Hello, I'm currently setting up Faces for Photos. For some people, I've got two different contacts for the same person, how can I merge them in Photos ?
I do not have duplicates in the Contact app
Thank you
I just tried renaming one of the Faces - on the page where you see all your faces, just edit the name. For same cases it worked to rename the Faces you want to merge to be the same as the name in the other Face.
tis is an old thread and even with the then current software (two versions ago) your post makes no sense - please start a new thread with specific details about what you have and exactly what you are doing, what is happening and any error messages
For help in writing a new question that is possible to answer see
Writing an effective Apple Support Communities question
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The comment that makes no sense is
I tried to change names, but all it did was bring up the video
Which as stated makes no sense and your comment makes no sense related to the discussion and since this thread is way out of date and two major upgrades have been released since its last relevant post to get help you need to start a new thread with your personal system details and your issue -- Writing an effective Apple Support Communities question
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His/her post makes perfect sense. I have the latest macOS and Photos and have the exact same issue. When I start to type a name for a contact, I'm offered one to three names, which are all the same name, one will be not linked to a contact card, as described in ..de..cay's response, and another will be linked to a contact card. Often, there will be a third, which lists the same email address but has a different photo.
Edit: I've realized the third contact is usually an @facebook contact for the same person.
E.g., I'll be given a list of three choices, like this:
[person's face] John Randomname
[same person's face in a different photo] John Randomname johnrandomname@domainname.com
[same person's face in yet another photo] John Randomname johnrandomname@facebook.com
Image example from Photos:
nfkb - I had the same problem but it's easy to fix. Check here:
Also, I had trouble clicking on the names when you're on the main Faces page - sometimes I would click on a name, it would highlight briefly, then it would deselect before I had time to type in a new name. If you have a similar problem, double-click on the face you want to bring that face's page up, and then click on the name in the upper left corner - you'll be presented with a text box where you can easily type in the correct contact name, at which point the "correct name" and "contact record" become one, under the contact record's name. 🙂
What if you merged the contacts in Contacts first.
I just tried, but my Photos Faces merge to only one contact name and when I select it asks if I want to merge. Seems to be working fine in Sierra. But I don't have duplicate contacts in my contacts.
Following ..de..cay's advice above works for merging two of the names and I highly recommend going through and doing this for each contact you care about:
Unfortunately, if you are logged into facebook via "Internet Accounts" in System Preferences, any contacts who also have a facebook profile will show up as an additional option. I have not found a way to remedy this. I tried adding the person's facebook profile or facebook email on their contact card as either a "profile" set to "facebook" or as an additional email and neither solved the issue.
It looks like with the current version of Photos, you will always at least be shown two options for people who have both a contact card and a facebook profile (that you're friends with on facebook).
Hello,
thanks for your help. I'll try it. Unfortunately I also have some faces that are associated with the correct name but not with the right contact record :/
I tried to change names, but all it did was bring up the video
Merging people in Photo Faces
