Joshua Garrett

Q: Do People in the Photos app sync?

Are people in the Photos app supposed to sync between macOS and iOS? Is this a broken feature or not supported? Someone please tell me that Apple does not expect me to organize People over and over again on all my devices? That would be pretty ridiculous. I've never used the Faces feature in previous versions for that very reason.

Posted on Sep 22, 2016 10:52 AM

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  • by Lutge,

    Lutge Lutge Oct 1, 2016 6:07 AM in response to JCQMT
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    Oct 1, 2016 6:07 AM in response to JCQMT

    I have the same problem. Every time I sync my iPhone 6S (ios10) to add new photos from my Mac all the identities of the people which I have inputted from my phone in "People Album" are lost. The scanning starts all over again undoing my input. The sync is also struggling to copy images from my phone to my Mac, sometimes it does it sometimes it doesnt.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Oct 1, 2016 6:17 AM in response to JCQMT
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    Oct 1, 2016 6:17 AM in response to JCQMT
    This is indeed what I am doing (selecting "All photos and album") but what am I supposed to do if I don't want to go through iCloud?

    Even iCloud does not sync the named people. The only advantage of iCloud Photo Library would be, that the previously synced photos would not be erased from the iPhone.  Naming people on the iPhone is a waste of time, if you are using iTunes Photo sync.

  • by Lutge,

    Lutge Lutge Oct 1, 2016 8:40 AM in response to léonie
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    Oct 1, 2016 8:40 AM in response to léonie

    So it would seem, but like a game of patience it whiles a happy hour !

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Oct 1, 2016 9:45 AM in response to Lutge
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    Oct 1, 2016 9:45 AM in response to Lutge

    Lutge wrote:

     

    So it would seem, but like a game of patience it whiles a happy hour !

      I have done so myself, it is more fun than a crossword puzzle, but the next iTunes sync will spoil the fun.

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