Iphoto screen saver is gone

I just got my Macbook Pro and migrated from my old powerbook.
The screen saver I run is the one that displays iphoto pictures and I had it filtered to show the last 12 months pictures.
That is gone now in sys prefs. The only option in screen savers is 'pictures folder' and that is displaying all of my pictures going back to the 90s.
How do I get the 12 month filter back?
Thanks

My System Prefs includes the various iPhoto albums. You might try launching iPhoto, select the album you want, then click the Desktop button at the bottom of the window. Then launch System Prefs and see if the iPhoto albums now show up in both Desktop and in Screensaver.
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