Screen Saver reverts to National Geographic

I just discovered this thread. Thanks to everyone for striving to find a solution. I agree that this is Apple's business to fix. Without further delay. It's a stupid, insulting problem.

That being the case, I can only add some comments, even though this isn't necessarily the place to do it.

I also agree that this sort of problem is very un-Apple like in it being allowed to continue. The 'old' Apple, that is.

As a Mac user since 1987, the 'new' mega-corporate Apple is a different (and strange) fruit, oftentimes.

Post-Jobs, a new generation is calling the shots on most levels, and I think that has a lot to do with problems like this.

Everything at Apple used to be so conscientiously thought out, down to the tiniest detail, which, to we Mac freaks, is often where the real action is. Now there's this impatience that rules, as if they want to get on with a Watch for $30 grand instead of a mere $17 grand.

I could rattle on, but just thought I'd put 2 pennies in.

Will still seek solutions, as I'm committed, but what a time-waster these pathetic problems are!

Well, *touch wood* ever since that most recent update (a few days ago), my Photos screensaver has yet to revert back to the annoying Nat Geo one.

Time will tell I guess... 😐

I was thinking the same thing. Hopefully we don't jinx ourselves.

Thank you for posting this. Unfortunately, this only worked temporarily for me.

Here is what solved the problem for me. Hopefully it will help others.

I finally got around to deleting iPhoto and the old iPhoto libraries. I used AppCleaner to delete iPhoto and also deleted the iPhoto libraries from the Pictures folder. I ran Onyx automated tasks (this step may be unnecessary) and rebooted my MacBook Pro. The screensaver is now staying on my chosen Photos folder and not reverting to National Geographic. How many others who have this problem also have iPhoto installed? If you do, it might be worth deleting to to see if that solves your problem as well.

Works now for me too (well, at least for the past day). Thanks for the heads up Liquidream—wouldn't have thought to check it otherwise.

Well, 3 days with 10.10.4 and so far my screen saver from my Photos folder seems to be consistently returning. No more National Geographic.

Knock wood.

My screensaver problem started a few years ago, under about OS 10.8, with iPhoto, and persisted after upgrading to 10.10.3 with Photos.

If there is a suggestion out there, I believe I have tried it. I've been into Terminal several times with various scripts. In all cases, my screen saver reverted to the system default.

Then!!! Because the hard drive on my 2010 iMac was slowing down, I replaced the hard drive, restored everything from my Time Machine backup, and all has been restored. This is the way we look at our photos, and it's great to have them back. I hope this works for someone else who has tried all the other fixes.

The solution is to make SURE that the folder you are using has ONLY the correct file types in it such as jpegs. My friend had a .mov and an actual email in it. Since the slideshow doesn't know what to do with those file types, it reverts to the default folder of National Geographic.