Apple has a feature It can make your searches a little easier, and it’s called Spotlight Search. Available on all iPhones, iPads and Macs with iOS 8 or later.
What is Spotlight Search?
The goal of Spotlight Search is to reduce the amount of time wasted looking around for a specific app. on your phone Or that photo you sent to your friend weeks ago. Instead, you can type something into Spotlight Search, which will scan your device for anything related to the word you typed.
Spotlight Search can search many things including your music, contacts, email, weather, calendar, maps, news. and others. It can even generate results outside of the Internet and App Store. Or let’s say you want to do a quick math formula, currency conversion, measurement conversion, or temperature conversion. If so, Spotlight Search will give you the answers you need right away.
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Start searching for content on your Apple device by opening the search function.
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Why is Spotlight search better than searching in specific apps?
Instead of opening several different apps to search for something, Spotlight Search gives you all the options you need on one page. For example, let’s say you wanted to listen to the song “Piano Man” by Billy Joel.
You can type “Billy Joel “Piano Man” into your Spotlight search. It will give you a tab to go directly to the song. On Apple Music And it provides you with website links to its music videos and Wikipedia page with the song’s history, so you can get even more from your search.
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An example of how to search for content on your Apple device. Case in point, Billy Joel’s “Piano Man.”
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How to open Spotlight Search on your iPhone or iPad
If you have iOS 16 update or later:
- It can be accessed by swiping down from the center of the home screen.
- Click on the search circle (They can also be seen as a few horizontal dots) only on the first page of your home screen over your phone, Email, Safari and Apple Music apps. This will automatically open Spotlight Search.
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An example of how to use the Spotlight search function on your iPhone or iPad.
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If you have iOS 15 update or below:
- Open your iPhone or iPad To display your home screen
- Swipe left From the first page of your home screen, and then you will see Search window.
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Instructions on how to search for content on an Apple device.
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How to open Spotlight Search on your Mac
- Look at the top bar on your Mac’s home screen (where the Apple icon, File, Edit, etc options are available)
- On the right side of the sidebar Your Wi-Fi icon, must be Microscope icon. Click that to open Spotlight Search.
Note: Instructions may vary by model
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An example of how to open the search function on a Mac computer by pressing the magnifying glass.
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An example of what it looks like when the Spotlight search function is opened on a Mac computer.
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How to change search settings on an Apple device
You can change search settings to limit which apps and results show up when you search. Here’s how:
- to go settings And tap Siri and search
- Scroll down and select an application
- Then select Show app in search, Show content in search, Show on home screen, Suggest app, or Suggest notifications.
Let us know how you like this new Apple Search feature. We want to hear from you.
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