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Q: Spotlight search iPad 2 problem

I have all the possibilities checked in Spotlight search options but I still can't get it to search in my Pages documents.  Any clues?

I have just started trying this search so I don't know if it is a new or old problem.  IOS is up to date.

 

I have tried turning off the mail portion of Search.

 

It is giving me search results for other apps on my iPad (contacts, music, web, etc.)

 

Thanks for any help.

Posted on Jun 24, 2012 3:18 PM

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  • by Demo,Helpful

    Demo Demo Jun 24, 2012 3:16 PM in response to slbnauset
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    Jun 24, 2012 3:16 PM in response to slbnauset

    Spotlight doesn't search documents in apps. It will search for apps but not the content within the apps themselves.

  • by slbnauset,

    slbnauset slbnauset Jun 24, 2012 3:19 PM in response to Demo
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    Jun 24, 2012 3:19 PM in response to Demo

    Hi,

    THanks for your reply.  So...if I have a lot of documents on my iPad I have to scroll through them all to find the one I want (assuming I don't remember name or creation date, etc.). 

    I am slightly incredulous if this is the case.  And bummed.

  • by slbnauset,

    slbnauset slbnauset Jun 24, 2012 3:33 PM in response to Demo
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    Jun 24, 2012 3:33 PM in response to Demo

    By the way, it does search in Notes, Mail, texts, Calendar.   Aren't those apps? 

  • by Demo,Solvedanswer

    Demo Demo Jun 24, 2012 3:35 PM in response to slbnauset
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    Jun 24, 2012 3:35 PM in response to slbnauset

    Unfortunately, that is correct. What you see in the the Spotlight settings .... Is what you get. Apps show up in the Spotlight search settings giving many users the impression that it will search for content in the apps, but as I stated, it will only search for the apps themselves.

     

    Let Apple know what you think about the way that Spotlight works.

    http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

     

    EDIT - after seeing your last post .... Yes those are apps - they are Apple's built in apps. They designed Spotlight to work with those apps. Pages is also an Apple app and Spotlight does not work with it.

  • by slbnauset,

    slbnauset slbnauset Jun 24, 2012 7:52 PM in response to Demo
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    Jun 24, 2012 7:52 PM in response to Demo

    Thanks.  I di register my dissatisfaction with Apple.  Not holding my breath.