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Photos: Add Location troubles

For several years now, the feature of adding location to my photos in Mac Photos is troublesome and buggy. Especially, but not only, when I try to add a location to several photos at once, the field responds in a weird way. For example, I try to click it but it doesn't respond. Or it does respond but once I start entering the first letter, it goes blank again.


Has anyone had this experience?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.1

Posted on Jan 15, 2021 4:08 AM

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Posted on Jan 15, 2021 5:30 AM

The Info panel is currently frequently losing the focus, particularly, if we select the photos in the Imports or Recents album.

Since the upgrade to Big Sur I am always adding the newly imported photos to a new album and select them in this new album, before I try to add a location, keywords, or other metadata. It seems to be more reliable.

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Jan 15, 2021 5:30 AM in response to fivetonine

The Info panel is currently frequently losing the focus, particularly, if we select the photos in the Imports or Recents album.

Since the upgrade to Big Sur I am always adding the newly imported photos to a new album and select them in this new album, before I try to add a location, keywords, or other metadata. It seems to be more reliable.

Photos: Add Location troubles

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