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How to Change User Profile Picture on macOS Mojave

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To change the user profile picture on macOS Mojave follow these steps:

Change User Profile Picture on macOS Mojave

  1. Click on the Apple Icon on the top left of the menu bar and then click on the System Preferences.
  2. In the System Preference, click on the Users & Groups.
  3. Then click on the Lock button below to modify the settings for a user on macOS Mojave.
  4. It will ask you for the password for the current user. Provide it and click on the Unlock button.
  5. Now click on the edit button on the user profile icon area.
  6. Below window will open, from here you can choose the profile picture from the following resources:
Picture resources on Mac.
Load user profile picture from these resources on Mac. Image by FoxInfotech.
  1. Choose Defaults if you want to put any picture provided by Mac, else choose Camera to take a live photo for user profile. If you're going to put any image from your photo collection, then select Photos.
  2. But first, you need to copy the picture to the Photos library. To do this, click on the menu Go > Computer.
  3. Then click on the Macintosh HD > Users > YourUserName > Pictures > Photos Library.
  4. Now drag and drop the picture you want to use for a user profile to photos library, as shown in the below image:

Drag and drop image to photos library on MacOS Mojave.

  1. Now return to the 7th step and there you in Photos option, you will see the picture you just imported.
  2. Select that picture, scale it and click on the Save button.
  3. Your picture will be updated for the user profile.
Change User Profile Picture.
User profile picture changed. Image by FoxInfotech.

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