Apple has brought Photo Library with its latest OS X update 10.10.3. Unlike the iPhoto Library, Photos app has more user-friendly features to let you manage your photos in an all-new way. The best part is that the Photo Library is almost identical to that of iOS 8's regarding functionality. In the iMovie app on your Mac, select your photo library in the Libraries list. Click the pop-up menu at the top of the browser, choose a content category, and then scroll through the thumbnails of photos and video clips in that category. Select the photo or clip you want to use to see a preview in the viewer. Do one of the following. After going through the Apple setup instructions on my Mac (in iTunes, go the Advanced menu and select Choose Photos to Share and select either iPhoto or Aperture library) and on my Apple TV (Settings General Screensaver), I was viewing photos. 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.
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.
Furby 1998 instructions. 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.
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Furby 1998 instructions. 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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Iphoto Library Screensaver Mac Os
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1. Go to your Mac menu bar and click the Apple icon to go to 'System Preferences.' Then click the 'Desktop & Screensaver' icon on the menu bar. Locate the 'Screensaver' tab on top of the screen and click it.
2. On the 'Screensaver' page, you will see different types of animated effects for your screensaver on the left-side panel. You can present your slides in random order, cross-fade which allows images to transition smoothly in succession with each other, zoom an image back and forth to show further details, or keep your photos at the center.
3. After choosing your effects, go to the right-side panel of the screen and click 'Source.' A drop-down list will appear, click 'Photo Library' and flag the images you want to include on your screensaver. If you have more than a hundred photos in your library, you can also use it as a mosaic display.
