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search doesn't work in photos

unable to search photos in photos on my Mac.

iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 10.15

Posted on Aug 20, 2021 3:22 PM

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Posted on Aug 22, 2021 10:06 AM

How often do you reboot your Mac? It's advantageous for performance purposes to reboot frequently, 2-3 times a week. This cleans our temporary system and application cache and swap files. Then around once a month boot into Safe Mode by booting with the Shift key held down and then reboot normally.

NOTE: Safe Mode boot can take up to 5 minutes as it's doing the following; 

• Verifies your startup disk and attempts to repair directory issues, if needed
• Loads only required kernel extensions (prevents 3rd party kernel/extensions from loading)
• Prevents Startup Items and Login Items from opening automatically
• Disables user-installed fonts 
• Deletes font caches, kernel cache, and other system cache files


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Aug 22, 2021 10:06 AM in response to tangerer

How often do you reboot your Mac? It's advantageous for performance purposes to reboot frequently, 2-3 times a week. This cleans our temporary system and application cache and swap files. Then around once a month boot into Safe Mode by booting with the Shift key held down and then reboot normally.

NOTE: Safe Mode boot can take up to 5 minutes as it's doing the following; 

• Verifies your startup disk and attempts to repair directory issues, if needed
• Loads only required kernel extensions (prevents 3rd party kernel/extensions from loading)
• Prevents Startup Items and Login Items from opening automatically
• Disables user-installed fonts 
• Deletes font caches, kernel cache, and other system cache files


search doesn't work in photos

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