How to disable face detection in Photos for OS X

Unfortunately, you can only side-step the issue by clicking the Albums tab > Faces, and select each found face & delete it. You cannot bulk select, so this must be done manually for each face. You should log an enhancement request (or three) at the Photos Feedback page.

1. How do I turn off face recognition in photos?
2. How do I remove faces from photos on Mac?
3. How do I turn off image analysis on Mac?
4. How do you use face recognition on Mac photos?
5. How do you disable people from photos?
6. How do you remove face lock?
7. How do I assign a face in iphoto?
8. How do I change faces on Apple photos?
9. How do you manage people in photos?
10. What is Suggestd on my Mac?
11. What is VTDecoderXPCService on my Mac?
12. What is Photoanalysisid on Mac?

How do I turn off face recognition in photos?

On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Photos app . Sign in to your Google Account. Group similar faces. Turn Face grouping off or on.

How do I remove faces from photos on Mac?

You can get rid of a profile you or the Photos app has created.

1. Launch the Photos app on your Mac.
2. Click on the People album in the sidebar under Library.
3. Select the profile you want to remove (don't double-click on it).
4. Right or Control-click on the profile.
5. Click on Remove this Person.

How do I turn off image analysis on Mac?

Stop “Photos Agent” CPU and Resource Usage on Mac OS

1. From the  Apple menu choose “System Preferences” and then go to 'iCloud'
2. Uncheck the box next to “Photos” in iCloud preferences (you can also click on “Options” next to Photos in iCloud settings and disable each option individually)
3. Exit out of System Preferences.

How do you use face recognition on Mac photos?

If you see multiple instances of the same person, hold the “Command” key and click to select each one and then click “Merge & Add”. Once you've trained Photos to assign a name to a face, double-click on that person to see them in their very own photo album.

How do you disable people from photos?

To stop people from adding photos:

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Photos app .
2. At the bottom, tap Sharing .
3. Open an album.
4. In the top right, tap More Options.
5. Turn off Collaborate.

How do you remove face lock?

How to set/ remove face lock?

1. Swipe up the home screen to launch app screen.
2. Tap on Settings.
3. Tap on Lock screen.
4. Tap on Face.
5. Tap on Continue.
6. Select any screen lock type. For example, tap on Pattern.
7. Draw your unlock Pattern.
8. Tap on Continue.

How do I assign a face in iphoto?

To add a missing face manually:

1. Select a photo that shows a person you want to name, but whose face wasn't detected in the initial scan or a rescan of your photo library.
2. In the Information pane, click Faces to open the Faces section. ...
3. Click the “Add a Face” button in the Information pane.

How do I change faces on Apple photos?

If you want to use a different photo for someone's thumbnail, you can change it from their photo collection screen. Here's how: Open the People album, then tap the person. Tap Select, then tap Show Faces to focus on just the person's face in each photo.

How do you manage people in photos?

To turn it off or on:

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Photos app .
2. Sign in to your Google Account.
3. At the top right, tap your account profile photo or initials.
4. Tap Photos settings. Group similar faces.
5. Turn Face grouping off or on. To turn off face grouping only for pets, turn off Show pets with people.

What is Suggestd on my Mac?

suggestd is daemon that processes user content in order to detect contacts, events, named entities, etc. It receives content from Mail, Spotlight, Messages and other apps. sharingd is used by the Finder to enable AirDrop file sharing, connecting to shared computers, and accessing Remote Discs from other computers.

What is VTDecoderXPCService on my Mac?

VTDecoderXPCService is the sandboxing for video content in Lion. All things that are QuickTime related, audio or video, are sandboxed by this service. It just clicked as to what it is. We have iCam for our iPhones. It allows us to remotely view from the webcams on our machines.

What is Photoanalysisid on Mac?

As you may guess, PhotoAnalysisD refers to the work of the Photos software. The latest version of Photos in macOS Sierra and High Sierra scans all images to recognize faces as well as more than 3,000 objects. ... It makes sense that the more photos you store, the longer this process would take.