Login Picture

I just got the macbook, I transfered almost all my data from my mini to the laptop. But for some reason I can't seem to change my login picture to any picture on my laptop. It only lets me select the "apple pictures." I can't seem to figure out why. Not a big deal but I just wanted to see if anyone had an idea why this is happening.

Worst case you can place your 48 x 48 user picture into…
/Library/User Pictures/
… and it will appear in the list like the other Apple supplied pictures. I would create a folder like "My Pictures" or something in there to keep yours together but as you like, as long as it's in there somewhere.

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