I'm trying to add names to photos in Photos, and it works, except for my friend Andy . His photos all appear 'unnamed'. So I click on 'unnamed' and type 'Andy'. A list of all the Andys in my address book appears, and I click on his name. Nothing happens. The list goes away, but Andy is still named 'unnamed'.
MacOS 26.0.1
MacBook Pro 14"
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MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 26.0
You wrote:
"A list of all the Andys in my address book appears, and I click on his name. Nothing happens. The list goes away, but Andy is still named 'unnamed'."
This can happen, if Andy's photos have been merged with someone else. To fix this, try to create a new "People+Pets" album for Andy, without using his Contact card. Enter a slightly different nickname where it is showing "unnamed", then hit "Return" and ignore the suggested Andys.
Can you create a new Andy album this way? If you can, check all People albums for other people, if there are some misnamed faces of Andy and reject the wrong name. Then assign the new name for Andy.
You can switch back to the original name from the Contacts, once the new album for Andy is working again.
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I'm sorry – I can't find it. Are we using the same version of Photos? I'm on 11.0. Screenshot is of the very bottom of the People and Pets album. Martin
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Richard, I'm sorry but I still can't find it. Here's the People album for my friend Alesja.
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Drat-- they changed it! I'm lazy, and I'm still on macOS 15. But those buttons up there, + or "more" (•••) might offer the menu.
Can't add a certain person's name to his photo
