Photo names forgotten

Good day, please help

It is a constant problem that I need to read photo names.

What do I need to do in order for Photos to remember a face name applied? The same persons name is often "forgotten" Thanks

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.7

Posted on Nov 6, 2023 02:21 AM

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Nov 6, 2023 02:43 AM in response to nickystalbot

Are the faces that keep vanishing faces you have added manually?

The manually assigned faces circles are not as stable as the faces that Photos has automatically detected Manually added faces can vanish, when we install a software update that is improving or changing the face detection algorithm. or when we download our photos again from iCloud.


As a precaution to save the face names, I am always adding a keyword with the name of a person, when I tag a face in the People album. This way I will always find all photos of a person, even if the face has reverted to "unnamed" and can use a smart album to find quickly all photos where the name has been lost.


See: How to use Keywords to Back Up the Named Faces in Photos and Improve the Search for People … - Apple Community



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