Ventura 13.3 broke my screensaver--

Upgraded last night. Now screen saver won't appear on the main display, just on the extended display. After a while, the words "No Picture" appear on the main display.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 13.3

Posted on Mar 28, 2023 4:43 AM

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May 23, 2023 1:05 PM in response to kipmanley

It is still defective. You can initiate the screen saver from Preview in System settings / screen saver ... however after a period of time it will revert to the blank screen . on a normal screen saver engage after any set time it will occasionally show photos but revert to a blank screen


IT IS STILL DEFECTIVE. Mac OS 13.4 DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE

UNFORTUNATE




May 24, 2023 1:47 AM in response to mikebrown

OK, this is not an issue for me. Photo Library works - note some users reported the photos showed up "later", probably an indexing process. But I thought I would re-cap a few points about the issue and fixes in 13.4:


  • some built-in savers are not affected by this issue (Flurry, Arabesque, Shell), most of them are (photos ones, but also Hello and even Message), the third-party ones differ, probably depending on which "engine" it uses
  • the error is manifested either by a blank screen, or inability to load photos, or by showing the same content on all displays where it should be different (i.e. Hello or Message)
  • the issue was always intermittent; in 13.3, the failure rate was well above 90%, and in 13.4, it's below 10%



Jun 20, 2023 9:08 PM in response to kipmanley

I have Ventura 13.4 on a 2022 27 inch iMac. Recently, the login screen stopped showing my desktop wallpaper. Now in addition to that it has stopped my screensaver and is taking me to the log in screen like I just booted the system. I have run diagnostics, run anti virus, and malware, I have reinstalled OS and Clean installed OS and it is still doing the same thing. What do I need to do to get this fixed?

Jul 26, 2023 7:30 AM in response to kipmanley

OK, I read the news about 13.5 whilst I was still on 13.4 so I did a test before and after. I normally have a Studio Display connected, but on a work trip now so only testing with a 1080p monitor.


On 13.4, I went to a hot corner to start my favourite Matrix screensaver ten times. It failed twice. So failure rate 20%.


On 13.5, I tried about 25× (20 in a row and then while writing this post) and it hasn't failed once.


I won't jump into conclusions before I try higher-resolution displays as I believe the error is intermittent and can depend on memory usage, but it definitely looks promising.


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