Filed under: iLife, Software, Software Update
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:
iPhoto Update 8.1.1 is a 12.5 MB update available now in Software 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.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Gridman said 7:31PM on 11-24-2009
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.
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Gridman said 9:43AM on 11-25-2009
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...
Convert2Mac said 8:44PM on 11-24-2009
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.
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Andre said 9:06PM on 11-24-2009
Actually it does seem to work better.
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Shunnabunich said 4:06AM on 11-25-2009
...Sometimes. After the update, it newly "recognized" a photo of rippled beach sand as my mother's face. :)
robogobo said 5:34AM on 11-25-2009
so, we have Final Cut, Final Cut Server, and iPhoto updates. Come on Aperture!
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ben said 7:04AM on 11-25-2009
the facial recognition is still pure comedy
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BulkHedd said 11:24AM on 11-25-2009
That re detecting faces thing does not seem like a very "Mac" thing to do.
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