What to do if Choose Folder…
disappears from System Preferences’ Screen Saver panel
Yesterday, sometime after accidentally launching (and quitting) iPhoto 4.0, I found that the Choose Folder… option had disappeared from the Screen Saver section of the Desktop & Screen Saver panel of System Preferences in Mac OS X 10.3.5. It had been replaced by items for using iPhoto photo rolls as a screensaver, items which are useless to me since (alas) I don’t have a digital camera. (If I did, I’d be out taking pictures of the snow.)
Even if it’s not iPhoto that causes the Choose Folder… item to disappear in your case, here’s how to fix it.
- Close System Preferences if it is open.
- Open your home folder.
- Open the Library folder.
- Open the Preferences folder.
- Find the
com.apple.systempreferences.plist
file, and delete it.
Once you reopen System Preferences, the Desktop & Screen Saver panel should have returned to normal. If you had customized the items appearing in System Preferences’ toolbar
, you will need to do so again.
That’s all. Just doing my bit for the world’s best troubleshooting database.