Software Update: iPhoto 8.1.1 released

If you're running iLife '09, fire up Software Update, because Apple has a bug fix update out for you. iPhoto 8.1.1 "addresses issues affecting face recognition performance and accuracy. It also fixes minor issues in the areas of book ordering, and iPod touch support."

There's an extra step for getting Faces recognition working properly if you imported pictures in iPhoto 8.1, which Apple details on the support page for the update:

Important: If you imported photos of people while using iPhoto 8.1, there's an extra step you should take after installing the 8.1.1 update. Select all those photos, Control-click to open the contextual menu, and then choose Detect Missing Faces. This will redetect the faces in those photos and correct any face recognition issues introduced in iPhoto 8.1. You should not quit iPhoto during the Detect Missing Faces process.

iPhoto Update 8.1.1 is a 12.5 MB update available now in Software Update.

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Mike Napier

That re detecting faces thing does not seem like a very "Mac" thing to do.

November 25 2009 at 11:00 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

ben

the facial recognition is still pure comedy

November 25 2009 at 6:35 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

robogobo

so, we have Final Cut, Final Cut Server, and iPhoto updates. Come on Aperture!

November 25 2009 at 5:34 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Andre

Actually it does seem to work better.

November 24 2009 at 9:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Shunnabunich

...Sometimes. After the update, it newly "recognized" a photo of rippled beach sand as my mother's face. :)

November 25 2009 at 4:06 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Convert2Mac

Doesn't matter when 8.1 was released. What matters is when you actually updated your iPhoto to 8.1. Just sayin, no need to rag on the author. Check out Software Update Pref to find out when you actually installed the update.

November 24 2009 at 8:43 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Gridman

Now, if only you had mentioned that 8.1 was released around August 19, 2009 we'd be able to figure out which photos had been imported using 8.1.

November 24 2009 at 7:30 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Gridman

I'm not "ragging" on the author, I'm glad they pointed out that Apple suggests redecting faces as I never would have noticed that on a x.x.1 update, but, having taken the time to extract the info from Apple and report it, I'm just pointing out that's a key piece of missing information that might be helpful.

Certainly, it's more important if you happen to know when you installed 8.1, but most people probably don't, but what you can do is narrow it down to the earliest time when it was likely to be - and it couldn't be before 8.1 was released, so don't waste time redetecting faces going back to January...

November 25 2009 at 9:39 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply