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Mar 07, 2016  How to set Photos library as a screen saver on your Mac. 1) Launch System Preferences on your Mac. 2) Click the Desktop & Screen Saver preference pane. 3) Click the Screen Saver tab. 4) Select a desired screen saver in the lefthand column. RELATED: How to set photo albums as Mac desktop wallpapers 5) In the righthand column, click the pop-up menu next to Source and select a recent photo. 37 Library HD Wallpapers and Background Images. Download for free on all your devices - Computer, Smartphone, or Tablet. Wallpaper Abyss.

Changing your desktop background or screen saver is a nice, easy way to give your Mac a more personal touch. Some people even like to move beyond Apple's built-in crop of backgrounds and use their own collections.

Here's how to spice up your Mac!

How to pick a built-in Desktop

  1. Launch System Preferences from the Dock or by clicking the  button on the top left of your screen. Alternatively, right-click on your current desktop image and select Change Desktop Background.
  2. Click Desktop & Screen Saver.

  3. Click the Desktop tab.
  4. Click Desktop Pictures under the Apple menu in the sidebar.

  5. Click a desktop image.

In macOS Mojave, you can select a dynamic wallpaper, which will change throughout the day.

How to choose your own picture as your background

  1. Launch System Preferences from the Dock or by clicking the  button on the top left of your screen. Alternatively, right-click on your desktop image and select Change Desktop Background.
  2. Click Desktop & Screen Saver.

  3. Click the Desktop tab if it's not open already.
  4. Click the + button at the bottom of the sidebar.

  5. Single-click the folder you want to use.
  6. Click Choose.

  7. Click on your chosen folder in the sidebar.
  8. Click an image from that folder.

How to set up rotating backgrounds

  1. Launch System Preferences from the Dock or by clicking the  button on the top left of your screen. Alternatively, right-click on your desktop image and select Change Desktop Background.
  2. Click Desktop & Screen Saver.

  3. Click the Desktop tab.
  4. Click the folder you'd like your wallpapers to come from.

  5. Check the box next to Change picture.
  6. Click how often you want your wallpaper to change.

How to set up screen savers

  1. Launch System Preferences from the Dock or by clicking the  button on the top left of your screen.
  2. Click Desktop & Screen Saver.

  3. Click the Screen Saver tab.
  4. Click the style of screen saver you want.

  5. Click the source you'd like to use for your screensaver in the Source dropdown menu.
  6. Click when your screen saver should start.

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How to set your Photo Library as a screen saver

  1. Launch System Preferences from the Dock or by clicking the  button on the top left of your screen.
  2. In System Preferences, click Desktop & Screen Saver.

  3. Click the Screen Saver tab.
  4. Click the style of screen saver you want.

  5. Click Photo Library in the Source dropdown menu.
  6. Click the photo album you want to use in your screen saver.

  7. Click Choose.

How to set up Hot Corners

Hot Corners are customizable shortcuts linked to the corners of your Mac's screen. When you move your cursor to a Hot Corner, the associated action will take place. For instance, you can set your bottom-right corner to activate your screen saver. The following will teach you how to set up Hot Corners of your very own.

  1. Launch System Preferences' from the Dock or by clicking the  button on the top left of your screen.
  2. Click Desktop & Screen Saver.

  3. Click the Screen Saver tab.

  4. Click Hot Corners.

  5. Click the associated dropdown menu when you've found the corner you wish to customize.
  6. Click the action that you want to execute when using that Hot Corner, e.g., Start Screen Saver.

  7. Click OK.

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I do have a large number of photos on the device - probably close to 10k, but other photo apps seem perfectly capable of opening my photos and loading a given album when I select it. IPhoto seems to need to rebuild the entire database at every open. Most of the time, almost nothing has changed (safe for a handful of new photostream pics.Is this a direct function of the number of pics on the device?Is there a setting I can disable? Why can't i open my photo library on my mac.

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Hi all,
I just upgraded to Mountain Lion on a MacBook Pro from 2010 and an iMac from 2008. A funny thing happened. When trying to set up my screen saver preferences, it was no problem to choose 'iPhoto' as the source for photos my Mac chooses from when screen saving. However, on my MacBook Pro this isn't an option. When I pick choose folder, my iPhoto library is greyed out and I can't select it.
How can I get my MacBook Pro to allow me to use my iPhoto library with the screen saver, like my iMac is doing??
Thanks all!