If you can’t find pets in the People & Pets album in Photos
Wait for your iPhone, iPad or Mac to finish indexing for photos and videos of your pets. If you still can't see pets in the People & Pets album, find out what to do.
Starting with iOS 17, iPadOS 17 and macOS Sonoma, the Photos app detects pet photos and videos in your photo library and places them in the People & Pets album.
For your photos and videos of your pets to appear in this album, your device has to first complete the following steps:
Index your photo library.
Find pet images.
Your iPhone or iPad must be locked and connected to power during the detection process. Photos on your Mac can detect these photos as long as you aren't using the app. Depending on what tasks are running in the background and the size of your photo library, this process could happen quickly or take up to a few days to complete.
While the Photos app is detecting pet photos, a "Finding People..." message appears in the People & Pets album. Until this detection is complete and the pets in your photos have been identified, the album will still be labelled People instead of People & Pets.
Fix misidentifications, remove people or pets, and do more with the People & Pets album in Photos
