photos memories

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photos memories

I have 80GB of photos spanning 15 years, but when I run the memories function it tells me that I do not have any memories :-(

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)

Posted on Sep 22, 2016 4:20 AM

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Answer 1

raina_b22

Community Specialist

Sep 23, 2016 10:11 AM in response to yuranga

Hello yuranga,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.

I understand from your post that you are not able to see any memories after running the memories function in Photos on your MacBook Pro running macOS Sierra. I know how important it is to be able to use all the functions of the Photos application. I recommend creating your own memories using the steps from the article below:

Enjoy your Memories in Photos

Create your own Memories

Photos automatically creates Memories—but you're the best curator of your photos and the stories behind them. So you can make a Memory from any Moment, Collection, Year, or Album in your photo library.

On your Mac, open an Album and click Show as Memory in the header. If you're in the Photos tab, click the title of a group of photos to open them as a Memory.

Best Regards.

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Answer 2

léonie

Level 10

200,861 points

Sep 23, 2016 10:25 AM in response to yuranga

The memories will be based on people in the photos, places you have visited, the categories assigned to the photos. Has Photos had time to scan your library and tag the people and have your photos locations assigned? The full scan will take several days for such a large Photos Library, i.e., when the photos need downloading from iCloud. The more photos have been scanned, the more memories should appear.

Did you enable the Photos > Preferences > General: Show Holiday Events? That might trigger a few more memories based on the dates.

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