Spotlight so powerful it can't find my apps

[Benz63amg]

Have you turned on both "Suggestions in Search" AND "Siri and Search Suggestions" in the Spotify entry itself in the long list of apps that follows?

That seems to have helped the results in spotlight somewhat thanks for the tip

 

[Agent2015]

Works perfectly for me too in iOS 11.0.1

However, I had a similar issue (primarily in searching for a specific note) on macOS High Sierra during quite a few of the betas. Logging out and logging back into iCloud solved it there. Flawless now with the final release of High Sierra.

 

[BWhaler]

The worst is finding Safari. Need to type the tire word. Are there really that mans other options when one types S-A-F-A?

Seems pretty unique to me..

Anyway, I agree with the original poster, this is busted. Needs to be faster too.

 

[twintin]

The worst is finding Safari. Need to type the tire word. Are there really that mans other options when one types S-A-F-A?

I only type SA and it appears as the third search entry.

 

[MDTyKe]

The issue is that I have in-app searches disabled in Siri & Search. For example, I don't want to type in "Sp" and get every email that has Sp in it etc. I want Sp to bring up app names only. But, by disabling the in-app search for Mail, I have no choice - and it disappears completely, unless I type in the entire app name.

(I do not want content from Notes to appear in search....)

 

[dekadent]

The issue is that I have in-app searches disabled in Siri & Search. For example, I don't want to type in "Sp" and get every email that has Sp in it etc. I want Sp to bring up app names only. But, by disabling the in-app search for Mail, I have no choice - and it disappears completely, unless I type in the entire app name.

(I do not want content from Notes to appear in search....)

Unfortunately it seems as if Apple changed that behaviour in iOS 11. Unless you have in-app search enabled you will not even be able to search for that app unless you type the full name.

Only way to mimic almost the same behaviour as before is to disable Siri search entirely.

As always, https://www.apple.com/feedback/