It's not "resolved". Indexing may still be going on in the background but there's no way to check either way now as Apple blocked the ability to check.
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Indexing still in progress. Is this “normal”?
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Oh, I know indexing is taking place but, for most users, that’s a couple day process, not 2 weeks. I’ve never even had a new software installed on my Mac take that long.
if it's indeed indexing iCloud data, I could see it taking a while. Especially if you have mutli-terabytes of data.
Cattivik83
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But I think it's still working underneath.
As I wrote, I updated to B2 this morning.
But I think it's still working underneath.
As I wrote, I updated to B2 this morning.
HQuest
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Beta 2 dropped and my phone is still indexing since the day after initial 27.0 beta was launched. Or it was - until beta 2 was installed. The Siri app still showed Siri update in progress but the indexing has not gone away. Maybe with a blank phone things go quicker, but on a regular, daily driver phone, things will get spicy when launched.
It’s bizarre, my iPhone 17PM has been at 97% since mid last week when I got new Siri, iPad has been at 50%, per console. I’ve kept both on beta 1 as things have been smooth and iPhone is so close my curiosity wants to see if it ever finishes 😂
Right; the time of download doesn't matter, but the time of installation does. The time you actually click the "install update now" button absolutely matters.
And yes; it *shouldn't* take "this long" (whatever that means) to index, but it does, so..... we have to take steps to work around it, such as not installing software in the morning or middle of a work day and instead install before bed on a Friday night or something. 😎
Also;
I've absolutely noticed substantial differences in performance / syncing / etc. depending if my device is on WiFi vs. cellular.
Specifically, I've personally seen MANY instances where apple apps / services (icloud & such) do NOT sync on their own.....until I toggle WiFi off for a few moments, or just leave the WiFi network entirely & go somewhere else. Then stuff usually syncs at some point while I'm driving.
In most cases it should have only taken a couple days. My ipad continued to show that message for 2 weeks also, until beta 2. I’m quite convinced that for those like me it was a bug.
jimjiminyjim
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I was stuck indexing and on the Siri Waitlist for the entirety of beta 1. Beta 2 removed the Siri Waitlist and indexing messages, but added (or I missed it before) a “downloading assets” under extension/chatgpt in Siri settings. That was stuck for a couple of days. I checked in with Claude. It recommended turning off cellular data completely (leaving wifi on) and restarting. Almost immediately after restart, I now have the Siri app and all features.
HQuest
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Which console command/app/tool let you find out what indexing percentage your device is at on beta 2?
Console and then type spotlight indexing progress and open settings on phone. Doesn’t work any longer.
Mine took about a week on dev beta 1 and 2. It has “finished” now…
Sadly, photo caption searching is poor. I even tried adding keywords in a few days ago, and Photos refuses to find the photos I’m looking for.
Sadly, photo caption searching is poor. I even tried adding keywords in a few days ago, and Photos refuses to find the photos I’m looking for.
Mitthrawnuruodo
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When I try the "Learn More" link inside the Optimizing Search and Siri, I'm sent to a non existing page at Apple Support: "The page you're looking for can't be found."
podycust
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Cattivik83
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Yes, but I don't pay attention to it anymore; it risks turning into a nightmare that keeps you up at night.🤣
because it's a beta and they may be adding more semantic indexing on the backend; also seems to be tapping into 3rd party intents more, so it might be indexing that. All in all, it doesn't really matter?
