Photo Screen Saver not functioning with Yosemite Upgrade

I just installed 10.10.4, and the problem is worse than ever. When I specify "Shifting Tiles", and "Shuffle slide order", and then try to specify my Pictures / Photos Library, the "Photos Library" (as well as my old "iPhoto Library") is greyed out. When I choose the "Pictures" directory, the screen saver shows the first photo repeated 10 times, and doesn't show any other pictures. Same for "Sliding Panels", etc. Where is Apple Quality going?

Apparently, from what I hear, Apple is going to address these weird bugs in the next update.

While I solved my issue by the suggestions above, I also found that it "stuck" if I followed another suggestion someone gave--to leave the system preferences open, but minimized. That allowed me to shuffle the order. If I closed the system preferences, I couldn't shuffle.

What happens if you try that?

(I really hope they give a permanent fix in the next update--for real--as it's ridiculous to have to jury rig what should be operating correctly@!)

I have today updated to Yosemite 10.10.4.

My iMac, which DIDN'T have the screensaver folder selection problem in 10.10.3, is still ok.

My MacBook, which DID have the screen saver selection problem in 10.10.3, now works fine with 10.10.4. I am now able to select the photo folder I want as the screen savers, just as I used to in Mavericks.

So 10.10.4 release has solved the problem as far as I am concerned. (Although I still have no idea why the problem showed on a MacBook and not an iMac in 10.10.3).

For my part, 10.10.4 fixed this issue ! At last !! Almost 10 months with this trouble. Apple, what did you become ?

Hope everything will be fine in El Capitan !

After a couple of reboots, the screen saver now works as in days of yore (that's good)!

Yes 10.10.4 did the trick. Yippee....no more b...y National Geographic. But I did have to delete three screensaver plist files from Library before I got anything but a black screen.

I'd say this is definitely a Mac issue and not caused by third party software.

Due to other issues..(SSD failure) i have done a complete bare bones re install of 10.10.4, not even using Migration Assistant..a clean instal and manually copying what I needed from eh TM volume, then not adding any third party software.

And there is not option to choose a iPhoto Library in 10.10.4. it only allows folder selection.

I am using iPhoto still and not the new god awful 'Photos' app.

I wonder if this another attempt my Apple to make us do what they want, rather than what we want.

If you haven't already, try (from previous post page 1):

• Close all windows and quit all applications.
• Hold the option key down and click the "Go" menu in the Finder menubar.
• Select "Library" from the dropdown, then "Preferences" folder.
• Look for these two files.
• com.apple.desktop.plist
• com.apple.systempreferences.plist
• Right click each one of those and select "Move To Trash" from the contextual menu.
• Restart the computer.

Worked for me in 10.10.4.

No, not this time for me. I tried that earlier , although I only have one of those plist files.

Think I will just have to live with the fact that it is not going to work if even a clean fresh instal won't fix it..it is broken from the 'factory'

WHY are we still getting this problem after SOOOOOOOOO long? Has Microsoft taken over Apple?

I have tried all the suggestions - some work temporarily but none work permanently.

We need a proper fix for this NOW!!!!!!!!

Don't dis us Apple!

Yosemite 10.10.5 fixed it for me. What version are you running?

My problem has finally gone away! my screen saver slideshows work as advertised. Mac book pro running OS Yosemite 10.10.5 Fingers crossed, I have been fooled before.

It does seem like a crazy workaround. I just upgraded with a new MAC and updated the software (OS X El Capitan v10.11.1) and my photos quit showing in screensaver. Screen goes black and says No Photos. It worked last week until I updated. And it looks like this has been a problem for a long time. The workaround does work (thanks!) but why doesn't apple fix it after all this time?

Worked brilliantly for me 🙂 Thank you 🙂

I had the same problem on my macbook pro when I switched to "optimizing" storage in photos to save disk space. once I switched back to storing originals, the problem resolved.