PeterDissing

Q: Face recognition in Fotos not working?

Just bought the latest Macbook Pro, including Fotos. When I open Fotos, the face recognition function does not seem to work.. I have tried to add faces manual by clicking info when viewing the foto, and selecting "add face", but afterwards the program does not find/recognize the face anywhere. How do I "jumpstart" the face recognition?

 

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MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Jun 4, 2015 12:07 AM

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  • by R C-R,Apple recommended

    R C-R R C-R Jun 4, 2015 2:14 AM in response to PeterDissing
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    Jun 4, 2015 2:14 AM in response to PeterDissing

    It takes a while for the face recognition software to get enough confirmed faces of a person before it starts suggesting that might be the same person in other photos. Jumpstart the process by going to the Faces album & reviewing the Suggested Faces at the bottom of the window.

     

    See the Photos help topic Find photos of people using Faces for more info on how this works.

  • by PeterDissing,

    PeterDissing PeterDissing Jun 6, 2015 4:00 AM in response to R C-R
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    Jun 6, 2015 4:00 AM in response to R C-R

    The problem is that no pictures show up in the "suggested faces". I have manually saved 4 different faces (7 examples of my self), but still no pictures come up. I´ve had the program turned on for a week now..

     

    Any suggestions?

     

    Thanks