Nov 18, 2020 Launch System Preferences from the Dock or by clicking the Apple button on the top left of your screen. Alternatively, right-click on your current desktop image and select Change Desktop Background. Click Desktop & Screen Saver. Click the Screen Saver tab. The iPhoto Library did NOT appear as an option for the desktop wallpaper or the screen saver. NB: Still running iLife '06. Attempts to solve: I tried many things that I found recommended on many forums. I erased plists, I reinstalled the combo updater, I reinstalled iPhoto, I copied a new iPhoto Library from another Mac, etc.
When I tried to open the iPhoto library with the newer Photos App, it wanted to upgrade the entire iPhoto library. Here’s how to access an individual photo from an old iPhoto library. If you go to your home directory, there is a folder called ‘Pictures’ where Apple stores all your photos.
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The problem -- evidenced by the delay in iPhoto appearing -- may be that the utility has to scan and index all the photos in the iPhoto library. If you have a huge collection, that can take considerable time. The list of iPhoto albums and events takes a while to show up in Lion, too.
I've given it _hours_ before (opened System Preferences, let it sit there while doing other work), and it never showed. But click over to Screen Saver, and it shows up within a couple of minutes.
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I have a similar sort of problem with Lion on my MacBook Pro. I use the screen saver that shows iTunes art work. It will run fine for days and then suddenly the screen saver reports that 'Your iTunes Library has no art work'. At this point I just get that message and a black screen. My work around is to go to the screen saver preferences, select another screen saver and then select iTunes Art Work again.
Thanks for posting. After recent Firefox update, we lost pinch to expand. Your workaround got it back.
I'm on OS 10.6.8 and have the same issue. I found a backdoor approach that is easy and it works. Just open iPhoto, select a batch of photos from an event (or just one photo). Then click in the menubar on SHARE > SET DESKTOP. The photos will then appear in your Desktop & Screen Saver preference. It even works with dual screens - you can select one of the photos for one screen and do a random rotation on the other screen.
Had the same issues. Combining some of these suggestions worked for me. First, I selected some images in iPhoto, used the menu bar to 'share to desktop' then closed and reopened System Preferences. When I did, the iphoto library content was again visible.
When your Mac isn’t being used, you can turn its screen into a digital picture frame by using a screensaver that shows photos. If you store photos in Apple’s Photos app, setting up the photo screensaver is very straightforward.
Here’s how to set your Mac to use your Photos Library as a screensaver.
1. Open System Preferences and click Desktop & Screen Saver.
2. Select any of the photo-based screen savers in the scroll list at left. The ones that let you select images all show a ladybird beetle.
3. Click the Source drop-down menu and choose Photo Library. (If you don’t have any images in Photos, the Photo Library option will not appear.)
4. It may take a moment if you have a lot of images, but the media list at left will populate with all your Moments, Collections, Albums, and more. (You’ll also see an entry for iPhoto if that’s still installed.)
5. Select any item or category.
6. Click Choose.
You can click Preview to see how the screensaver will work when activated, too.
MacOS also has a screensaver that appears when the login screen is idle. However, there’s no graphical user interface to update it unless your Mac is in a workgroup. Apple has instructions on a support page it no longer maintains that explains the Terminal commands necessary to set a screensaver.
You can’t use photo-based ones, however, because without being logged in, the Photos library and other photo sources are unavailable. You can pick among several screensavers located in /System/Library/Screen Savers, such as Arabesque and Flurry by following the instructions in that support document.
This Mac 911 article is in response to a question submitted by Macworld reader Shannon.
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