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Photos in your System Photo Library are available in apps like iMovie, Pages, and Keynote. You can also sync them to iOS devices and view them on Apple TV. And if you want to use your own images as your desktop picture or screen saver, the images need to be in your System Photo Library before you can select them in System Preferences.

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If you have only one photo library, then it's the System Photo Library. Otherwise, the first photo library that you create or open in Photos will become the System Photo Library. If you have more than one library, you might need to designate a System Photo Library, so other apps can access the photos and videos you want them to use.

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Follow these steps to designate a System Photo Library:

  1. Quit Photos.
  2. Hold down the Option key and open Photos. One of the photo libraries is already designated as YourLibraryName (System Photo Library).
  3. Choose the library you want to designate as the System Photo Library.
  4. After Photos opens the library, choose Photos > Preferences from the menu bar.
  5. Click the General tab.
  6. Click the Use as System Photo Library button.

If you open a second or different library in the Photos app, and you haven't designated it as the System Photo Library, other applications will use photos from the original System Photo Library. Hold down the Option key when you open Photos to see which library is set as the System Photo Library.

iCloud and the System Photo Library

You can use iCloud Photos, Shared Albums, and My Photo Stream only with the System Photo Library. If you choose a different library in Photos without designating it as the System Photo Library, the iCloud tab in Photos preferences is disabled:

If you designate a new library as the System Photo Library and then turn on iCloud Photos, the photos and videos in the new library will merge with those already in your iCloud Photos. If you want to keep the contents of your photo libraries separate, don’t turn on iCloud Photos for more than one library in Photos.

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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

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  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.

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 SaverLibxerces-c development libraries mac. 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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