Spotlight isn’t indexing my journal entries
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I’d like to start using DayOne for a project journal, and be able to find entries when I search for keywords in Spotlight. I’ve done a quick test on a new Journal–which DayOne has encrypted by default–and after 48 hours it doesn’t seem like Spotlight has indexed the first entry in that Journal.
Is that expected? I can’t find clear documentation one way or another. I recognize that in many (most?) cases people want their journals private, so its possible this use case just isn’t supported
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For anyone else coming across this: I’ve confirmed with DayOne customer support that encrypted journals are not indexed by Spotlight, and that once enabled, the encryption cannot be disabled.
I’ve filled this–optional per-journal Spotlight indexing–as an enhancement request.
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Many thanks, Felciano, for posting this update. It is truly helpful as the only other reference to this topic I can find in Day One support suggests something quite different: that a specific privacy-specific step must be taken to prevent Spotlight indexing, otherwise it’s on by default. I do not have encryption enabled for my main Journal…yet still it remains unavailable to Spotlight. So confusing.
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Glad it was helpful, Craig. I’m still hunting for an alternative that could be searchable by Spotlight. If you find something, please share
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I do not have encryption enabled for my main Journal…yet still it remains unavailable to Spotlight.
@craigswanson if you’re still experiencing this issue, could you reach out to our support team through the app — Day One > Settings > Support > Contact Support?
We’d be happy to investigate this from there!
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