I have about 80 people identified in my photo library. When I click on "People" they all appear. But they appear in what appears to be random order. Is there a way to rearrange them alphabetically? Thanks!!
No, you will have to manually drag the groups into the order you'd like. Tell Apple what missing features you'd like restored or new features added in Photos via Feedback - Photos - Apple
If you're asking about the 'People' tab near the top left of the sidebar, you can rearrange the thumbnails there how you like by dragging and dropping. I've used family groups, for example.
Thank you. That is pretty surprising. Do you know if the way that they are ordered by Apple is just the order in which the people were identified by me?
Initially, yes. When you name a new person and it to the People album, it will appear at the bottom of the album, so you can easily find it and move it to the place where you want it.
You are lucky, that you have "only" 80 people in your album. My People album has currently 866 people it used to be more before the last system upgrade, but some people seem to have been lost in iCloud).
When I have to drag a face from the bottom of the album to the top of the album, I have to drag it across thirty pages of faces, and it it is nearly impossible to do this on the trackpad. Usually I accidentally drop it and have to start over. The People feature does not seem to be intended to be used with large libraries and many named people.
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Hi, I am working from my desktop. I am looking at the subfolder of my Library (in the upper left of the sidebar-- (the subfolders of the Library are Photos, Memories, Favorites, People, Places, Recents, Imports and Recently Deleted). When I click on People, I see all of the right people, including their names and their pictures. Will Photos automatically alphabetize them for me? They appear in random order). Thanks!
Thank you. That is pretty surprising. Do you know if the way that they are ordered by Apple is just the order in which the people were identified by me? It seems that way. Also, I have to manually drag each person, right? I don’t see any groups or way to make groups. I only see the individual people who have been identified. Thanks again for your help (I have read other very helpful posts from you.)
Do you know if the way that they are ordered by Apple is just the order in which the people were identified by me?
I have no idea. Never paid any attention to it.
Super helpful.
I will do that. I would also like an easier way to find only photos with unnamed faces.
You can select several people albums at once to drag them into the same position. Select the first person, hold down the shift key, select the last person of the range. Then drag the selected people to a different place in the list. Or hold down the command key while you click more people.
Rearrange People in the People Folder of Library
