Screensaver is just yellow screen

[conanthewarrior]

Hi everyone, I have a M1 Pro 14 inch macbook pro that has a weird issue when it goes to the screensaver.

It was OK until a few days ago, but now instead of showing the chosen screensaver it just shows a blank yellow-greenish screen.

Any ideas on how to sort this as I quite liked the screensaver footage that is shown.

Thank you all, Conan.

 

[bogdanw]

There are reported problems with screensavers
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/sonoma-aerial-screen-saver-freezing.2405520/
You could try to delete them from /Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.idleassetsd/Customer and re-download.

 

[conanthewarrior]

There are reported problems with screensavers
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/sonoma-aerial-screen-saver-freezing.2405520/
You could try to delete them from /Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.idleassetsd/Customer and re-download.

Thank you for your advice, I will try this out, but how do I re-download the screensavers?

 

[bogdanw]

Thank you for your advice, I will try this out, but how do I re-download the screensavers?

Open System Settings – Wallpaper and select the default one (Sonoma Horizon). Delete the files and restart the Mac, then open System Settings – Wallpaper and select the one you want again. It should be re-downloaded.

To prevent any modification to the files, you can use the first command from post 27
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/sonoma-aerial-screen-saver-freezing.2405520/post-32799473

 

[conanthewarrior]

There are reported problems with screensavers
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/sonoma-aerial-screen-saver-freezing.2405520/
You could try to delete them from /Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.idleassetsd/Customer and re-download.

Its odd, I don't have that folder in my library under application support, could this be the reason why I am just getting a yellow screen as the files are not there?

 

[bogdanw]

Its odd, I don't have that folder in my library under application support, could this be the reason why I am just getting a yellow screen as the files are not there?

Just to clarify, it’s not in your (user) library (-/Library), it’s in the system’s library (/Library).

 

[The_Auryn]

I just started having the problem on a 27" 2020 iMac. When the screensaver comes on, it's just a yellow screen.

 

[conanthewarrior]

I just started having the problem on a 27" 2020 iMac. When the screensaver comes on, it's just a yellow screen.

Mine resolved itself after a few weeks, not sure if there was a system update that sorted it or it just fixed itself, but it is quite annoying isn't it.
Try deleting the files as bogdanw suggested and see if it fixes the problem, let us know the outcome please.