How do I get Photos to search for a face again

Once Photos have searched for a face i existing photos, the "add..." button disappears.

I have added a lot of new photos with faces in. But the "add..." button stays hidden.

So how do i get Photos to search for all faces again ?

iMac (24-inch Early 2009), OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Aug 14, 2016 2:17 AM

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Aug 14, 2016 2:52 AM in response to ClausfromRoskilde

But when i go i the "Faces" album and klik on a face.

The option to search/add more photos to that face isn't there.

Do you know how to "reactivate" it ?

Photos is searching for Faces directly after you import new photos. And it is only searching them once, automatically. YOu cannot start it manually like you could in iPhoto.

This search is running at a background process, and it will take some time. Let your Mac run over night, while you are not using it, and the next time you launch Photos you should be seeing more faces to name.

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