Scan for Faces on Newly Imported Pictures?

Hi Everyone,
Sorry if this has been asked. I couldn't find an exact fit.
I ran through the initial scan successfully. Although there are some missed faces, it is still cool functionality.
My question: I just imported a bunch of new pictures. Is there a way or a trigger to scan the newly added images? Some of the images have multiple faces, some are new faces as well. I am hoping that Apple didn't just stop at indexing once and not indexing again....
Help...
Thanks!

Pius Kid wrote:
Hi Everyone,
Sorry if this has been asked. I couldn't find an exact fit.
I ran through the initial scan successfully. Although there are some missed faces, it is still cool functionality.
My question: I just imported a bunch of new pictures. Is there a way or a trigger to scan the newly added images? Some of the images have multiple faces, some are new faces as well. I am hoping that Apple didn't just stop at indexing once and not indexing again....
Help...
Thanks!
Hi
I'm having exactly the same problem as this...initial scan was 75% successful, but when I import new photos, Faces does a scan but doesn't recognise any new faces. Also, when I manually tag faces in the newly imported photos, it's losing the information when I go back into iPhoto. I've provided feedback to Apple, but is anyone aware of a fix in the short term?

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