Photo on iCloud doesn't seem to share faces

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Photo on iCloud doesn't seem to share faces

Hello

I have two computers and I enabled the share of my whole Photo library on iCloud from my computer A.

The computer B downloaded all the pictures at the max of resolution . (the internet traffic analysis, tests prove this fact). I enabled the whole transfer of the pictures on the computer B

The pictures are here, the folder as well on the computer B. But one thing is missing. None of the faces on the computer B are named. It seems names of the faces didn't travel to iCloud.

Is it a limitation of a (nevertheless less good) young product (Apple Photo) ? or bug ?

Thanks for sharing your experience or your skills,

Regards,

Franck.

Ps: sorry for my bad english, thats not my mother-tongue 😉

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014), OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on May 11, 2015 12:47 PM

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Answer 1

May 11, 2015 1:43 PM in response to Franck Mignot

I'm not sharing across 2 computers so don't have any dirrect information for you, but faces are shared from my Mac to my iOS devices.

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Answer 2

May 11, 2015 1:45 PM in response to Winston Churchill

Thanks Winston !

I ll try to configure one one my iOS devices to see whats happens...

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Answer 3

May 11, 2015 1:48 PM in response to Franck Mignot

There is no faces album in iOS, but you can see the tags have been transferred to the device when you type the name of a person into the search, have you tried that on your Mac.

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léonie

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May 11, 2015 1:50 PM in response to Franck Mignot

Have a look at this support document:

Use Photos and iCloud Photo Library on multiple Mac computers - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204486

These items are available only on the Mac where you created them:

Books, cards, and calendars

Slideshows

Keyword shortcuts

Unused keywords

Last imported album (this album contains photos you most recently imported on a specific Mac)

Faces tiles and Faces data

So your Faces data are not supposed to sync across multiple Macs, but searchable keywords based on the Faces tiles.

You should be able to name the faces again quickly, based on the keywords.

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Answer 5

May 12, 2015 11:20 AM in response to léonie

Hello and Thanks a lot Léonie,

This is exactly the answer I was looking for. I should have seen it. Same on me.😊

I have got 33.000 pictures. Thats gonna be a pharaonic work...

I hope that Apple will add this feature. Apple Photo 1.0 is a very young product but it is already good. I'am already happy with it.

When I look at Apple products, at the beginning, Apple tries to have a very few features but well done. Then, they add features one by one. I am convinced that it's just a question of time...

Have a great day and thanks again.

Francky

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Answer 6

léonie

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May 12, 2015 3:33 PM in response to Franck Mignot

You're welcome, Francky! 🙂

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