Photo Album Screensaver Only Shows Unedited Photos

Hello CoolyMcDuck,

Welcome to Apple Support Communities. 

We understand that you want your edited photos to show as a screensaver and not the unedited photos. We are happy to help.

Are you choosing an album that has those edited photos or are you selecting all photos as the screen saver?

We’d like to have you do some isolating troubleshooting steps, so that we can isolate the cause further. Please use the steps here to start your Mac in safe mode: How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support

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1. Shut down your Mac.
2. Turn on your Mac and continue to press and hold the power button until you see the startup options window.
3. Select your startup disk, then press and hold the Shift key while clicking “Continue in Safe Mode.”
4. Log in to your Mac. You might be asked to log in again.

Please use the steps as listed here to test in a new user account: Change Users & Groups settings on Mac - Apple Support

Create a new user or group.

Click the New Account pop-up menu (you may be asked to enter your password), then choose a type of account.

• Administrator: An administrator can add and manage other users, install apps, and change settings. The new user you create when you first set up your Mac is an administrator. Your Mac can have multiple administrators. You can create new ones, and convert standard users to administrators. Don’t set up automatic login for an administrator. If you do, someone could simply restart your Mac and gain access with administrator privileges. To keep your Mac secure, don’t share administrator names and passwords.
• Standard: Standard users are set up by an administrator. Standard users can install apps and change their own settings, but can’t add other users or change other users’ settings.
• Sharing Only: Sharing-only users can access shared files remotely, but can’t log in to the computer or change settings. To give the user permission to access your shared files or screen, you may need to change options in File Sharing, Screen Sharing, or Remote Management settings. See Set up file sharing and Share the screen of another Mac.
• Group: Groups allow multiple users to have the same access privileges. You control a group’s access to your shared folders by setting access permissions in the File Sharing options in Sharing settings.

See Add a user or group.

Let us know if you have further questions.

Take care.

Hello again CoolyMcDuck,

Thanks for the follow-up info. Since this issue persists in safe mode and a test user, we suggest reinstalling the macOS. The steps to do so are found in the Apple Support article: How to reinstall macOS - Apple Support

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Turn on your Mac and continue to press and hold the power button until you see the startup options window. Click the gear icon labeled Options, then click Continue.

Reinstall macOS

Reinstalling macOS does not remove data from your Mac. To begin installation, select Reinstall macOS from the utilities window in macOS Recovery, then click Continue and follow the onscreen instructions. 

If you still experience this trouble, get in touch with Apple Support for further assistance:

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We hope this helps you.