Get access to the Mac user account image

Question

I want to be able to set the user account image to an NSImageView, even if the image is a custom image.

Is this possible?

This is the image I am speaking of.

Screenshot of Users & Groups pref pane

Yes indeed, sorry. do i need to delete this question? – Damian Van de Kauter Aug 05 '17 at 17:50 — Damian Van de Kauter, Aug 05 '17 at 17:50
Nope. It'll just be marked as a duplicate. – maelswarm Aug 05 '17 at 17:54 — maelswarm, Aug 05 '17 at 17:54

maelswarm · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-05T17:44:25.313

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Use the Collaboration Framework. CBIdentity to be exact.

-(NSImage *)userImage {
    CBIdentity *identity = [CBIdentity identityWithName:NSUserName() authority:[CBIdentityAuthority defaultIdentityAuthority]];
    return [identity image];
}

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/collaboration/cbidentity

edited Aug 05 '17 at 17:44

answered Aug 05 '17 at 17:42

maelswarm

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Really this easy? Thanks a lot if this works! – Damian Van de Kauter Aug 05 '17 at 17:43

Get access to the Mac user account image

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