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Q: Faces not showing up on cork board

I have named 4 faces in my library but they are not showing up on the cork board. I am still getting the default sample picture. The info window shows a date range, 4 photos and a size of 10.3 MB. Is there a delay if you have a lot of images? I have 91k and it took over 20 hours to scan the library for faces.

MacPro, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Jan 31, 2009 6:43 AM

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  • by Mike Morgan,

    Mike Morgan Mike Morgan Feb 1, 2009 1:16 PM in response to Mike Morgan
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    Feb 1, 2009 1:16 PM in response to Mike Morgan
    It didn't.
  • by rheider,

    rheider rheider Feb 2, 2009 8:34 PM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Feb 2, 2009 8:34 PM in response to Terence Devlin
    td,
    no faces identified are not showing up on corkboard.
    What should I do?
    rh
  • by Winnie11,

    Winnie11 Winnie11 Feb 3, 2009 6:10 AM in response to Mike Morgan
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    Feb 3, 2009 6:10 AM in response to Mike Morgan
    Terence Devlin, you are right. It happens somehow when you are moving the Library from one machine to the another during the faces scan. It happened to me, too. However, the problem did not occur on the originating mac. Thus, I am working there right now. Did not try to move the library again.
  • by Big Jay,

    Big Jay Big Jay Feb 5, 2009 6:16 PM in response to Winnie11
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    Feb 5, 2009 6:16 PM in response to Winnie11
    I have received the same problem with my G4 iMac. I am able to view my library and add names to the faces in the library but when I go to the cork-board nothing appears. It has the beginning screen telling me to name people. I tried re installing iphoto with now luck. Anyone else have this problem and resolve it. The face feature works great on my Intel iMac. Thanks in advance.
  • by iamthejae,

    iamthejae iamthejae Feb 7, 2009 2:00 PM in response to Big Jay
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    Feb 7, 2009 2:00 PM in response to Big Jay
    i have the same problem.

    i actually just got done wiping my computer and reinstalling leopard. i updated everything, used time machine to restore all my apps. installed ilife 09 and the faces dont show up on the corkboard like these others.

    i have not moved my hdd like mike morgan, but still have the same prob. this is dumb, plus after naming about 30 faces, i look back and some of the faces have saved and some have not. some pictures with 2 or more faces have some saved faces and some others are not. sounds like there are lots of bugs to be worked out still.
  • by Malicai,

    Malicai Malicai Feb 9, 2009 10:19 AM in response to Mike Morgan
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    Feb 9, 2009 10:19 AM in response to Mike Morgan
    After reading through everyone's posts and giving it a go below is an easy to use solution that works:

    1. Quit Iphoto
    2. Go to Iphoto library, right click - select- show package contents
    3. delete face.db (You will not lose photos, only the tags on faces already recognized)
    4. delete face.blob.db
    5. reinstall ilife (this resets all database parameters)
    6. Open Iphoto. allow faces to run all they way through scanning your entire library without pausing, stopping or quitting iphoto. Depending on the size of your library it could take quite a while. Mine took almost 24 hours. The more programs you have open at the same time, the slower the process.
    7. Begin by recognizing one face. Some one you have alot of photos of. Identify 3-5 photos.
    8. Click Faces.
    9. your identified face should now show up on faces.
  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Feb 9, 2009 10:36 AM in response to Malicai
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    Feb 9, 2009 10:36 AM in response to Malicai
    Welcome to the Apple Discussions.

    5. reinstall ilife (this resets all database parameters)


    This step is unnecessary. All you have to do is remove the face.db and face.blob.db and then restarting iPhoto will set off the rescan.

    Also, as the databse is in the Library, re-installing has no affect whatever on the database, so I’m not sure what you man by “this resets all database parameter”. Ir doesn’t even reset preferences.

    Regards

    TD
  • by iamthejae,

    iamthejae iamthejae Feb 9, 2009 1:09 PM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Feb 9, 2009 1:09 PM in response to Terence Devlin
    that seems easy enough, i will try this. thank you, both of you.
  • by fiswebdesign,

    fiswebdesign fiswebdesign Feb 11, 2009 8:50 PM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Feb 11, 2009 8:50 PM in response to Terence Devlin
    I'm having the same issue, it takes the names and they don't show up on the Corkboard? When I go back to re-name a pic it shows the faces named and when I click on the Arrow on the pic, it takes me to all the pics for that Face, but when I click see all faces, Nothing..?

    Please explain how to fix this, it's irritating to purchase this and have it so Glitchy..!
  • by iamthejae,

    iamthejae iamthejae Feb 11, 2009 11:59 PM in response to iamthejae
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    Feb 11, 2009 11:59 PM in response to iamthejae
    i deleted the faces.db file that you said(i did not delete the faces.blob.db). reopened iphoto and let it do its faces thing, process all of that without turning it off. i name the faces and it worked!

    all the faces showed up in the faces panel now, thank you for your knowledgeable insight.

    this problem has been solved!
  • by RooneyR,

    RooneyR RooneyR Feb 12, 2009 1:17 PM in response to Mike Morgan
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    Feb 12, 2009 1:17 PM in response to Mike Morgan
    I'm having the same problem. I upgraded from iPhoto 8 to 9 fromt he iLife '09 Install DVD. iPhoto installed, restarted, opened, upgraded the library to version 9, then went through Faces scan, and... no faces on the corkboard and the bottom of the window says "No Faces".
    I then tried the suggestions in this Forum... deleted the 2 Faces.dbs and restarted. No change. Reinstalled the program from the disc. No change.
    Places works, so I assume that I am on version 9, though the Get Info window still stays iPhoto 8.0, created 12/22/08 5:52 pm.
    Anyone have any suggestions?
  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Feb 12, 2009 2:10 PM in response to RooneyR
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    Feb 12, 2009 2:10 PM in response to RooneyR
    Have you identified any faces for the app?

    Regards

    TD
  • by RooneyR,

    RooneyR RooneyR Feb 12, 2009 2:46 PM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Feb 12, 2009 2:46 PM in response to Terence Devlin
    Nothing has appeared to identify. The corkboard has only the stock photo, the "how to get started" note, and the bottom of the window says "No Faces".
  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Feb 12, 2009 3:02 PM in response to RooneyR
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    Feb 12, 2009 3:02 PM in response to RooneyR
    Perhaps you should read the Help or watch the tutorial that’s offered at Start Up.

    Go look at a picture. Click on the Name button. Name the face. Then go abck and look at the Corkboard.

    Regards

    TD
  • by RooneyR,

    RooneyR RooneyR Feb 12, 2009 3:24 PM in response to Mike Morgan
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    Feb 12, 2009 3:24 PM in response to Mike Morgan
    Thank you TD. It would have taken me a long time to have figured that out.
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