Photo Screen Saver not functioning with Yosemite Upgrade

Fix please!

The solution from TaylorP56659 worked for me. Thanks.

Why not just substitute your photos for the ones in the national geographic folder. It's quick and easy and works on all our macs.

Under the finder menu, select go and then "go to folder" and paste in /Library/Screen Savers/Default Collections/1-National Geographic That will show the content of the folder. Save the National Geographic pictures if you like to a folder somewhere and then add your own photos to the national geographic folder.

Why not just substitute your photos for the ones in the national geographic folder. It's quick and easy and works on all our macs.

Under the finder menu, select go and then "go to folder" and paste in /Library/Screen Savers/Default Collections/1-National Geographic That will show the content of the folder. Save the National Geographic pictures if you like to a folder somewhere and then add your own photos to the national geographic folder.

This only worked through the restart cycle, then the problem returns

You're right. Hmmm.

Jumping on the bandwagon here... Having the same problem with my Screensaver. I select an iPhoto Event and it defaults back to National Geographic photos. I just followed the instructions from TaylorP56659 posted on Oct 23, 2014: “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.”

So far this is working… if it stops I’ll let you all know.

It's been a few days and the fix worked.

Doesn't work for me. First screen saver is from the photo library, and then back comes the #$##&%@ National Geographic.

Sorry it didn't work for you... mine is still working. But now I notice the same problem when I use my Apple TV. Wow, this is frustrating... and I'm getting tired of the Nat Geo pictures!

The most effective workaround I've found to date is to add system preferences to your login items (as hidden). That way the screensaver doesn't get a chance to change. It still occasionally glitches but much much less.

Why can Apple not provide a fix for this?

Interestingly - if you switch to another one of the standard picture libraries in the screensaver it seems to not go back to the NG pictures. I am watching „Cosmos“ (or is it „Space“) now since I really need a change. No satisfying since I really would like to see MY pictures.

while the work around from "thisisrg" has worked really well for me (minimise screen saver preferences to the dock) -

I've had a few other problems since the Yosemite upgrade on my iMac 24" early 2008 (yes it's an antique).

Since moving to Yosemite 10.10

my MacBook Pro (retina late 2013) has never reverted to National Geographic - I use a folder for my screen saver with roughly 800 pictures)

my iMac 24" late 2008 can't stop falling in love with National Geographic unless I use the "thisisrg" work around (I use the same folder as the MacPro),

in frustration with the screen saver issue and other more fundamental issues on the iMac I decided to do a clean install,

since the clean install (now Yosemite 10.10.1), I am putting the applications back 1 at a time to try and resolve the "other" issues -

it is of interest that so far the iMac has totally forgotten about reverting back to National Geographic since the clean install,

I rather doubt the 10.10.1 version solved the problem, but it's nice to know that after a clean install - it equally seems to have gone away.

Has anyone else with the National Geographic problem moved to 10.10.1 and seen the problem go away?

I spoke to soon ... 4 hours after rebooting and the clean install my iMac is once again falling in love with National Geographic,

10.10.1 changes nothing ... I have gone back to the "thisisrg" solution of minimising system preferences (screen saver) to the dock,

***** quoi ...