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Since Monterey, the 'desktop pictures' as source for screen savers is gone. Only 'Colours' is available but who wants that, I loved it how the high quality apple pictures switched themselves, and now it's gone.
Anybody knows how to resolve this?
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.1
Oh no it's not photos.
I used to have a 'Desktop Pictures' folder under 'Default Collections' as an option, which nicely mixed all the mac original desktop pictures on my screen saver, and it's gone since Monterey. Now it's only 'Colours' left.
Oh no it's not photos.
I used to have a 'Desktop Pictures' folder under 'Default Collections' as an option, which nicely mixed all the mac original desktop pictures on my screen saver, and it's gone since Monterey. Now it's only 'Colours' left.
If I understand correctly, you are saying that now instead of Colours, Choose Folder and Photo Library, only Colours appears?
I cannot reproduce that.
Here is what I see - note that "London Dolls" is the folder that I have currently selected, and the images work in the screensaver as expected.
no no, what I miss is the default folder of all mac pics (not my personal photos). I found this, how it looked before (although, for me there was only one 'Desktop Pictures' instead of the list of 'Sierra', 'Catalina', etc.).
This is why I can't set the default pictures as a whole group to be interchanging screen savers. These folders containing them are now missing. There is only 'Colors' now.
I was able to Choose Folder and point to /System/Library/Desktop Pictures/ and that works. However since Solid Colors/ is a sub-folder within Desktop Pictures you will get those solid colors in the slideshow. Also Apple changed the file format on many of the Desktop picture files and some of them do not render in the screen saver. The file extension is .madesktop instead of .heic for the Hello wallpapers and the new Monterey purple valley.
You are better off creating a new folder and places the images you want in that folder then use Choose Folder and point to it in the Screen Saver settings.
I spoke to the owner of the company GeForce, an open source screensaver system that I’ve been using for 20 years, and according to him, Apple has stopped supporting all outside screensavers. Just one more formally open source item being shut down by Apple supposedly for our own good. I’m pretty annoyed about it.
12.2.1 was released 2/10. UPdate if not already updated
I know I have 12.2.1 but the 'Desktop Pictures' folder is still missing when I try to set the screen saver source:(
Which screensaver specifically? Not all let you choose images. FWIW I can easily choose a folder or a Photos album just as I could in previous OS.
I have the same problem. This is incredibly annoying. Where did the folders go!
Exact same issue for me! Is it normal to only see “colours” under the default collection in Monterey? Did you solve the problem in the end?
Monterey screen saver source gone
