Default User Pictures viewer results empty

Hi Sergio,

You need to drag and drop the picture that you want in the menu "recent" (under default) and after that you could select your picture !

I've had the same problem, if you launch console, it logs the following messages:

25/08/2012 21:23:46.905 cfprefsd[180]: CFPreferences failed to read preferences data. Errno was 21

25/08/2012 21:23:46.905 cfprefsd[180]: CFPreferences failed to read preferences data. Errno was 21

25/08/2012 21:23:50.327 WindowServer[4466]: CGXSetWindowBackgroundBlurRadius: Invalid window 0xffffffff

25/08/2012 21:23:51.027 System Preferences[5082]: --ImageKit Error: Error loading user pictures from /Library/User Pictures/.DS_Store

25/08/2012 21:23:51.033 System Preferences[5082]: --ImageKit Error: Error loading user pictures from /Library/User Pictures/Animals

25/08/2012 21:23:51.033 System Preferences[5082]: --ImageKit Error: Error loading user pictures from /Library/User Pictures/Flowers

25/08/2012 21:23:51.033 System Preferences[5082]: --ImageKit Error: Error loading user pictures from /Library/User Pictures/Nature

25/08/2012 21:23:59.435 cfprefsd[180]: CFPreferences: error renaming file com.apple.loginwindow.A5191C60-F285-5EBB-9C6D-668935274288.plist.moMnezR to com.apple.loginwindow.A5191C60-F285-5EBB-9C6D-668935274288.plist.

25/08/2012 21:24:09.435 cfprefsd[180]: CFPreferences: error renaming file com.apple.loginwindow.A5191C60-F285-5EBB-9C6D-668935274288.plist.tLrt2Zv to com.apple.loginwindow.A5191C60-F285-5EBB-9C6D-668935274288.plist.

There are messages that are logged at the same time, not sure if these are relevant.

I did try changing permissions on the User Pictures folder - changed group from wheel to staff.

This worked and the default pictures appeared, but then next time, it was back to no pictures.

Anyone help?

I've managed to fix this - I had modified my User Pictures folder on 10.7 - and then I installed my custom set in 10.8.

Now, I had removed some folders and this seems to be the key.

I restored all the default folders, but I was still able to remove some image files and all was OK. I even added some extra image files obtained from the net.

It is OK to have some empty folders too.

It all works as it should now, so, just keep the default folder structure.

Moral: Stop tinkering with the OS.

Here is the fix

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4282178

The delete .DS_Store does not always work. It had no effect for me. And in my case no folder structure changed or anything else -it simply went bad. The defect occurred in an image so every computer imaged had the problem. Trying to resolve it by migrating the standard created users from the the defective image to a new image produced the same problem in any computer receiving the users. Diskwarrior pronounced everything clean. Permissions fine, no ACL problems. Just a really annoying problem. After trying all of the solutions provided on the web to no avail and asking several Apple people (who did not even know about the problem) I logged in as root and trashed the old user icon images file then copied the folder from a ML factory disk image. Worked. And so it goes.

I found a simple solution that worked on my Macbook Air running 10.8.4 which was missing all the User pictures when I tried to access them as the computer administrator even through they wer all there in the User Pictures folder in the Library.

I went into the Library Folder and trashed the "User Pictures" Folder.

I then copied the User Pictures folder from my Macbook Pro that did not have this issue and installed in on the Macbook Air in place of the User Pictures folder I had trashed. Then it all worked fine.