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Hi there,
I'm using MBP 13-inch Early 2011 model with macOS Sierra (Ver. 10.12).
I remember when I was using El Capitan, I saw assigned photos from Contacts in the notifications for Messages; however, now it only shows person-shaped icons for everyone as below:
Does anyone know how to set it show each assigned contact photo in those notifications?
MacBook Pro, macOS Sierra (10.12), 13-inch, Early 2011
Hi,
Ok, In the Main Chat window select the chat in the Side Bar that this person is in.
Use the Buddies Menu again and choose the Profile option and the Address Card tab
You should see the Picture from the Contacts app.
The Profile tab may show you different.
I am not sure where my computer is storing this pic.
I did try changing this Person's pic in the Contacts App and when I changed it back I briefly saw the one before (the one show three time above). It would seem there is something similar to the "Recents" option when you change your own picture.
9:47 pm Tuesday; October 25, 2016
Hi,
Two other options.
IF you have a Buddy list or two in Messages highlight a Buddy and go to the Buddies Menu and then the Show Profile option
On the panel that shows up use both tabs to check the info.
The Profile one should show the Pic from the IM server (AIM or Jabber/Google most likely).
The Address one should show the pic from the Contacts App and this may be different (if you grabbed an earlier Buddy Pic to be their Address Card pic and their Profile Pic is more current from the Server).
There is also a box to tick if you want to use a particular picture.
Check the actual Contacts App still has a picture for that Contact/Buddy.
9:42 pm Monday; October 24, 2016
Hi norm123,
Thank you for your help.
Unfortunately, your suggestion didn't work. I tried with Safe mode as well and still happened.
However, for some reason, now only one contact photo is not showing with the assigned photo rather than all. I tried to delete the photo and added back again. Still happened the same thing. If you have further suggestion, it will be greatly appreciated. In the meantime, I'll try delete the contact and create again to see if it still occurs.
Thank you, Ralph. I don't have Buddy lists... so seems like not my case... but I'll try something with contacts to see if it would work or not.
For the update to this, I deleted the contact information of the specific person. I re-created it and assigned a new photo. Still no avail... On Messages app, the picture was always showing correctly.
Contact photos in Messages notification
