Can't access Photos Library photos for desktop/screensaver
This is an issue that's been posted about more than once. Most solutions offered seem to come down to re-installing or updating the system, and mostly this doesn't seem to help.
In my case, the photos I do have access to are in "Albums," a subfolder of a "Photos" folder that seems to be local on my MacBook, but which I can't locate outside of the Desktop pane in System Preferences. The photos in my photos system library (Users/[user]/Pictures/Photos Library aren't available.
This seems to me to be related to iCloud, among other things. Because, aside from those miscellaneous couple hundred in "Albums," my photos are all in the cloud. But how I get the desktop appearance system preferences to point to the cloud, I don't know.
If anyone has a solution better than re-installing the system, I'll be grateful. (I'm running OS 12.4 on a brand new 2020 MacBook Air with the M1 chip).
Thanks in advance.
MacBook Air Apple Silicon