I often use searches in Apple Notes, and I have selected "Sort Notes by Date Created" as my default. But when I do a search, it sorts by Date Edited. I cannot find a way to force it to search by Date Created.
Anyone else experience this? Anything I can do about it?
I'm using Ventura 13.0.1
Mac Studio
Perhaps I do not know the difference between the " Sort " function and a Search function.
AFAIK - "Search " will search for a key word and bring up all Notes containing that word regardless of how the Sort in enabled by the user
In the first image the word Apple is the search is used and all Notes with Apple Appear.
Not the Date of the upper most Note that appears. Nov 25, 2022
It should be noted, Notes is set to Last Edited
The second image the exact same word Apple is the search word and appears lower in the order of appearing
Note the Date of that Note Created date Dec 8, 2022
The last image is self explanatory
Hi. Maybe I haven't explained this clearly.
I have selected "Sort notes by Date Created", so that when I open up Apple Notes to see all my notes, the notes appear in the order in which they were created. That's what I want, and I'm happy with that.
The problem occurs when I go into the Search Field, and enter a Search Term. Then it shows me only those notes that include that search string, but it displays them by Date Edited. I don't want want that. I want the Search Results displayed by Date Created. And there does not seem to be a way to do that.
Settings allows me to control the normal display - when I'm looking at all my notes.
But Settings does not allow me to control the order of the notes in Search Results. That displays ONLY by Date Edited.
So my question is this: is there any way I can control the order in which the notes are displayed when they are Search Results?
Have done my best and now time to consider the below ➡️
1 - Get Support Choose a product and we’ll find you the best solution.Start now and open an Apple Support Ticket as they are Apple Employees to deal will these types of issues
In the Notes application >> Setting and refer to image below
Thanks, but as I said in my original post, the problem is search results. The Sort Notes setting doesn’t address this.
Thanks for your time.
FYI, I called Apple Support and the tech told me there is no way to display Search Results in Notes by Date Created. Alas. I've submitted a feature request.
Good thing you got a second opinion basically confirming was was already explained
Apple Notes: Sort Notes by Date Created is unreliable
