Bobbles I’m afraid moving database from one PC to another is not supported and there is no guarantee that everything will work fine if you will copy it like that. Let alone moving database from PC to Mac, that will not work for sure as those are completely different systems.
I’m afraid there is no way to avoid this initial indexing, unfortunately. Yes, it takes time, but helps avoid any compatibility issues.
ini files contain all the information about confirmed faces. I don’t think that after files are indexed some faces become unconfirmed again. I would guess that it is quite the opposite, it actually gives you new faces for confirmation that were not found and confirmed before.
My suggestion is just to give Tonfotos time to finish its job, everything should work fine afterwards.
