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Q: Faces: What do I do when different people have the same name?

I have two people who happened to have the same name. Is there any way to tell Photos this (i.e., to have to separate Faces listings with the same name), other than the rather ugly solution of adding numbers after their names?

Posted on Jun 24, 2016 11:27 AM

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Q: Faces: What do I do when different people have the same name?

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jun 24, 2016 11:32 AM in response to Scott_R
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    Jun 24, 2016 11:32 AM in response to Scott_R

    You can write the names slightly differently, one with an intitial for the second name, one not. Or append a blank to the second name.  Use the same method as in your Contacts card to keep them apart.

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Jun 24, 2016 11:36 AM in response to Scott_R
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    Jun 24, 2016 11:36 AM in response to Scott_R

    The name you use makes no difference to Photos - it is just a string of bits that is there to help humans so you can so anything you want - us middle initials, nicknames, numbers, a city suffix, or any other device that is clear to you - that is strictly a human thing and Photos has nothing to do with it in any way

     

    If they are identical then Photos has no way to know so you do have to devise some method to make them different

     

    LN

  • by Scott_R,

    Scott_R Scott_R Jun 24, 2016 3:28 PM in response to LarryHN
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    Jun 24, 2016 3:28 PM in response to LarryHN

    Names make a difference to Photos in that Faces will eventually start to match a particular name to a particular face. If I'm labeling two different faces with the same name it'll confuse the matching algorithm

  • by notcloudy,

    notcloudy notcloudy Jun 24, 2016 3:54 PM in response to Scott_R
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    Jun 24, 2016 3:54 PM in response to Scott_R

    If they are relatives you can ID them by their relation to you. 

    I had that issue - so one is Uncle -- and the other is Cousin  --

     

    For friends you could use level of friendship. 

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Jun 24, 2016 3:58 PM in response to Scott_R
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    Jun 24, 2016 3:58 PM in response to Scott_R

    Right - explain exactly how you think that Photos can tell Jimmy with blond hair form Jimmy with black hair- that simply is not how it works

     

    But it does not confuse Photos - it only confuses you so you have to make some difference between them

     

    Once again so it works for you

    - use middle initials, nicknames, numbers, a city suffix, or any other device that is clear to you

     

     

    LN