Search photos by date

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Search photos by date

With iOS 15.1, are we no longer able to search photos by date? I can search by month, but now if I enter a specific date in the search bar (for example “November 13”) , it returns no results.

iPhone 11 Pro, iOS 15

Posted on Nov 13, 2021 7:13 PM

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léonie

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Nov 13, 2021 11:11 PM in response to haleak2

Look at the Info for a photo, how the date is written (it will depend on your Settings for the language and region).

I can find the photos for the 6th of November by entering the date as 6.11.2021 day.month.year. You Amy need to switch the position of the month and the date. Unfortunately, it is impossible to recognise the photos in the search result, because the photos are cropped to squares and the heads brutally chopped off.

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muguy

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Nov 13, 2021 7:43 PM in response to haleak2

Enter the date 11/13/2021 and it should work.

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haleak2 Author

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Nov 13, 2021 7:57 PM in response to muguy

Sadly, entering the date in that format does not work. I have photos from today and nothing returns in the search results.

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léonie

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Nov 13, 2021 11:15 PM in response to léonie

As for today's photos - I had to close the camera, before the Photos.app has been showing the photos from today in a search. Give Photos time to index the new photos properly and to sync them with iCloud.

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