When selecting the Photos library or a folder of photos, they do not render. Have tried various options (e.g., Classic, Ken Burns, etc.). No luck.
iMac Line (2012 and Later)
In Photos, with that library open, go to Photos->Preferences and click the button “Use as System Photo Library”. Then instead of navigating to the folder, choose the library or specific album within it.
Apple is not here. You can send them feedback.
As I posted earlier report it to Apple.
You're right. I did test that and was unable to get it to work. Forgot to mention it.
Be sure to report it Apple and frequently.
Same problem. Just sent a feedback here: https://www.apple.com/feedback/macos.html
It seems to not have so much to do with the M1, it appears to work on MBP but not on desktop iMacs, My 2016 MBP works perfect, my iMac does not.
Wait for next update.
Just curious if you are on an Intel machine or Apple Silicon ? On my iMac with Apple Silicon, not a problem On my wife's iMac with Intel, doesn't work
The fix is in final beta testing currently so should not be long now.
craigst2 wrote:
We're healed! We're healed! Yay!!! (Monterey 12.1)
See? Good things come to those who wait.
Why don't you block the screen instead of using a screensaver then?
You can set a hot corner to "Put the Display to Sleep".
Or just create a black jpeg and choose that.
Yeah...Im definitely no Apple expert but it looks like they use shared objects. BTW-I've just tried using a folder containing a bunch of jpgs. Same behavior. This has to be a bug. I havent tried iMovie but im guessing it uses the same objects to drive certain transitions.
Robert Ronning wrote:
Same problem here. Not working on my iMac... but works fine on my MacBook Air.
Are you saying it works on your MacBook Air which is running Monterey? I ask because it's not working on 4 different Macs running Monterey for me.
To clarify what is broken on all my M1 Macs using Monterey is the Screen Saver that uses Dynamic Desktop wallpapers like the Ken Burns or Classic.
Hope that helps clarify this a bit as it seems some think that none of the screen savers work, which is a different issue.
Same issue here, 2020 27-inch iMac i7
Tried changing the source folder, changing the type off screen saver, etc.. nothing helped.
The new Monterey screen saver (pretty colors) works just fine, but anything with photos just goes black.
Yup, just installed Monterey - Now all my family photos ive been using as a screen saver wont show up in any of the photo options. For screen saver I have to use on of the built in canned ones. This has got to be a bug.
Screen saver broken in Monterey
