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I want to change my old (and by now vague) inlog picture.
I have a screen without camera.
In the panel of the users,
How can I do it?
Mac Studio, macOS 13.1
Thanks Luis, this gets me a step ahead - I see I have not Photo's 'on'. (I have so many pictures it would flush the entire iCloud) and in fact, because of permamanent activity in the background I took out the Photos library - so it cant find it now.
OK. I made a new Photos library. Dragged a profile picture there. Added it in a album. The System Panel does not see it [yet].
> I do use Photos on the iPad-pro. Just a few GB. Have it not shred there. [Would be a good idea now?]
I think I will restart the machine. Maybe that will attach the new information of finder that there is a library now to the system panel??
Thanks Luis, this gets me a step ahead - I see I have not Photo's 'on'. (I have so many pictures it would flush the entire iCloud) and in fact, because of permamanent activity in the background I took out the Photos library - so it cant find it now.
OK. I made a new Photos library. Dragged a profile picture there. Added it in a album. The System Panel does not see it [yet].
> I do use Photos on the iPad-pro. Just a few GB. Have it not shred there. [Would be a good idea now?]
I think I will restart the machine. Maybe that will attach the new information of finder that there is a library now to the system panel??
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In System Setting and refer to images below
Your User Account in Left Panel
Mouse Over the existing Avatar and the Edit will appear.
Click the Edit and refer to second image below
On Left of that panel are listed the various options to Memoji, Emoji etc
Use the desired Image / avatar and drag to replace the existing image
I don't know why it is not working for you.
Does it also not work if you try to change it from the Apple id, at the top of System Settings? If it does not work there either, try modifying it online at icloud.com (that is all assuming you are using icloud, of course)
You and I do not what Their supplied images . I what my Owl .
So, from the location on the Computer where the desired image is located, just Drag and Drop that special Image onto the existing Image
In my case I took the Owl from Photos Application dropped onto Desktop then Drag and Drop Edit and here I am
That drag and drop does not work overhere.
WAIT:
yes it does.
Now I made the photos library (thanks luis because you guided me to the pane with iCloud and saw it was OFF)
I can nowafter making the new lib and putting in a content drag and drop it - only from the library, not from Finder.
Prayer: Oh Big Apple. Can't you be more clear?
Thanks.
yes, the error on my side was: I read Photos Library as [any] Pictures library (that is . . . any folder with pictures).
& Because I have Lightroom I have a whole structure of raw files and some output folders. But neither of them are "Photos Libraries".
So it boils down to semantics. Photos is too much a Household Name (that is, anyone can use it).
No harm and No Foul. 👍 😀
" The Devil is in the Details " especially when dealing with things related to Computers and even more so with Apple Computers.
There are specific Terminologies ( words ) specific that can make the issue more precise or more cloudy
That is what I have learned over the years 🇨🇦
There should be a ">" next to Albums. Click to turn it into "V" and open your albums
Thanks, this is how far I came .
But then I can't change the picture. I dont want any (m)emoji, and cant get further. The drop downs of fotos give nothing.
Luis, the Albums drop-down stays blank. That is - no finder access. I had tried this too.
In fact, this 'edit' is the same as going though the 'users' panel.
I cannot change the inlog-picture of a user
