Any way to get markup in Photos to show up in screen saver?

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Any way to get markup in Photos to show up in screen saver?

Hi all,

I have a big library of photos fully edited with markup from my previous Mac. Was working great to use it as a screensaver, Mac was running Catalina.

I've copied the library onto my new MacBook Pro M2 with Mac Ventura (13.2.1); everything shows up fine in the Photos app, but when I activate the screensaver and select the library, the images show up without any of the markup.

Is this a known bug? Is there any way around it?

With so many pictures, I find the markup becomes so important to help provide context; would be sad if this were all lost now.

Thanks in advance!

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 13.2

Posted on Mar 23, 2023 2:20 PM

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Richard.Taylor

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Mar 23, 2023 3:04 PM in response to RockstarLeo

The screensaver routine seems to use the unedited original rather than the edited version. It's hard to believe this is on purpose (meaning a "feature") rather than a bug. You should remind Apple about it here:

Feedback - Photos - Apple

In the meantime, I would use "File>Export>Export nn Photos" to make a folder that has the images you want, and then point the screensaver to that folder. It's sad to have double copies of these pictures. If storage space is a problem , you can use the export dialog to produce smaller files that will look good on the screen. There are some preset sizes, or you can choose a custom size if that looks better.

Hopefully, this will get fixed!

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léonie

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Mar 23, 2023 11:15 PM in response to RockstarLeo

I am also exporting the marked up photos, and then reimporting them to Photos, as I want them to be visible on all devices in Photos. This is creating duplicates, but I don't mind.

To see metadata with my photos I am using an Apple script to show the metadata a message: Script: A Slideshow With Titles and Locations And Dates in Photos

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Any way to get markup in Photos to show up in screen saver?

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