hiya friends
im trying to change my main user picture when i log into my imac. i know the procedure but everytime i go to restart my pc or boot it up its the same old display pic of mine. can anyone direct me where im going wrong please - im using mac lion.
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Accounts system preferences --> choose the account --> change the picture (click on the picture next to the Change Password button)
You can also drag a picture on to the the frame.
Well, it's been a couple days. And so far, I'm happy to say that the problem appears to be fixed. How did this happen? No idea. Will it happen again? Who knows!
It does make concerned. I have this password and photo setup specifically to aid in the unfortunate instance of theft. If my picture changes... then it's all a waste.
I did have my computer stolen once. It was an awful experience. There was no password or anything. And since then, I made sure I kept a password and my picture. Especially since a Chinese friend had his stolen (before mine, but from a different place) and that was the only way he got it back. The thief took the computer to a store or repair shop to get help, saying he forgot his password. Seeing that it was in chinese, and the guy inquiring was not chinese, the clerk got the wonderful idea to call the police.
I certainly don't plan on having my computer stolen again... who does? But if that happens, this is really a wonderful to hope that it'd be possible to get it back. Yet, if Apple's OS suddenly decides to do something on it's own, who knows? And, the fact that OSX doesn't (or at least didn't) do stuff on it's own... isn't that why we're all with Apple and not Microsoft???
Please, I beg everyone to visit the apple feedback and report this. We know from the video presentations that they do read the input.
Hi, I just found out this thread to see any solution for this. Found nothing but tried something and it worked out!
So here's what I did:
1. Open my Contacts (I am using Mountain Lion 8.2)
2. Find my own contact there. I already had put my picture on it before.
3. Click the photo in my own contact and then you will see pretty much the same template in login photo, like "Camera", "Recent". By clicking that photo, it then goes to "Recent". You might know what steps to take next
4. Go to System Preference, Users & Groups. Open the lock with your password.
5. Click on the login picture, and click "Recent".
6. Et voila!
Here is the fix
Ok, change the picture, then press set. then restart your macbook. it worked for me.
- Go to the contacts and select your own card.
- Click on your picture, a few options appear - select Recent or Default.
- I clicked on recent and closed the contacts.
- Now go back to System Preferences - Users & Groups - Click on your login Pic - select RECENT and you will see the picture you added to Recent from your contacts.
- Select the desired Picture and save.
- Restart the macbook.
I did the above and it worked.
i figured out how to change the user picture to a personal picture from your pictures folder. go into macintosh hd > Library > then go down till you see user template it should have a a red ➖ next to it and then simply double click and click on get info, add a 1 to the end of the name on it, then remake a new folder and name it user template, then delete the old one and then close it, go back into it and user template should rename it self to "User Photo" and it should show all the default pictures. from there you can drag a photo into either file or just make a new file for just your personal files, i hope this works for you as it did for me.
thanks George. this solved my problem, and when i restarted, it stayed fixed
Thank you, this worked perfectly in under 20seconds 🙂
System preferences – Users & Groups – Select the account – Edit the photo. This worked for me.
Maxrab, Thanks! It was easy! I kept looking for Account, but only saw Internet Accounts in the System Preferences. Going to User and Groups makes sense.
VVery helpful. Thank you.
In OSx Sierra, I am on the new MacBook Pro and changing my non admin user photo does not allow a copy and paste like it used to. After a web search I found out that you can drag the entire file from a finder window onto the user photo and you'll get a green plus sign and drop it to change the photo. The system will not, however, allow you to copy a portion of a photo and paste it for the user photo, which is frustrating.
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