I
recently upgraded to iOS7, and I can’t figure out how to search for stuff. I
used to be able to go to the Home page and swipe to the left, and then type in
what I was looking for. This no longer works. How am I supposed to search for an
app, or text, if I can’t do this?
Ken admitted to being an app
junkie, and he has far too many apps on his iPhone and iPad—he too was
surprised to find, when he first installed iOS7, that he was unable to search
for apps. (And that meant, of course, that he simply couldn’t find many of his
apps.) As with many other technical situations, the trick to knowing how to
search in iOS7 is in knowing the trick (and that’s purposefully circular
logic). The new search technique is certainly not “findable”—you just have to
know how to do it. Actually, searching in iOS7 is actually simpler than in
previous versions, because you don’t have to first navigate to the home page.
Instead, you can invoke the search functionality from any page of apps—simply
swipe down somewhere besides the very top of any page. (If you swipe down from
the very top, you’ll invoke the Notification Center, not the search
functionality). Once you find the search functionality, you can search for
apps, or text, or calendar entries, or email, or whatever you like. You can
control what you search for, and the order in which iOS7 presents the matching
items to you, by modifying the search settings (go to Settings, General,
Spotlight Search).
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