Basic search not working properly.

[Teren 1]

For example, if I type the word "cat" into search, I get all the words that start with it, like "caterpillar", "catwalk", etc. I thought only "cat*" was supposed to do this. How are we to search for specific words?

 

[AlicjaMarie 1]

Try adding a single space after the word. That should cut everything else out.

[Teren 1]

That does not help. But putting quotes around it did. 

[CHH17 0]

This issue has been reported countless times over several *years*, with non-responses given all along the way:

Here in 2012:
https://discussion.evernote.com/topic/28546-archived-search-function-broken-in-evernote-for-mac/
Here in 2013:
https://discussion.evernote.com/topic/47833-problem-searching-notes-in-evernote/
Here in 2014:
https://discussion.evernote.com/topic/78444-issues-with-search-within-a-note-function/
Here in 2015:
https://discussion.evernote.com/topic/82759-basic-search-not-working-properly/

I recently submitted a ticket with very specific examples, and received the terse reply that "Your request has been resolved." When I questioned this clearly false response, I was told "we're working on it", just as many others have been told over the years.

I was looking forward to upgrading from free to Premium when I recently switched to a Mac. But Evernote is almost useless with such a poor search function (on the Mac), so I will *not* be renewing the Premium level of service I have been trying. I’m looking at OneNote and other alternatives instead.

None of the new Evernote features add any value when the most basic function – search – is fundamentally broken.
 

[Bannings 0]

I have the same issue