Screensaver is not coming when system.login.screensaver is updated to use authenticate-session-owner-or-admin

On recent macOS versions(Sonoma or previous), if system.login.screensaver is updated to use “authenticate-session-owner-or-admin” then fancy screensaver is not coming up, instead we are seeing only black screensaver ( black screen).

Note: Observed we are getting fancy screensavers with this setting on macOS BigSur.

Can you please let us know if this is an intentional change from macOS or we have any settings to enable to get fancy screensavers with recent macOS versions?

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Tata Chaitanya

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Can you please let us know if this is an intentional change from macOS or we have any settings to enable to get fancy screensavers with recent macOS versions?

Are those the only two options? (-:

Seriously though, my understanding is:

  • This is the expected behaviour.

  • There’s no switch you can flip to change it.

If this is a problem for you or your users, I encourage you to file a bug about it.

Please post your bug number, just for the record.

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Thankyou Quinn,

Below is the bug details created for this.

FB13550696 (Screensaver is not coming when system.login.screensaver is updated to use authenticate-session-owner-or-admin)

Thanks & Regards,

Tata Chaitanya

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  • Thanks for filing FB13550696.

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