{"id":52781,"date":"2026-07-29T16:44:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T20:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=52781"},"modified":"2026-07-29T17:56:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T21:56:26","slug":"tahoe-contact-posters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/29\/tahoe-contact-posters\/","title":{"rendered":"Tahoe Contact Posters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I continue to have problems with Contacts in Tahoe. The latest issue is that the Messages app constantly displays a banner showing that one of my contacts has updated her poster. I don&rsquo;t want to use it; I want to keep the photo that I chose. But clicking the <strong>&#xD7;<\/strong> button does not dismiss the <strong>New poster available from [Person]<\/strong> banner. It remains anchored atop that conversation.<\/p>\n\n<p>Sidenote: I hate that it wants me to click <strong>Update Contact<\/strong> but that the image shown is the <em>old<\/em> photo. How can I commit to the new photo without even knowing what it looks like? How can I undo if I don&rsquo;t like it?<\/p>\n\n<p>Sidenote 2: I&rsquo;m <em>also<\/em> getting repeated <strong>Siri found an event<\/strong> banners in Messages, but they go away after about three clicks. They&rsquo;re extra annoying because (unlike above) they animate in again each time I dismiss them, and they&rsquo;re for events that are <em>already<\/em> on my calendar.<\/p>\n\n<p>I thought maybe I could fix things by going into the Contacts app. Unfortunately, the <strong>Contact Photo &amp; Poster<\/strong> button there is inoperative. Sometimes it flickers when I click it. Sometimes nothing happens at all. Sometimes after clicking the button it will open the photo chooser sheet for the <em>next<\/em> contact that I view.<\/p>\n\n<p>I just want a single setting to let me choose my own photos. I never want to use a poster or be notified that one has changed.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/07\/28\/apple-tv-may-be-losing-1b-a-year-but-its-future-is-safe-under-ternus\/\">Ben Lovejoy<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/07\/28\/apple-tv-may-be-losing-1b-a-year-but-its-future-is-safe-under-ternus\/\">\n<p>Ternus,  said he was committed to building on the company&rsquo;s momentum in the entertainment business when he takes the helm of the iPhone maker in September [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think we have such tremendous momentum right now in &#x200B;Apple TV,&rdquo; Ternus told Reuters on the red carpet at the premiere of the fourth season of Ted &#x200B;Lasso. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s so many amazing shows, so many amazing characters and stories, and so we&rsquo;re just going to keep building on the momentum.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Have we seen any indication yet that he cares about software?<\/p>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/21\/apple-financial-statements-products-vs-services\/\">Apple Financial Statements: Products vs. Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/21\/contacts-in-tahoe\/\">Contacts in Tahoe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/08\/turning-off-ios-17-contact-posters\/\">Turning Off iOS 17 Contact Posters<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I continue to have problems with Contacts in Tahoe. The latest issue is that the Messages app constantly displays a banner showing that one of my contacts has updated her poster. I don&rsquo;t want to use it; I want to keep the photo that I chose. 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