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You can search for people and programs across your iPad and in specific apps, using a combination of the search feature and Siri. I show you how to search in apps in the various chapters dedicated to Mail, Contacts, Calendar, and Music.

The search feature can find news and trending topics, local restaurants, movie times, and content in Apple’s own iTunes Store, App Store, and Book Store. Moreover, with Siri teaming up with the search feature, you’ll also see circled icons representing the contacts you engage with the most, the people you are next scheduled to meet, as well as eateries, shops, and other places of possible interest nearby.

Searches are also proactive, meaning that the device gets to know you over time and makes suggestions accordingly. It attempts to read your mind. The tablet might surface the News app, for example, if it learns that you turn to it every morning (while enjoying your coffee). Or if you’re in a particular area, you may see the news that’s trending in your location.

Here’s how the search feature works:

1 Swipe down from the center of any Home screen page to access Search.The Search dialog slides into view at the top of the screen.

2 Tap the Search text box and use the virtual keyboard to enter your search text.The iPad spits out results the moment you type a single character; the list narrows as you type additional characters.The results are pretty darn thorough. Say that you entered Ring as your search term. Contacts whose last names have Ring in them show up, along with friends who might have done a trapeze act in the now defunct Ringling Bros. circus. All the songs on your iPad by Ringo Starr show up too, as do such song titles as “Ring-A-Ling,” from the Black-Eyed Peas if that happens to be in your library. The same goes for apps, videos, audiobooks, events, and notes with the word Ring. You’ll see web and App Store references as well.

3 Tap any listing to jump to the contact, ditty, or app you seek.

At the bottom of the search results list, you see several commands for running your search query in specific apps, such as Contacts, Messages, and Maps.

You can prevent some apps and their content from appearing in the search results by choosing Settings ⇒ Siri & Search. In the list of apps, tap an app and then tap the Show App in Search switch to off to prevent the app from appearing in your search results. To also prevent the app’s content from appearing in your search results, tap the Show Content in Search switch to off.