#How to change icon picture mac mac os x#

When you вЂњlet goвЂќ of the image, a tiny window pops up that lets you fine tune which portion of the image is used:ДЄ round image and a round image filter are a match made in heaven, so thereвЂ™s nothing to do. Simply drag the image file from your desktop onto the existing user account icon photo picture: For example, move the cursor over the icon and an вЂњEditвЂќ pops up:Д«ut donвЂ™t click on it. ItвЂ™s not obvious, but you can edit directly from this view, even without unlocking the padlock on the bottom. Look for this row:Д¬lick on Users & Groups, the first one in this row, and youвЂ™ll see your own profile information including the photo, icon or picture thatвЂ™s associated with your account: Once you choose that, youвЂ™ll get a window with a few dozen different options. Now go to the Apple Menu on the top left and choose вЂњSystem PreferencesвЂ¦вЂќ: Saved? File on your desktop with the correct image or photo that you want? Great.

The easiest step from this point is to simply click and drag the image onto the Desktop (if you want, you can click on вЂњView imageвЂќ then save that version, but since weвЂ™re working with a small icon, itвЂ™s not that big a deal). I find an image that I like and click on it to expand it: A slight tweak, though, to add вЂњ2016вЂќ to ensure IвЂ™m looking at the very latest designs, and hereвЂ™s just a subset of whatвЂ™s shown: There are tons of cheery, colorful results. So letвЂ™s fix it!ДЇirst off, letвЂ™s go to for Google Image Search: Further, IвЂ™m an avid Premier League soccer fan and they use a very different ball, just as most leagues and major competitions use custom balls. To start, hereвЂ™s my login picture, the default вЂњold schoolвЂќ soccer ball: There are a couple of ways to change this picture, but IвЂ™m going to show you the easiest way, via Google image search, because there are a zillion pictures out there you can utilize, rather than just the dozen or so from Apple HQ.

So thatвЂ™s not a lotta daisy to have to deal withвЂ¦ рџ™‚ On the other hand, I will note that the only time I ever see the picture is on the login screen, so if you have a system thatвЂ™s always just logged in to your account, you might not see that more than once or twice a month.

#How to change icon picture mac mac os x#

AinвЂ™t nuthinвЂ™ wrong with no daisy! ButвЂ¦ I can also understand if thatвЂ™s not the best picture available for you and that youвЂ™d rather have a different picture - or maybe a photo of yourself - associated with your Mac OS X user account. I know plenty of people who would be happy to have a cheery daisy as the picture associated with their accounts, actually.