Apple Event: May 7th at 7 am PT
Does anyone know how to prevent incorrect face names from being suggested when tagging new photos in the Photos app?
Example:
When tagging a new face, I incorrectly spell “Tom” as “Ton” and press Return by mistake. The incorrect record “Ton” is written to the Person.db database file in the Photos library package. From now on, every time I start typing “To…”, Photos suggests “Tom” and “Ton” in the menu dropping down from the Faces data entry field.
I have the exact same issue, very annoying indeed if you find out how to do it, let me know please.
Not sure if this might help, but I drag and drop 'new faces' into those already matched - so I'd drag a new image of Tom into Tom.
If you have many Faces it might not work if they are not all on screen at once (eg if you had to scroll)
I assume you deleted the Ton entry (right mouse click, 2 finger tap or ctrl click to get the menu to delete).
Thanks it is actually in the name suggestions where I have the problem with incorrect names. I have removed the relevant faces but the names remain in the suggestions
thanks, I have left the necessary feedback
Out of interest doyou have the annoyance of the dropdown suggesting names from your Contacts?
Unfortunately there is not a way to do this, I have the same issue and spent an hour on the phone with Apple support yesterday. They ended on rebuilding my entire library and starting over, which isn't an option for me.
yes Alley_Cati do hopefully a fix in the net release will address the issues
thanks sjbissett a total rebuild of my library is crazy so hopefully the next release will address the issues i have so far
Yes, I tried all your suggestions. I also tried to "trick" the database into overwriting “Ton” (to continue with my example) into “Tommy”, to no avail.
I can easily see the incorrect database records with an SQLite browser, but I can’t delete them. I thought that’s the only way to go and was hoping for some advice involving the direct manipulation of the Person.db database.
Never mind, I guess we’ll all have to hope that a future update will solve this annoyance.
Thanks for your reply!
What SQLite browser are you using to open person.db, I get an error that the file cannot be opened with the browser I have
ON the Faces album screen, select the Ton circle and drag it on top of the Tom circle. That ensures all instances of Ton are renamed to Tom. Relaunch Photos for good measure.
You should never manipulate these kind of databases manually. There are dependencies that you would not know about. You're asking (or already did?) for problems.
Rysz,
Does this work for you? I have tried this a number of times without luck.
Yes it does work here. I even double-checked before posting. The name without any related images is removed from the suggestions pull-down menu.
As I implied, the trick is to change every single instance of Ton. Please check if you have any Tons in the Hidden Photos and Recently Deleted albums. if you have iCloud Photos Library turned on, remember that this Ton deletion has to propagte across all your devices before its "finalized," so give Photos some time to settle down. If non of this is working for you, it might in fact be a corrupted database. Rebuilding the database is not a big deal. Just make sure you have a backup before you start.
For what it's worth, Photos is also smart enough to change the order in which the suggested names are presented. If you keep choosing Tom and ignoring Ton, Tom should end up as the first suggestion.
I have tried all of the items you mentioned and I still see the unused names. I even spent an hour on the phone with Apple support yesterday who shadowed my machine and was able to recreate the issue but couldn't find a solution. How to you rebuild the DB?
Delete incorrect face suggestions
