Since replacing my MacBook Pro I haven't been able to search TextEdit files. All the files are there, but when I hit search it just says 'Searching TextEdit' at the top of the window and nothing more happens. Any ideas?
MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 12.5
Personal suggestion - update to latest Monterey.
Pause for a couple of days and in the mean time check out the New Feature Specific to Ventura.
One that is done, user choice to stay will Monterey awhile longer for take the plunge to Ventura
Personally moved from Monterey 12.6 to Ventura 13.0 on day one of release.
There are a few minor issue in the 13.0 but nothing show stopping
Personal suggestion - update to latest Monterey.
Pause for a couple of days and in the mean time check out the New Feature Specific to Ventura.
One that is done, user choice to stay will Monterey awhile longer for take the plunge to Ventura
Personally moved from Monterey 12.6 to Ventura 13.0 on day one of release.
There are a few minor issue in the 13.0 but nothing show stopping
Your are welcome from both.
Because of the may changes this computer will experience when moving from 12.5 to 12.6.1, another suggestion ➡️
Do you have a Rescue Plan In-Place. This comprises having 3 Backups using 2 methods and 1 Off Site incase of Theft, Loss or Natural Disasters. A Time Machine Backup is very useful.
This is optional but with considerations -->> For addition purposes - two Tested Clones each to separate external drives. This is insurance incase. At least one Tested Clone and / or Time Machine Backup should be Off - Site
It is a bit unclear to me: you mean you are on TextEdit and search for some text in the open files, and it can't find it?
Where does it say "Searching Textdit"? I don't think I ever saw that. Perhaps a screenshot would clarify.
Does searching elsewhere work?
You may try resetting Spotlight.
Oh, I see. "TextEdit" is the name of a folder, where I suppose you have your TextEdit files.
I believe this is a bug in 13.0. I just tried searching inside folders, and it does not work. I saw other reports of this.
There is a 13.0.1 update available, supposedly fixing some bugs. Maybe this is one of them. I haven't had the chance to update yet.
That last Stable version of Monterey was macOS Monterey, Version: 12.6.1
If the User profile is accurate MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 12.5 there are several updates between 12.5 and 12.6.1
Some of which maybe directly related to the above issue at hand
You are welcome and thank you too.
Do come back to the Apple Support Communities ( ASC ) in the future, if / or when additional questions may arise
Hi. I'm searching on Finder. Here's a screenshot with a word that appears in one of the TextEdit filenames not being found. I will try resetting spotlight.
Disregard earlier posting
Thank you both. I I haven't had a chance yet to update the OS so hoping that will work. Didn't realise how much I use TextEdit until this happened!
Hi
Thank you for this. I was thinking to upgrade the OS to 13.0.1, but perhaps 12.6.1 would be better?
Thank you once again. Will try that now.
Happy to report that the Monterey update did the trick and I can now use TextEdit in the way I used to. Thank you P.Phillips!
TextEdit search function not working.
