Screen saver options

Hi, new user here and am not impressed. Im trying and want to be part of the apple family but this is ridiculous-
Ive tried all the help menus and other options to figure out on my own but am down to the option of asking the simplest questions here;
I have made a new folders in my Pictures and imported files to them - in the screen saver preferences panel it will not show any of these folders in my Pictures - it does however bring up everything that I have posted on FB which I really wish it would ignore...
I cant find a way to 'refresh' or locate the newly built folders - ?

Not all, but many users that I know have the screen saver set to never come on and just go straight to Display Sleep to save on system resources and there displays.
However if you want to use pictures as screen savers you will need to open iPhoto and import those pictures into iPhoto. Then open your screen saver preference and select them from the Albums or Events listed below iPhoto.
For more info, see > Mac 101: Change your screen saver

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