Thanks Daniel On 08/05/2011, at 4:54 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: > > Hi Peter > > It's set when you set up your OSX account. The account picture is chosen > randomly, unless you use the iSight camera to take a photo (or add one > later). > Only people that have that Vcard info on their computer will actually see > the photo. Other people won't. > You can't remove it completely, though can choose a photo and downsize it to > a very small icon/photo so it just appears as a dot. > > You will also find it in Address Book beside "My Card" (where you are > details are, as that is where Mail gets the info from for addresses etc. > > You can also drag a photo into the "Well" as well, and it will add the > photo/picture/icon. > You can resize it by the slider and drag the "square" around to set it as > well. > Take a snapshot of something white, drag it to the "well" where the account > picture is,..and bang,...it disappears. Easy! :) > > Kind regards > Daniel > > Sent from my iPhone > > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Macintosh** > > > > > > On 8/5/11 4:43 PM, "Curtis Peter" <pe...@augold.com.au> wrote: > >> >> Hi >> Thanks for your response Alan. >> I didn't have a blank picture on hand so didn't worry, a black square would >> probably be worse than the butterfly. So in the end there doesn't seem to be >> a >> "real" solution. Unless it happened by accident I didn't set it to the >> butterfly in the first place, so I don't know what happened there. >> Regards >> Peter >> p.s. Trying for a non toxic solution, too many chemicals around as it is. :) >> On 08/05/2011, at 1:46 PM, Alan Smith wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> I don't think the icon can be easily removed - but there is workaround you >>> may try. >>> >>> Click on the butterfly in System preferences > Accounts you will find an >>> expanding arrow to show all icons available. Either choose another graphic >>> or select Edit and insert your own selection from file or a new Photobooth >>> snapshot. Try inserting a "blank picture from file; or you can cover the >>> Photobooth lens with something and have a black square. >>> >>> I'd be interested in a "real" solution that reset the Accounts to the >>> original blank. >>> >>> Cheers, Alan >>> >>> On 08/05/2011, at 12:37 PM, Curtis Peter wrote: >>> >>> >>> Hi >>> I understand that, but how do I get rid of it? >>> Regards >>> Peter >>> On 08/05/2011, at 11:23 AM, Susan Hastings wrote: >>> >>>> So, its actually sending the picture that identifies you. It could be a >>>> photo of yourself. Cheers, Susan. >>>> >>>> From: Pedro <pfow...@iinet.net.au> >>>> Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List <wamug@wamug.org.au> >>>> Date: Sun, 08 May 2011 09:19:40 +0800 >>>> To: WAMUG Mailing List <wamug@wamug.org.au> >>>> Subject: Re: Butterfly >>>> >>>> Hi Peter >>>> >>>> Your email has arrived here without the butterfly. I think you will find it >>>> only appears on your computer and doesn't actually go with the email. >>>> >>>> If you open System Preferences and click on Accounts you will see the >>>> Butterfly there next to your name >>>> >>>> cheers >>>> >>>> Pedro >>>> >>>> >>>> On 08/05/2011, at 8:53 AM, Curtis Peter wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi Everyone >>>>> Just have a minor query which has been bugging me for some time! >>>>> In sending emails to people it goes with a butterfly on the top right. How >>>>> do I get rid of it? I know it must be easy but for the life of me I can't >>>>> figure it out. >>>>> Thanks in anticipation >>>>> Regards >>>>> Peter >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >>>>> >>>> >>>> 15" MacBookPro 2.66 GHz Core i7 >>>> 4 GB/1067 MHz 500GB >>>> OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard >>>> >>>> >>>> <Screen-shot-2009-11-25-at-10.46.07-AM.jpg> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >>>> <Screen-shot-2009-11-25-at-10.46.07-AM.jpg> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >>> >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >> > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >
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