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fooker 3 hours ago

It's searchable

m463 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It (purposefully?) doesn't find everything.

For instance (this is just sequoia, but same for ios) searching for "improve" finds:

"improve assistive voice features" (I turned it off)

and diagnostic & usage data with: "improve siri & dictation" (I turned it off)

but under spotlight, it doesn't find "help apple improve search" (I turned that off too)

zzyzxd 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There are reasons graphical interfaces exist. Otherwise why don't we hide everything behind one single search box? And unless you are a die-hard Apple fan, you may not always know the correct feature name to search for.

roboror an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That's putting a bandaid on an infected wound.

Forgeties79 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Normally I'd say that's at least somewhat valid but Apple also has a nasty habit of coming up with new names for things everyone else had a name for for 30 years already. Then they do bizarre things like when I tried to help my mom with her airpod settings the other day - searching "airpod" gave no hits. I mean...what?

fooker 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Searching for "airpod" in settings brings up - Accessibility, "Headphones/AirPods/Beats", Conversation Boost, Noise Cancellation, Press and hold duration, Press speed, Transparency mode

Not sure what went wrong for you, these results seem pretty much on point.

dd8601fn 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That doesn’t surprise me. Search in Settings is sketchy.

The other day “login” didn’t produce Login Items. But I wouldn’t be surprised if you tried it right now and it worked fine.

Forgeties79 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This literally happened yesterday. It tried to bring me to a safari search and I got no other hits. Could've been just a buggy moment with search who knows.

BlobberSnobber 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I tested it just now. My AirPods are connected to the iPhone, and searching “AirPods” gives me the accessibility settings for them, not the actual AirPods’ settings. I have to open the Settings app and then they’re up there, but it’s ridiculous that they don’t show in the search.

pixl97 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Great, Apple hired the team from Microsoft search too.