Search photos by date in iOS17 and macOS17?

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Search photos by date in iOS17 and macOS17?

Can no longer search Photos by specific date (10/2 for example) in iOS17 and macOS17 (Sonoma).

Getting same result on iPhone14 Pro and MacBook Pro since upgrade to xOS17.

Can search by month ("October") and get all photos for that month.

Date specific ("10/2") search not working.

Searching for "10.2" or "10/2" or "October 2" used to result in all photos taken on that date.

Those searches now result in either:

A list of "Memories" that appear unrelated to the date searched
A list of photos that contain text related to 10 and 2

Anyone have a solution?

Anyone know if this is a "feature" of the new OS or a bug?

MacBook Pro 13″

Posted on Oct 2, 2023 11:04 AM

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Answer 1

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Steve@Clearpath Author

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Oct 25, 2023 4:56 PM in response to Steve@Clearpath

Good news!

Can confirm that the issue is now fixed on MacOS 14.1 and iOS 17.1

Just downloaded the update and search by date/day is working again.

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Answer 2

Oct 10, 2023 4:10 PM in response to Steve@Clearpath

While this sounds crazy, another user discovered that if you set the primary language on iOS17 or macOS Sonoma to French a search using french calendar conventions (ie 9 Octobre) will result in all photos taken on that date.

Perhaps this means that the search by day (ie 10.9) is an omission and may show up in an upcoming update.

That would be nice.

For now, if you are willing to flip back and forth to French, you'll be able to search by date again.

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Answer 3

ace1018

Community Specialist

Oct 4, 2023 11:03 AM in response to Steve@Clearpath

Hello Steve@Clearpath,

There are a few things you can do to try to resolve this issue. We recommend following the steps below.

1) Restart your device: Restart your iPhone - Apple Support and Shut down or restart your Mac - Apple Support

2) Install the latest OS version. Update iOS on iPhone - Apple Support and Update macOS on Mac - Apple Support

3) If the issue continues, we recommend reaching out to Apple Support for more help. Get Support

Thanks.

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Answer 4

Oct 4, 2023 2:24 PM in response to ace1018

Thank you for the response.

I've tested this a number of different ways on a number of different devices - does not have to do w the device or settings.

Appears the prior ability to search by specific day (ie 10/2) was not included in iOS17 or Sonoma.

In those OS date search now appears to only allow search by Month or Year but not specific day.

Only way to get it back at this point appears to be to downgrade to pre- iOS17 and Sonoma.

Sigh.

I have made a "hail mary against all odds" feature request to add it back.

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Answer 5

Oct 10, 2023 4:34 PM in response to Steve@Clearpath

Here's the link to the post from the other user referenced above:

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