Big Sur Photos screensaver not working...

[ToddJ]

I am having some problems with the Big Sur Photos screensaver not kicking in and it seems to be using up all my RAM too. Any suggestions on how to fix it? I want to do a clean install on my iMac to fix these and other issues I have had since the update, but wasn't sure how to do it since I have a Fusion drive so for right now I am just going to try to fix the photos screensaver.

 

[ToddJ]

Does anyone have any suggestions? I thought there was something I could delete in the 'Library' that would help fix it and tried that but it didn't help.

 

[bugdoc]

Same problem. Screensaver can't find Photos library. (shows up gray in selection area). Spent nearly 2 hours in Apple Service chats and phone calls. No help. It can only. access photos I put in a file on my desktop.

Hope someone has a solution.

 

[ToddJ]

Is it not working because I have over 200,000 photos in iCloud (and over 35,000 photos in Favorites and Favorites is the folder I am trying to use as my Photos Screensaver._