Ventura 13.3 broke my screensaver--

kipmanley wrote:

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.

Same here! I have two monitors using the Classic screensaver and up until the 13.3 upgrade I would see photos on both screens. Now just the right screen shows a photo. I can occasionally see photos on the left screen when I trigger the screen saver manually but it is rare.

Tried this, same result. When using screensaver with photos, the screen is black. Have also tried restarting the mac several times, but no dice on this. Screen is black when screensaver is on and this came after the update I installed yesterday.

NEVER had this issue before update to 13.3

Same issue as everyone else with duel monitor, right screen shows photos, left screen eventually shows "NO PHOTOS"

Anymore every update is wack a mole, fix one issue, 3 new ones show up... what happened to Apple?????

Glad it's not just me. The screensaver I'm running is one I wrote, Folder Crazy (it's on armpitstudios dot com). Now that I'm on 13.3, it stopped running on the main screen (Studio Display), and usually works on display 2 (Thunderbolt Display), but not always.

I added some more logging to my code. The initWithFrame:isPreview: method is usually called for both screens, but sometimes not 1. But startAnimation is now never called for screen 1.

I wonder if they only broke legacy screensavers (those that run in the process called legacyScreenSaver).

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I'm on a Mac Studio with a Studio Display and 2 other monitors connected.

On Studio Display the screensaver is gone, on the 2 other monitors it works properly.

I already started in Safe Mode, but it's usless, so don't loose your time this way.

I hope that all of us experiencing this (I am too - using a Mac Studio I either get no photos on the screensaver, or only on one of my 3 monitors - since updating to Ventura 13.3) have reported it to Apple so they can sort it with the next update.

I has the exact same issue. MBP updated to 13.3 and Fliqlo now does exactly what yours shows, though I have LG 27". I even deleted the older Fliqlo and installed the new version. It worked when I hit "preview", but after that it does not. Some of the built in Apple screensavers are also not showing on both monitors, so maybe it is Apple's fault.

Hi at all,

Exactly the same for me too with this update, but maybe can help developer with this trick, for me it work, first enable where you want in a corner mouse the way to launch your screensaver. then restart your Mac, when the desktop just appear, GO FAST in the corner to launch your screensaver, and, like a miracle it work in both screens like before, disable it and relaunch it, it doesn't work anymore, need to restart again to see my screensaver in 2 screens lol... sad life... so what I thinking there is a buggy processus at start-up who make this sh..

Same issue. Updated to 13.3 and now my screensaver doesn't work properly, just as described by others. If I unplug my two external monitors it works just fine. Once I plug in both external monitors it only works on the last plugged in display. Ugh.

same issue on my iMac - Ventura 13.3 has broken my screen saver. Photos show up on external monitor, but the built-in display shows "no photos"

Hopefully this has enough momentum behind it to be addressed quickly.

Same nonsense for me as well thanks to updating to Ventura 13.3 this morning. As soon as my screensavers began I saw the "No Photos" on my secondary monitor. Wonder how long it will take for them to fix something they obviously broke with the update. Thanks Apple, real quality tested update you released to the public, smh.

I have tried the Safe Boot and have even reinstalled Ventura from the Recovery Mode. The issues, as I understand them, are that my external monitor no longer shows in Screensaver Settings, but does under Wallpaper Settings. Secondly, using the Activity Monitor, I noted that, after leaving the screensaver mode "iLife Slideshows (Screensaver)" is shown as an activity for a few seconds, then disappears. It is activated by "Launchd" when I mouse over to the hot corner to activate the screensaver. The screensavers are controlled on my iMac under Ventura/System/Library/Screensavers. That folder is protected within the System, so I can't use Time Machine to replace it with a previous working folder.

I read all the other comments concerning this fault after the update to Ventura 13.3, all happening with external monitors. So I don't feel alone. If I disconnect my 27 inch AOC external monitor, the problem goes away and the iMac shows my photos just fine. I wrote up a bug report and anticipate there will eventually be a fix, just as there was previously with Big Sur.

My external monitor is connected via a Thunderbolt to DisplayPort cable. I have found that to use TimeMachine to recover files, I have to disconnect or switch off the external monitor. That may be the source of the problem.

So now, my photos are shown as Wallpaper and iTunes/Music Albums are shown as a Screensaver. Such is life.

I'm having a similar problem. I have a 3-monitor 27" iMac 2020. Electric sheep screensaver used to play on all three. After updating to 13.3, the monitors all go blank and the screensaver never plays.

Me too. Mac Studio, Ventura 13.3, Studio Display, and a ViewSonic 32" additional monitor. Selecting a file of photos and invoking screen saver either via the Control Panel or Corner Hot Point blackens the Studio Display while the ViewSonic displays the contents of the folder. Once the randomize kicks in, the Studio Display show "No Photo".

Interestingly, if I repeatedly invoke the screen saver via Hot Corner, after three or four attempts, the Studio Display shows the contents of the folder. It might take several attempts to invoke.

Initially, I had a flicker issue with the ViewSonic but may have resolved that after much effort.