting my screensaver photos with "File > Export > Export ... photos" to a folder in the Pictures folder and use the TIFF format to export the photos at a high quality while preserving the metadata. This will produce very large files. Then I convert them with Preview to high quality HEIC files to reduce the file size to a reasonable size while preserving the quality. I am reimporting these converted files to my Photos Library to an album, where I can find them easily.
There is currently no help for it. This bug is persisting in the most recent version of Big Sur.
When I want to use an edited photo in a screensaver, I am exporting the edited version and importing as a new photo. Then I am using the reimported version in the screensaver.
Thanks Leonie,
Where are you exporting from and to? what commands are you using for importing and exporting?
Awesome, thanks so much Leonie! Would be really good if Apple could just revert back to what it had (for this) in Catalina!
You're welcome 😊. I hope it will be fixed in the next system version to come in the autumn.
Screensaver issue with Big Sur and edited photos
