I have been busy cleaning up errors and double entries in my places list. My problem is when I have two of the same names, such as Virginia. They won't merge, what am I doing wrong?
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If there are 2 places, there must be some difference between them.
Find the one that is correct.
Double click it to open the editing window
Copy the entry
Close the editing window
Double click the other one
Paste in the correct copied text
Now you will have a single correct place name
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Screenshot 2026-02-22 at 19.08.25.png Over the years I have always done that successfully. But is not always the case. I have quite a few places with no differences that I would like to condense into one where it doesn't work. As an example, the attached screenshot has a list of three different places where I cannot merge the entries.
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When my Places sidebar acted erratically it needed File > Rebuild Cache Files...Comment
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What Roger says plus first check to see if you have a blank space. People have a tendency to automatically bang their thumb on the space bar. If that has happened, the unseen space, at the end, makes the two compared items different.Bob White, Mac Nut Since 1985, Reunion Nut Since 1991
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Pleased to say all "double &more" place names now done following "Rogers" suggestions above.Mac mini (M4)2TB, 24GB Ram, (Tahoe 26.0), Studio Display 27", iPad Pro 12.9" 256GB (IOS 17.7.10), iPhone 15+ 128GB (IOS 26.0), Reunion 14,Comment
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