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How objects are indexed and what to check when results are missing.

Buckets reads your phone when you open the app and each time you return to it. New photos, contacts and appointments appear automatically.

The line under “Buckets” at the top reports the last indexing run, including the number of objects found and any access restrictions.

If it says access was refused, Menu ☰ → Settings → Permissions → “Open phone permissions” takes you straight to the page where contacts, photos, calendar and location are turned on. You can also open your phone Settings yourself and find Buckets there. Until access is granted that part will be empty.

Buckets never deletes your names, your notes or who is in a photo when it looks again.

Dates: a photo or video keeps its capture date, and an event keeps its event date. A contact has no calendar date, so its card shows when Buckets first indexed it and when its details changed.