Photos search box no longer finds most files, but Smart Album does
MacOS version Big Sur 11.6.7 (20G630)
Photos Version 6.0 (361.0.100)
A month ago, when I used the MacOS Photos app general search box to look for a filename like “Box 10 z” it would show the 92 photos with filenames starting with that string (e.g. “Box 10 z 1981 Mexico.jpg”). But today, that stopped working. (I see 0 of the files, whereas a month ago I saw 92)…
However, today, if I do a “Smart Album” with the criteria
“filename” “Includes” “Box 10 z”
it shows the 92 photos. So they are there. Just not showing up when using the search box.
I submitted this to apple feedback, but I can’t do my job as efficiently anymore due to this issue, so any fixes would be greatly appreciated
(Since composing this, I did an update to “MacOS 11.6.8 (20G730)”, but it didn’t fix the issue)
MacBook Pro