iPhoto faces gone since upgrade to 9.6.1

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iPhoto faces gone since upgrade to 9.6.1

Hi,

Something strange is happening here. Since I upgraded iPhoto to 9.6.1, the Faces feature doesn't work anymore.

When I click Faces in the left sidebar (which shows all faces' names and a thumbnail), well, all the names appear but with a black square for each face instead of a picture !

When I double click a Face to see all the photos, I can see all the already identified photos but when I ask iPhoto to identify faces on new pictures.... all the proposed pictures are just black square instead of a face !

Has anyone else had this issue ?

Thanks in advance,

Mathieu.

iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Mar 30, 2015 2:08 PM

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léonie

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Mar 31, 2015 3:00 PM in response to mathieufromlevis

Make sure you have a current backup of your iPhoto Library and then try the iPhoto Library First Aid tools. First try "Repair Database", and if that does not fix it, "Rebuild Library".

To launch the First Aid Tools

Press and hold down the alt/option key ⌥ and the command ⌘ keys at the same time and launch iPhoto.
Keep holding down both keys until you see the First Aid panel.
From the panel select to "Repair database".

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