Yesterday, I upgraded to 10.13.2 and now find that the image content search which was working no longer works. So, if I type in the Photos search bar "dog" say, no images are found whereas before the upgrade, a subset of photos with dog photos would be displayed even if they were not tagged textually.
Is this a known problem? Is there a fix for this?
MacBook 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.4.8), G4 MDD 1.25GHz
I have a mid-2015 iMac upgraded to 10.13.2 and just tried a few searches (dog, tree, car) and they all worked fine. Sorry I know it doesn't solve your issue, but it would see it is a library issue. Have you tried doing a library repair on the Mac with the issue? Hold Option and Command to initiate the repair of the library.
I have a mid-2015 iMac upgraded to 10.13.2 and just tried a few searches (dog, tree, car) and they all worked fine. Sorry I know it doesn't solve your issue, but it would see it is a library issue. Have you tried doing a library repair on the Mac with the issue? Hold Option and Command to initiate the repair of the library.
I think I've solved my problem. MacOS Photos has one Photos system library, the one that is used for iCloud sharing etc. After the upgrade to High Sierra, I found I had two Photos libraries though I had never created a second one. I found a procedure to assign the Photos systemslibrary and applied it to one of the libraries. The AI content search has now made considerable progress since I did this. Initially, no content was found using a search for "tower" but after a few hours, 33 hits were returned.
I wondered if it required a background analysis of the library to index and tag photos and tried again after several hours with no result. I guess Activity Monitor might show a relevant process running.
I haven't used the Communities for some time hence the historic OSX.
After 24 hrs, still no image content search, other than 1 return when I search for water. The Activity monitor shows a process called "photoanalysisd" which though resident in memory, is not using much processor time. It is not running in the background, apparently even when Photos is open. Certainly my MacPro did not display tardiness in implementing the content-aware search.
I think I'll try rebuilding the image library.
I seem to have been premature in my optimism. The search facility has made no progress in being able to categorise photos by content after the initial false dawn! My MacPro had no issues with the search, it works well and I did not notice any period when it was scanning my library to build its catalogue.
I rebuilt my library for second time quit, restarted but no result.
So, I'm still looking for help with this issue.
I have this problem too but it wasn't because of updating or having more than one system Photo Library. I just went to search for a Category photo (car, cat, dog) and it finds nothing. On my iPhone it works. On my Mac it used to work but doesn't now.
High Sierra 10.13.2
Photos 3.0 (3251.12.190)
I want it to re-index without delete and retrieve from iCloud Photo Library.
I had this exact problem.
The only thing that worked for me was to delete my macOS Photos library from the filesystem, create a new library, and then re-download my entire photo library from iCloud. This re-established the category search. Running the library repair function made no difference.
The only thing that worked for me was to delete my macOS Photos library from the filesystem, create a new library, and then re-download my entire photo library from iCloud.
except this loses all of your projects
LN
I confirm that after deleting Photos Library from the filesystem and creating a new one (and then allowing some time for iCloud photos to repopulate...a long time) the Category search is working again. Thanks.
It is like you said: first repair the library than patiently wait for Photos to rescan.
Important: the rescan only works when the photo app is closed, the mac connected to power and running.
I was impatient too but after checking back hours later I could see a progress.
I have the same problem. I type in a keyword that occurs in at least 10 titles, and it only shows two. I practiced patience like one of the replies suggested, but after five minutes Photos still only shows 2 results ☹. Glad to learn I'm not the only one, because that usually means it will be fixed at some point.
Not this short term patience - the "real" patience is needed. Rescan only runs when the system is connected to power and the photo app is closed. It literally takes ages until the full search results are back online.
(repeating my previous reply) After I deleted my Photos Library and created a new one, it took iCloud a few hours (perhaps it was overnight, I don't remember), to put everything back. Category search worked again after that.
I don't know how exactly it got corrupted in the first place. I was messing around with another Photos Library file on an external backup hard drive and that probably was it.
Conclusion: fixing this (Category search) requires rebuilding your Photos Library (system photo library) from scratch. Of course, you will need iCloud Photo to restore your photos. Patience alone won't do anything if yours is corrupted.
...Just to add that the content search does work on my MacPro 2010, also upgraded to High Sierra 10.13.2, today but not on my MacBook Pro 2012
patience - it is scanning your library and over time more and more objects will be identified
And it would be a good idea to update your profile - it shows you have )S X 10.4.8
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AI Photos search not working in High Sierra 10.13.2
