How to change login profile picture on a mac without changing the iCloud user picture

Before I had this issue, when I signed into my mac, there was a profile picture where I could put in my password. It was a cute picture and has been the same and unchanged ever since I got my macbook. It is also not the same picture as my iCloud profile picture.


However, today I had an issue with my music syncing and so I tried signing out of iCloud and restarting my computer to trouble shoot. The issue ended up being that somehow the library sync button wasn't selected for music on my computer, which I don't know how that happened. It is all fixed now. However, because of all the things I was trying, when I went to go sign back into my computer, I saw that my profile picture when I login changed. It is now the same picture as my iCloud user picture, which is the same on my phone as well. This has never happened before.


When I go to Users and Groups to change my profile picture, it changes the iCloud picture as well.


How can I change it back to the way it was before, when my iCloud profile picture on all of my devices is one image, but my sign in profile picture is different?


Thank you

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.2

Posted on Apr 9, 2022 1:47 PM

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Apr 14, 2022 7:38 PM in response to LuizFr

In users and groups > click on edit , choose the selected picture and click on save ( from any desired location ) , you can choose defaults , camera ......or click on drop down arrows of photos , moments .....select a photo .



In system preferences > Apple ID icon on top icon of your name and Apple ID address , click on edit select the different picture and click on save ( the method applied in Mac OS catalina 10.15.7 ) .

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