How do I removing duplicates of the same person in Photos People.
Doing a search in the People Library in Photos for myself, I find 5 results for me and they each contain different groups of photos. How can I resolve that?
I tried dragging on on top of the other with different function keys and selecting the 5 followed by right clicking without getting any options.
Paul
MacBook Pro with Touch Bar
Which version of macOS do you have installed?
In the recent versions of Photos you should simply be able to drag the thumbnail of a person onto another thumbnail of the person while viewing the People album (without holding down any keys). Then Photos should ask you, if the two people are the same.
See: https://support.apple.com/guide/photos/view-photos-by-whos-in-them-phtad9d981ab/mac
Combine photos of a person into one group
If you find more than one group of photos that identify the same person, you can combine the groups.
In the Photos appon your Mac, click People in the sidebar.
Select the groups of photos that you want to combine.
Control-click one group, then choose Merge [number] People.
Which version of macOS do you have installed?
In the recent versions of Photos you should simply be able to drag the thumbnail of a person onto another thumbnail of the person while viewing the People album (without holding down any keys). Then Photos should ask you, if the two people are the same.
See: https://support.apple.com/guide/photos/view-photos-by-whos-in-them-phtad9d981ab/mac
Combine photos of a person into one group
If you find more than one group of photos that identify the same person, you can combine the groups.
In the Photos app
Select the groups of photos that you want to combine.
Control-click one group, then choose Merge [number] People.
I apologize. I should have included that info:
Mac:: Catalina 10.15.7
Photos: 5.0
I had read that and it did not appear to work for me.
Interestingly, only one version of me appears in the list of people.. However it is when I search for me is when I find the 5 different groups of photos of me. Each group has different photos. Also when I click on my name in the list of people, I can click on my name in the upper left and I am given a drop down to change the name. Four other listings of my name appear the dropdown.
I am sure that a lot of junk has accused ini this file after the 20 years I have used iPhoto and Photos with all the transitions and updates
Any ideas?
Paul
Removing duplicates of the same person in Photos People
