iphoto desktop background

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iphoto desktop background

For my macbook I would love for my desktop background to cycle through photos from a shared family photo album hosted on icloud. I did set this up but have noticed the same 30 or so pictures are included (out of a big album with many more than that). I have tried the four recommendations from this person with the same request (Desktop pictures show in random order and… - Apple Community ) and still see only a very limited number of photos that cycle through. Is there another way to do this? Thank you

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Nov 3, 2022 3:51 PM

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TonyCollinet

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Nov 3, 2022 4:15 PM in response to skinnyntall

Do you use iCloud photos with optimise mac storage selected? If so that is the problem - optimised photos are not stored on the mac so are not available for the screensaver.

Your workaround would be to export the images you want to a folder on your drive, and set the destop background to source from that folder, instead of the album.

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skinnyntall Author

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Nov 3, 2022 4:46 PM in response to TonyCollinet

Thank you for the quick reply. I have selected "download originals to this mac" and not the optimize storage option. The shared album I am trying to use is regularly added to and it would be nice to get the new photos without needing to use the workaround suggested

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