The keyword manager is not displaying any keywords in the keyword manager window. They only show up when I click on the 'Edit keywords' button. This means I cannot drag a keyword to the quick group.
iMac 27″, macOS 11.7
Do the keywords appear in the Quick Group, if you type a keyboard shortcut into the column "Shortcut", when you are in the "Edit Keywords" view? You may want to use this work around, if the problem persists and you still cannot drag and drop keywords.
Just to be sure, have you tried to restart Photos or the system? and have you already tried to toggle the disclosure triangle to the left of "keywords" to reveal or hid the keywords?
I can still drag and drop keywords, but I am using a different system version (macOS 14 Sonoma).
You may also want to check the list of keywords, if one of them contains illegal characters.
As another test, you may want to create a different Photos Library for testing. The keywords are specific for each library. By testing with a new, different library you can see, if the problem ist with your keywords is limited to your current Photos Library or a problem with Photos in your user account or even system wide. If the keywords appear in another Photos Library, something is broken in your current library. Then check the keywords on the new photos you added right before the problem first occurred.
Do the keywords appear in the Quick Group, if you type a keyboard shortcut into the column "Shortcut", when you are in the "Edit Keywords" view? You may want to use this work around, if the problem persists and you still cannot drag and drop keywords.
Just to be sure, have you tried to restart Photos or the system? and have you already tried to toggle the disclosure triangle to the left of "keywords" to reveal or hid the keywords?
I can still drag and drop keywords, but I am using a different system version (macOS 14 Sonoma).
You may also want to check the list of keywords, if one of them contains illegal characters.
As another test, you may want to create a different Photos Library for testing. The keywords are specific for each library. By testing with a new, different library you can see, if the problem ist with your keywords is limited to your current Photos Library or a problem with Photos in your user account or even system wide. If the keywords appear in another Photos Library, something is broken in your current library. Then check the keywords on the new photos you added right before the problem first occurred.
There were no shortcuts previously. I added just one shortcut and now I can see the keywords and can drag a keyword to 'Quick Group'. I even deleted the shortcut and it still works. I don't know why it works but thanks!
For example, I added my keywords for the star ratings to the quick group like this:
New I can use the numbers 1 to 5 as shortcuts to assign the keywords with one keystroke and also can filter for the keywords in the "Showing" filter.
Great, that it is working again. Perhaps it has just been a temporary glitch.
How do I create a Quick Group and a shortcut?
macOS Sonoma Photo app keyword manager not displaying keywords
