Identify a screensaver photo

You could try a third-party screensaver. The free Art Saver lets you display metadata for a photo, for example: https://user.informatik.uni-bremen.de/zach/software/ArtSaver/index.html

I am starting an Apple Script, when I want to see a screensaver with random photos. The script will display the title, date and location for each photo in the Notification Center: Script: A Slideshow With Titles and Loca… - Apple Community

It is not really a screensaver, but a slideshow with random, full screen pictures.

Iona14 & Zurarczurx: I was thinking that you don't see this on digital photo frames and such, either, so it's quite common not to let you access picture info from the screen. But this sure seems like it would be a nice feature to add! . But you should let Apple know your thoughts here:

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Iona14 wrote: … it would be great if Apple could incorporate this "show desktop photo path" "share" functionality somehow!

I know of no way to see the name of the picture being shown in the screensaver. You may be able to do a search in Photos for some details. You could use a Smart Album with details that you see in the picture

I used the name and "Text" "is" something in the picture. This gets broad categories like car or house. You can also use the Map

Here's the fair grounds for the Texas State Fair, and the picture I found above is at the Roller Coaster.

Apple Intelligence in the newer Silicon Macs (M1, M2, M3, M4) running Sequoia offers more clever searches.

It's a feature I'd like for exactly the same reason and I've a vague recollection that many years ago it used to display the path and file, although I might be getting confused with an app I used to have. I spent a while experimenting with various key combinations and looking for recently modified files but never got anywhere. If you find anything please post back.

Thanks for the various answers. I realize that my problem seems not to be solved by the actual version.

Greetings to apple to have that accomplished. I have informed apple support