I just got Mountain Lion. On previous versions of OS X, I could choose a photo from the filesystem as my account avatar. This doesn't seem possible under the Users & Groups section of System Preferences.
Any ideas on how to do this?
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Sign up to join this communityI haven't found a way to choose a photo from that popup dialog, but you can add one by dragging an image file onto the picture itself (that dialog may have to be closed for this to work).
You can either drag and drop an image file into the avatar selector "well" (next to the Change Password button) or copy and paste image data (open your photo in Preview, Select All, Copy. You will have to click the avatar selector first so that it's focused (has the blue border around it) before you Paste.
I did find the actual folder where they are stored
Click on your hard drive/library/User Pictures
I created another folder there for my custom pics and they show up just fine.
/Library/User Pictures
, closed and re-opened System Settings and was able to see and choose the photo in "Suggestions".
Jan 18 at 23:55
To expand upon what Andrew Swan and Jonathan Poh have said,
NOTE: Drag and Drop DOES work but only when you drag the image onto the Users & Groups window, over the user's avatar (Seen in picture from Step 5). I kept trying to drag the picture into the edit pane (Like in picture from Step 6)
Heads Up,
I was upset when I took a screen shot and the dimensions were not allowing me to paste it using the instructions above.
However...
Step 1: ) Make sure the photo is not too rectangular.
Step 2: ) Open in Preview and export to jpeg.
Step 3: ) If the photo is too obtuse you can do a screen shot of a screen shot.
Step 4: ) Drag the photo onto the existing photo that is presently there.