Select your Apple Account picture on Mac
You can set a photo, Memoji, emoji or other image as your Apple Account picture. Your Apple Account picture is also displayed as your user login picture on your Mac and as the picture for your My Card in Contacts.
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
If you don’t see your name, click “Sign in”, enter your Apple Account email address or phone number, then enter your password.
Click your current Apple Account picture.
The Apple Account picture options appear.
Do any of the following:
Select a Memoji: Click Memoji in the sidebar, then click one of the displayed Memoji or Animoji, or click
. Select and customise facial features and other items such as clothing, then click Done. Click Pose to choose how you want your Memoji or Animoji to pose. Click Style to set a background colour.
Tip: Animate your user login picture. Set a Memoji or Animoji as your Apple Account picture and watch as it comes to life every time you log in to your user account.
Select an emoji: Click Emoji in the sidebar, then click one of the displayed emoji, or click
, then select an emoji. Click Style, then select a background colour.
Select a monogram: Click Monogram in the sidebar, select a background colour, then enter up to two initials.
Take a picture using the camera on your Mac: Click Camera in the sidebar, set up your shot, then click the Camera button. You can retake the photo as many times as you need to.
Select a photo from your Photos library: Click Photos in the sidebar, then select a photo. To see photos from a specific album, click Albums in the sidebar, then select a photo.
Tip: To quickly replace the current Apple Account picture with an image on your desktop, drag the image from the desktop or a Finder window onto the current picture in the sidebar.
Select a suggested image: Click Suggestions in the sidebar, then select a picture.
After you select an image, you can adjust the way it looks by doing any of the following in the sidebar:
Adjust the image location: Drag the picture around within the circle.
Zoom in or out: Drag the slider left or right.
When you’re done, click Save.
Tip: You can share your Apple Account picture or another picture in the messages you send. See Share your name and photo in Messages.
For information about changing your Apple Account settings on the Apple Account website, see your Apple Account page.
For information about changing Apple Account settings using your iPhone or iPad, see Sign in and manage your Apple Account on iPhone or Sign in and manage your Apple Account on iPad.