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Type in the search box at the top of the board — it filters as you type, matching the words in a scrap, a file's name, and even the text inside an image.

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Under the search box, one-tap filters narrow the board by kind, and a time menu narrows by when a scrap was added. Colour chips appear once you've coloured some scraps. All of these work together, so you can search "invoice" within just today's images, for example.

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On a Mac with Apple Intelligence, Smart find also matches by meaning. See What is Smart find?

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Junk Yard · Search, filters and colours

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How do I search the Junk Yard?

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Short answer: Type in the search box at the top of the board. It matches words in scraps, file names and text inside images, and combines with the kind, time and colour filters.

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Type in the search box at the top of the board — it filters as you type, matching the words in a scrap, a file's name, and even the text inside an image.

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Under the search box, one-tap filters narrow the board by kind, and a time menu narrows by when a scrap was added. Colour chips appear once you've coloured some scraps. All of these work together, so you can search "invoice" within just today's images, for example.

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On a Mac with Apple Intelligence, Smart find also matches by meaning. See What is Smart find?

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