How to change PLACE NAME in Photos?

It's very strange. Photos I'VE TAKEN IN MY HOUSE over the years come up in sorting as "Penny's House", my wife. It's not a huge deal, but why would MY Photos apps display MY PHOTOS taken in MY HOUSE this way? Shouldn't it say "HOME"?


How do I change this? It's very frustrating 🥴



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Posted on Sep 29, 2023 6:50 AM

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Sep 29, 2023 10:42 AM in response to JungleNYC

It is for all photos taken at your home?


Do you and your wife share the same library?


Evidently in an early iPhoto library on a photo taken at your house the location was identified as "Penny's House" (that feature was dropped by the Photos app) so that future photos in the same location have that label.


Unfortunately we're not able to custom re-title the location.


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Sep 29, 2023 10:49 AM in response to Old Toad

We do not share the same library. We use SHARED ALBUMS for various family photos/movies. The physical address is in both of our contact cards.


This is also a house we moved into AFTER iPhoto was retired, so no photos at that address were taken or imported into iPhoto. Only Photos.


There are THOUSANDS of photos with this label, spanning multiple years, and it's a very prominent label when perusing the library.


I find it crazy that there's no way to change this. I've seen other's post about the same issue, so I'm not alone.


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