I get iPhone "tip of the day" emails. The one I got yesterday told you how to add a name to a photo in your "People" album so that you can then sort and find particular people. I love that idea! So I went to one of my photos and selected it. There is no place to add a name to the photo. How can I add names and then create a "people" album? (I don't already have one.) Thanks in advance.
iPhone 12 mini
With a Mac, you can tag any face, even if it's not recognized as a face by Photos. But on an iPhone, the name tagging only occurs for faces that Photos has already recognized to be faces. So profiles, maybe, and other faces it finds hard to recognize, are not shown. If it finds faces, you should see this:
Some faces have question marks, and you can tap on that face and add a name. Here you see a face with no question mark, and that's because it already knows the name.
If you have a Mac, then when you select a picture, you can use ⌘-i to bring up the info window. and in the lower left you will see a plus sign in a circle.
Clicking on that will bring up a circle on the picture. You can move the circle over the face you want to tag.
You may have to click once inside the circle to get its attention, but after you've moved it over the face, you can type the name, perhaps Prince of Wales or King Charles III, for instance. Then the king will show up in your people folder.
I started writing this before I realized you had asked about a phone, not a Mac. I thought I'd leave it, just in case...
With a Mac, you can tag any face, even if it's not recognized as a face by Photos. But on an iPhone, the name tagging only occurs for faces that Photos has already recognized to be faces. So profiles, maybe, and other faces it finds hard to recognize, are not shown. If it finds faces, you should see this:
Some faces have question marks, and you can tap on that face and add a name. Here you see a face with no question mark, and that's because it already knows the name.
If you have a Mac, then when you select a picture, you can use ⌘-i to bring up the info window. and in the lower left you will see a plus sign in a circle.
Clicking on that will bring up a circle on the picture. You can move the circle over the face you want to tag.
You may have to click once inside the circle to get its attention, but after you've moved it over the face, you can type the name, perhaps Prince of Wales or King Charles III, for instance. Then the king will show up in your people folder.
I started writing this before I realized you had asked about a phone, not a Mac. I thought I'd leave it, just in case...
Hello again ~ Awww…you made my day!! Good work on your part and I so appreciate your follow up as it always helps to know I have helped someone!! Thank you :)
~Katana-San~
Thank you again for all your help. I can't open a photo of a person in the "People & Pets" album because I don't have a People & Pets album! I think probably after Thanksgiving I'm going to go to the Apple store and see if someone at the Genius Bar can lend a hand. Thanks again!
Hello ~ You don’t see it here?
I have to scroll just a tiny bit to see it…
~Katana-San~
Photos has to scan the pictures looking for faces, which takes a while. How long have you had your pictures on this phone?
Hello once more~ This is from the article I posted for you first…
*Add someone to the People & Pets album
, then tap the face of the person or pet with a question mark.Try that and we will keep working on this if need be.
~Katana-San~
Hello~ Click on the link below…
Use the People & Pets album in Photos on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
Work through the information there and post back if needed.
~Katana-San~
Hello ~ Try this… then have a look…
Force restart iPhone - Apple Support
You have people and places?
~Katana-San~
Hello again. I don't have a People & Pets album on my iPhone. The albums I have are "My Albums", "Shared Albums", "People & Places", then the list goes to "Media Types" and "Utilities". That's all the albums I see. In "My Albums" I've created a few, like a trip to California once and another trip to the UK, and other miscellaneous albums. Under the "People & Places" there are exactly two people - my son-in-law, and my grandson. I wanted my iPhone to recognize my husband, my daughter, my granddaughter, and various other friends and family. I tried clicking on a photo of my daughter but there doesn't seem to be any way to insert her name. I'm totally lost here!
Hello again. I know it's been months but I wanted to let you know I FINALLY figured it out! Took me a long time. I finally followed your advice and tapped the info button (which I had no idea about earlier), then named the person. I did this with a few different photos, and believe it or not, I now have a People & Pets album! Thank you SO VERY MUCH for all your help. My phone is now working to sort all my photos into the people (and one pet) that I named. I know it's not a big deal, but it's good to be able to refer to the People & Pets album. For example, I had lunch with my former boss the other day and I wanted to show her photos of my grandchildren. It would have been much easier if I had been able to access the People & Pets album! Instead, I flipped through my photos till I found a couple I could show her. Thanks again for your help in this. It's really appreciated.
I think one of the main problems is that there is no "People & Pets" album in my Photos app. How can I get one?
Hello ~ What version of iOS are you running?
~Katana-San~
A lot of these photos have been there since I had my first iPhone - about 20 years ago (at least)! Every time I get a new phone I do a "restore from iCloud" and they're always there.
How can I add a name to my photos?
