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yukari

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Jun 29, 2010
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Looks like Outlook search function is once again broken. As with earlier version of MacOS 13 (13.1???), search in Outlook shows no results.
 

genexx

macrumors regular
Nov 11, 2022
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Open Finder and go to Applications - Utilities - Terminal and type the following commands (Press Enter after typing each command).

sudo mdutil -i off /System/Volumes/Data
sudo mdutil -i on /System/Volumes/Data

Note: When prompted for a password, please type the Mac user password. This would be invisible. Please type the same and hit enter.

Once done, restart the mac computer.

Checking Indexing Status open Spotlight ( cmd + space ) type indexing:


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If this does not work:

Open Finder and go to Applications - Utilities - Terminal and type the following commands (Press Enter after typing each command).

sudo mdutil -a -i off
sudo mdutil -a -i on
sudo mdutil -X /System/Volumes/Preboot

Note: When prompted for a password, please type the Mac user password. This would be invisible. Please type the same and hit enter.

Once done, restart the mac computer

Control with:

sudo mdutil -sa
Output should be:
➜ ~ sudo mdutil -sa
Password:
/:
Indexing enabled.
/System/Volumes/Data:
Indexing enabled.
/System/Volumes/Preboot:
Indexing enabled.

Checking Indexing Status open Spotlight ( cmd + space ) type indexing:

Image
 
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