If you've tried Memoji on your iPhone and liked it, wouldn't you also like to set an animated Memoji as your user profile picture on the Mac login screen? With macOS Monterey, you can create a Memoji user profile with different styles and facial expressions and use it to welcome you on the Mac lock screen. Unlike a regular profile photo, the animated Memoji greets you with a wide smile and even compliments your tongue-in-cheek frustration when you enter the wrong password. If that sounds refreshing, let me show you how to turn your Mac user profile into an animated Memoji.

In terms of requirements, Memoji supports all Macs running macOS Monterey or later. So as long as you're rocking the latest iteration of macOS, you can use this brand new feature. Yes, there is no hardware limitation. With that out of the way, let's check out the steps to set an animated Memoji as your Mac user profile picture on the lock screen.

1. First, click the Apple menu icon in the upper-left corner of the screen and select System Preferences from the drop-down menu.

2. Now click on your profile picture at the top left of the "System Settings" window.