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HT201716: Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac

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I used time machine to transfer data from one macbook pro to a new macbook pro. Spotlight search will not work on Microsoft Outlook on the new Mac. Anyone else have this issue? I have tried everything and nothing seems to activate the search. in Mac OS X v10.7 Lion by a brody	Show 0 Bookmarks0	1	38	August 17, 2016 4:18 PM by a brody
my mail is open but no window is showing? I'm receiving mail but can't open the window to see it? in OS X El Capitan by BRRpng	Show 0 Bookmarks0	5	151	May 29, 2016 11:33 PM by BRRpng
Why would you need to do this? in OS X Yosemite by kleigh54	Show 0 Bookmarks0	4	139	March 29, 2016 9:25 AM by kleigh54
I know how to force Spotlight to re-index a drive or folder. But how do I do so for Mail? in OS X Mavericks by Eric Root	Show 1 Bookmarks1	7	307	December 30, 2015 2:38 PM by Eric Root
Spotlight search problem in OS X El Capitan by Linc Davis	Show 0 Bookmarks0	1	93	November 19, 2015 9:16 PM by Linc Davis
Doesn't this cause Spotlight to "PREVENT" searches of the locations added under the Privacy Tab? That is the way I interpret the settings within Spotlight. Running OS 10.11.1 in OS X El Capitan by Eric Root	Show 0 Bookmarks0	1	79	November 11, 2015 9:41 AM by Eric Root
How can I know if Spotlight re-indexed my drive? in OS X El Capitan by shtark1	Show 0 Bookmarks0	0	121	October 22, 2015 3:35 PM by shtark1
How do I drag the hard drive into the list in spotlight privacy settings? in OS X Yosemite by killcondo	Show 0 Bookmarks0	1	275	July 1, 2015 11:57 PM by killcondo
Mail Quits Repeatedly in Yosemite in OS X Yosemite by Linc Davis	Show 0 Bookmarks0	3	372	May 19, 2015 11:24 AM by Linc Davis
how long can spotlight take to finish indexing? in MacBook Pro by gemholding	Show 0 Bookmarks0	0	230	April 6, 2015 7:22 AM by gemholding
Is this also applicable in Mavericks? in OS X Mavericks by Ton de Vrind	Show 0 Bookmarks0	3	143	January 19, 2015 10:25 AM by Ton de Vrind