My screen saver starts with a photo from the folder I selected. However, the same photo just sits there; the screensaver does not change the pictures. I recently updated to OS Big Sur 11.0.1
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.0
Thanks for your response.
There are several options for the picture change: origami, vintage prints, photo wall, etc. On these three, the pictures will change and cycle through. On others, like classic or shifting tiles or sliding panels, the photos don't change. Those are six that I have tried. Three change and three do not. After that, I stopped testing. I kind of prefer classic and wish that it would work properly.
Thanks again.
Thanks for your response.
There are several options for the picture change: origami, vintage prints, photo wall, etc. On these three, the pictures will change and cycle through. On others, like classic or shifting tiles or sliding panels, the photos don't change. Those are six that I have tried. Three change and three do not. After that, I stopped testing. I kind of prefer classic and wish that it would work properly.
Thanks again.
Hey there vandesc!
It sounds like you are having trouble getting your photos to change in the screensaver you've selected on your Mac. We can understand needing a solution for this issue and would like to give you a few helpful tips.
To start, are you using a folder with the specific photos you would like to see when the screensaver is on? If so, when you look at the folder in the Finder, are all the photos showing?
Let's have you change the screensaver you want to use. Do you see all the photos when you use the Photo Wall or Vintage Prints for example?
For steps on how to modify your screensaver settings, look here: Use a screen saver on your Mac
We hope this helps.
Cheers!
The suggestion to try a different format choice worked for me. "Classic" does NOT work, but "Ken Burns" is great. "Origami" and "Vintage..." work but I don't like the way they present the pictures. Anyway, try "Ken Burns" if you are stuck the way I was.
Make sure you are not in Do Not Disturb mode; you want the moon icon at the top-right of your screen to be gray, not black.
If you must be in Do Not Disturb mode, enabling the clock as BobMac16 mentioned will work. To enable the clock, go to System Preferences/Desktop & Screen Saver then look at the bottom bar and check the box "Show with clock".
Sorry for the above two posts (I can't seem to delete them). I take back my recommendation to not be in Do Not Disturb mode. It appeared to work and now it does not. I'm back to the "Show the Clock" solution.
I have updated to 11.2.2 hoping this problem would be solved, but is is not. I also experienced that some of the viewing options (Ken Burns) would cycle my pictures and others do not. If I log in as another user the problem goes away so it looks to me as a preference problem. I
I have the same issue and the only way to have the images scroll through as previous versions is to include the clock.
Try that.
That does it! I hope the pending update fixes that. I just want to see the photos, not the clock.
Thanks and regards,
Scott
Hey! I had the same issue and it worked for me! But I got my Mac book 2 days ago, should I be worried or is it just the update?
Hi, mine was working perfectly prior to upgrading to big sur so it is just the latest ios version. Hopefully it will be patched at some point.
To see just the photos without the clock, make sure you are not in Do Not Disturb mode; you want the moon icon at the top-right of your screen to be gray, not black.
Same. Clock does work, which is nice, but I’d rather not have the clock ok there at all.
screensaver does not change pictures
