1. In the Browser, select a photo with people in it.

2. Click the Name button in the toolbar.

   Face labels appear below the faces of the people in the photo in the Viewer.

3. Click the face label below a person’s face and enter the person’s name in the text field.

   As you enter the person’s name, names that have already been assigned to faces, as well as names in your Contacts, are suggested in the face label.

   Note: If you want to limit the suggestions to faces you’ve already named in the project, select the “Limit suggestions to project” checkbox.

4. When you’re satisfied with the person’s name in the face label, press Return.

   The person’s name appears in the face label.

   

5. Enter a name in the face label for each person in the photo, then click Done.

If there are faces in a photo that Aperture doesn’t detect, you can still add face labels to the faces and assign them names.

1. If necessary, click the Name button in the toolbar.

2. In the Name Faces HUD, click the Add Missing Face button.

   

   A positioning box appears with a face label below it.

3. Drag the positioning box over the face you want to name, and resize the box so that it contains just the face.

4. Enter a name in the face label and press Return.

5. Repeat steps 2 through 4 until all faces lacking face labels in the photo have been named.

6. After identifying all the faces in the photo, click Done.

1. Select a photo containing the face of a person you want to rename.

2. Click the Name button in the toolbar.

3. Select the face label for the person whose name you want to change, and enter a new name in the text field.

4. After renaming the face in the photo, click Done.

1. Select a photo containing a face label you want to remove.

2. Click the Name button in the toolbar.

3. Position the pointer over the person’s face, then click the Remove button at the top-left corner of the positioning box.

   

   The positioning box and face label are removed.