I have used keywords in Photos for many years. The keywords have been used to sort the thousands of product photos.
I purchased a new MacBook Pro, synced through iCloud...and now almost all of the keywords are not linked to the photos.
The keyword list is still intact.
Is there a way to relink the keywords to the photos?
MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.13
When you have downloaded the photos from iCloud by syncing a new, empty Photos Library with iCloud Photos, the keywords should still be applied. Have you enabled "Keywords" in the menu "View > Metadata"? Then you should be seeing a little "key" badge on all thumbnails of photos with keywords applied.
You may want to search with a smart album with the rule "Keyword is ..." and pick one of your keywords that should be applied. Is this smart album empty?
Is the number of photos in the Photos library on your new mac the same as on your old Mac?
Which system version is installed on your new Mac?
How exactly did you use iCloud to sync the photos library to the new mac?
iCloud Photos Library will transfer the keywords you assigned in Photos to iCloud and to the Photos Libraries on other Macs, and you should be able to see the keywords in the Info for a photo. But My Photo Stream does not transfer the keywords, nor do shared albums.
Yes all the Metadata is turned on.
The list keyword list in Keyword manager is intact but there are no key badges applied to photos.
I also use the LOCATION metadata of the photos to research photos that do NOT have keywords assigned very frequently.... and that info is intact.
I tried to set up SMART ALBUM as suggested...as soon as I choose the option for KEWORD...Photos crashes and shuts down :(
Yes all the photos transferred
running Catalina 10.15.2
signed into iCloud and photos then downloaded to new mac
I have this problem too with Photos 5.0 and macOS Catalina v 10.15.3. There is no new device involved. The key words just don't show up on the same device, just upgraded to macOS Catalina and v5.0 of Photos.
Keywords missing in Photos
