How to get Faces to sync between multiple computers in Photos for OS X

How to get Faces to sync between multiple computers in Photos for OS X

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-get-faces-sync-between-multiple-computers-photos-os-x' title="How to get Faces to sync between multiple computers in Photos for OS X "><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_blw/public/field/image/2015/05/photos-faces-imac-hero.jpg?itok=DZ5Bm19A' />[/url]</p> <p class="intro">Your Faces album won't sync across your computers — but there's another way to see that collection across your devices.</p> <p>I like being able to see images of certain family members at a glance — it's helpful for building birthday cards, for instance, or finding great blackmail photos — and it's why I've always loved the Faces feature.</p> <p>But with Photos for OS X, your tagged Faces won't sync between your Macs — they live, siloed, on the machine where you first tagged them.</p> <p>This is silly, and something I hope Apple fixes in the next Photos for OS X update. Until they does so, however, you're not completely out of organizational luck: There's a sneaky work-around to get those tagged photos to sync to your other computers.</p>  <h2>How to sync specific Faces to your other Macs using Photos for OS X</h2> <p>Even though the Faces album won't sync currently, Apple does support cross-Mac syncing for Smart Albums. To get around the lack of Faces sync option, we're going to use Smart Albums and keyword tagging to create individual Faces albums.</p> <ol><li>Open <strong>Photos for OS X</strong>.</li> <li>In the <strong>Albums</strong> tab, open the <strong>Faces</strong> album.</li> <li><strong>Select the Face</strong> you want to sync across your Macs.

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</li> <li><strong>Highlight</strong> all the photos in that Face sub-album.</li> <li>Go to <strong>Window > Keyword Manager</strong> (or press <strong>Command-K</strong> on your keyboard).</li> <li>Click on <strong>Edit Keywords</strong>.</li> <li>Click on <strong>the plus (+) button</strong> to add a new keyword; type in the name of the person you wish to create an album for and press OK.

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</li> <li>In the Keyword Manager, <strong>click on that person's name</strong>. All your highlighted photos will now get that keyword.</li> <li>Close the Keyword Manager and click <strong>the plus (+) button</strong> in the toolbar.</li> <li>Select <strong>Smart Album</strong> from the list.</li> <li>Name the smart album "Faces: [name of person]" and select the following conditions: <strong>Keyword is [name]</strong>. Press OK.

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</li> <li>When you go back to the Albums tab, you should see your smart album appear; it will then sync to all your other iCloud Photo Library-supported Macs.</li> </ol><p>You can repeat this sequence for any other faces you'd like to add; adding every face in your collection might take some time, but it's a nice shortcut for the faces you might want to access most often.</p> <p>Additionally, any time you add new photos to your Faces collection, just remember to repeat steps 5 and 9 within the Faces sub-album to get them to sync across computers.</p> <h2>What about the iPhone and iPad?</h2> <p>Unfortunately, this work-around will only show up on your computers; the iPhone and iPad currently don't support smart albums. If you really want to see your Faces on iOS, however, you can follow these additional steps.</p> <ol><li>Once you've created your Smart Album, <strong>highlight</strong> all the photos within it.</li> <li>Press <strong>the plus (+) button</strong> and select <strong>Album</strong>.

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</li> <li>Name the album "iPhone Faces: [name]"</li> </ol><p>That album will then sync to your iOS devices; if you add any new photos, however, you'll have to update it manually by deleting all photos in the album and re-adding them from your Smart Album.</p> <div class="devicebox"> <h3>Photos for OS X</h3> <div class="video"><div class="video_iframe"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/tvIkfLhJtA8?rel=0&autoplay=0&wmode=opaque&controls=2&autohide=1&showinfo=0" width="627" height="353" class="video-filter video-youtube vf-tvikflhjta8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div></div>  <ul><li>Photos for OS X review</li> <li>Photos for OS X guide</li> <li>Photos for OS X FAQ</li> <li>Photos for OS X news hub</li> <li>Photos for OS X discussion</li> <li>iCloud Photo Library</li> <li>Photos for iOS</li> </ul></div> <div> <style> <![CDATA[/* ><![CDATA[/* ><![CDATA[/* ><!]]]]]]><![CDATA[><![CDATA[>*/ /*--><!]]]]><![CDATA[>*/ /*--><!]]>*/ </style></div> </div></div></div><img width='1' height='1' src='