Monterey 12.0.1 Screensaver photos only produces black screen

Hi livo34,

Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities. It sounds like you're having an issue with your photo screensaver since updating. We're happy to provide some information to assist.

We recommend ensuring your settings are correct using the guide here: Use a screen saver on your Mac

Specifically, the section that states "Source: Click the pop-up menu, then choose the pictures to show in the screen saver. You can use pictures that come with macOS or choose pictures from your Photo Library or another folder."

If the issue continues, we'd recommend testing in a new user account and when booted to safe mode.

Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac

How to use safe mode on your Mac

Should the issue remain, reach out to Apple Support to further assist.

Contact Apple Support

Best!

Now upgrade to 12.1 to fix.

There's a known bug in Monterey and the screensaver in that any theme that requires using image file from either the Photos Library or a folder on the hard drive does not work. It just gives a blank screen.

The workaround until Apple releases a fix is to use one of the other themes that do no use image files.

FWIW, there is a known problem with photo screen savers in Monterey.

It would be helpful to send Apple feedback.

Feedback - macOS - Apple

Agreed this is not a problem that can be solved on the user end. It should be at the attention of staff so its fixed in the next update, as soon as possible. This is a problem w the system/update.

When is this going to be fixed?

We just want to look at our own photos, and by the way there was a function before that allowed us to go backwards or forwards using the arrow keys, very usefull but not working anymore either

I'm still not sure why my 3 Macs do not have this issue except as I have noted in other links I have a ilifemediabrowser file in my library/application support directory that appears to impact this function.

Hopefully it'll be in the next public Monterey update.

I am now upgrading to 12.2 but didn’t see any problem fix before.

Thelusson wrote:

I am now upgrading to 12.2 but didn’t see any problem fix before.

You mean to 12.1? 12.0.1 was the prior and first public release of Monterey

Brendan4 wrote:

Agreed this is not a problem that can be solved on the user end. It should be at the attention of staff so its fixed in the next update, as soon as possible. This is a problem w the system/update.

which is why dialabrain provided this link >> Feedback - macOS - Apple