The "me" picture in address book keeps changing itself!

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The "me" picture in address book keeps changing itself!

I've had my Macbook Air for two weeks now and for some reason the "me" picture in Adress Book (6.0 - Lion) keeps changing itself. I've tried everything but the picture keeps switching back to the old default picture I chose when I set up my computer. If I open up my card in Adressbook and change the picture it will switch back within 2 seconds right infront of my eyes! If I change my user icon in System Preferences it will revert to the old icon as soon as I open up Adress Book. I've also tried to set up another admin account and change it through there, but no luck.

It might sound like a petty problem but it's very frustrating so please help! How do I get the picture I chose as my "me" picture to stay?

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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.1)

Posted on Sep 23, 2011 2:27 AM

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Sep 23, 2011 12:26 PM in response to SEJBEH

SOLVED!

I simply deleted my own adress card and made a new one! Now everything seemes to work fine and I can change my picture without it cagning back to the old one 🙂

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Feb 15, 2013 5:42 AM in response to SEJBEH

Strangely, this same problem started happening to me this morning ... after months of no problems. I am certain that I haven't made any remotely-related changes in the past few days.

Anyway, here is an easier solution that worked for me.

Instead of trying to change the pic from the address book app, I went into the system preferences screen "Users & Groups". (If locked, unlock the page to make changes.) Click on the picture and select "Edit Picture". At the top select "Recent Pictures" and select the one you want. Then click "Set".

Within a second or two, the address book picture changed to my desired picture. No problems since.

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