Oddbean new post about login | logout I eventually just decided to give a name to the second collection. My dog’s name is Daisy Mae. The name I gave to the second collection will make sense once you see the “face circles” in that collection. I have no idea what Photos thinks it’s doing, or why it won’t let me “fix” this problem by merging the collections. Just look at this mess… https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/182/720/576/435/852/original/4b7a9011d81218d6.png https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/182/722/313/291/493/original/670d5413fdc1d498.png https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/182/721/326/565/045/original/6bd11299acb1c9f3.png
I did try naming both collections the same thing, but it had no effect. The two collections remained separate despite having the same name. When I select both collections and right-click, I don’t even see the “Merge …” menu item. It’s not grayed out; it’s just plain not there. (It is there when I select other pairs of collections, so I know it exists and works.)
@a6ff0b2b The only time that I had trouble is when I manually named a pet before this feature and so therefore Photos thought the pet was a person and would not let me combine it examples it found later as a “pet.”
@87efe010 I don’t think I did that, but at least it’s a plausible explanation! If I did do it, I wonder if I can undo it…
@a6ff0b2b Is it only with pets? Just Daisy (and Daisy Mae?) What if it surfaces Daisy May? I’ve gone as far as creating a folder for the subject and naming the folder that name, which I highly doubt does a single thing. It’s the way superstitions form.
Turns out the issue is just as @8a54b27a (and others) described: https://mastodon.social/@ddlevine/111182827326542972 My“Daisy Mae Body” collection is a *person* collection, according to Photos, so it can’t be merged with a pet. @8a54b27a said he fixed this by deleting the “person” collection and then letting Photos do more analysis, resulting in a new “pet” collection which was then mergeable.
@a6ff0b2b Do you mind using the Feedback Assistant to report the issue?
@f89362b1 Now that I understand the issue, I’m not sure what the Feedback should say. Maybe just asking for an error message when trying to drag and drop a pet onto a person or vice versa?
@a6ff0b2b I’ve had successful merge (I think) on iOS when it has identified an image wrongly, or not been able to, assuming the avatar used is a basic ‘prototype’ for that. If I type an existing name, it merges then, choosing a different master prototype avatar but not sure if it is doing the same with multiple examples. Sometimes it’s a profile it thinks is someone else. Sometimes the subject has aged and changed considerably. It’s like it’s tossing out the bad hash.
@a6ff0b2b I somehow have never seen a picture of your dog before. I love her.
@b4890e03 There’s more on my Instagram https://instagram.com/johncsiracusa
@a6ff0b2b I wonder what this dog’s owner’s photos collections look like https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx5xf60xYYW/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
