Cannot edit or change Mac administrator profile picture

I think the snapshot tells a lot.




After years i wanted to change my profile picture.

Done once, worked as expected. (I picked one from my photo library)

Tried a second time and this is the result: no menu, just a blank flag.


Any idea about this?


Thank you!!!


MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.14

Posted on Mar 24, 2019 6:09 AM

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Posted on Mar 25, 2019 4:05 AM

Thank you all for your support.


Suddenly, solved.


I did again what dialabrain suggested some posts ago,

I dragged and dropped directly onto the previous picture a new one.

This time a tiny one (around hundred pixels square png). This makes a difference? I do not know, anyway, it worked...


Done. Unlocked, back to normal.

Now whatever is the picture I try to use it works like it should.


Even if the reason of the locked menu is still not clear,

the solution was finally what dialabrain suggested.


Thank you!





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