On my MBPro laptop running 11.6 Big Sur--I go to screen saver in Sys Prefs and select an album in Photos Library--it shows in dialog box but when selected does not show up in box just above--hope that is clear--and nothing but a black screen appears when screen saver comes on after 1 minute (as set)--
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.6
are you using iCloud Photos? Then you have to force a download from iCloud for the photos you want to use in the Screensaver by viewing them enlarged. Also, the screensaver has currently a bug and may not show the edited versions of cropped or adjusted photos, only the unmodified originals.
are you using iCloud Photos? Then you have to force a download from iCloud for the photos you want to use in the Screensaver by viewing them enlarged. Also, the screensaver has currently a bug and may not show the edited versions of cropped or adjusted photos, only the unmodified originals.
It depends on your use of iCloud Photos. With “optimize Mac Storage” enabled not all photos will have been downloaded and the downloaded versions will change dynamically. You will have to keep using the photos to endure they will stay downloaded. Alternately,, you could export your screensaver photos to a folder in your Pictures folder and use this for the screensaver.
That's interesting--it started to work on my MBPro (using a folder from a Photos album) after several re-starts over 2-4 days--but I do have "optimize Mac storage" selected-- since I only use 45% of available storage on MBP I have unselected the optimize choice--Thanks for heads up
I might add that that folder shows easily on the iMac27 in the screen saver also running Big Sur
I upgraded to Monterrey and now my screen saver nor desktop photo works as they should. I understand from previous comments this is an ongoing issue with Monterrey. When will this be fixed?
Does that mean for a folder of 72 pictures I need to open each one up in Photos separately in order for the folder to show in the screen saver?
Big Sur screen saver problem
