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Q: calendar search highlights gone in Sierra?

So.. ironically I had JUST found this in Mavericks and it was incredibly helpful.. but now its not working in Sierra?  Was it removed???

 

Basically inside the calendar I would do a search and it would HIGHLIGHT all the events with that term.  In my instance I have a calendar of my students that I teach... I could type in "Diane"  and it would highlight all those and it was VERY easy to see when she came... now thats gone..  is there any way to set this as a preference?  I'm looking and can't find it. 

 

The list on the right is OK but not nearly as helpful for me.

Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Sep 26, 2016 8:34 AM

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  • by dianeoforegon,

    dianeoforegon dianeoforegon Sep 27, 2016 3:01 PM in response to yendoggy
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    Sep 27, 2016 3:01 PM in response to yendoggy

    Search is working for me in Sierra.

     

    Option 1)  With Calendar quit....go to your User's Library > Calendar folder

    Delete

    • Calendars/Calendar Cache
    • Calendars/Calendar Cache-shm
    • Calendars/Calendar Cache-shm

    Reopen Calendar and test

     

    Option 2) reindex your Spotlight cache files.

    Open System Preferences > Spotlight

    Under Privacy tab drag in Macintosh HD. You will get a warning. Select OK. Give it a couple of minutes  to remove cache files, now remove Macintosh HD from Privacy.

    Open Activity Monitor in Applications/Utilities. Under CPU you should see several processes named mdworker. This is Spotlight indexing your drive. Depending on the size of your drive this could take a few minutes to several hours.

    Test to see if Spotlight is working.

     

    Option 3) Boot into Recovery drive and run Disk Utility > First Aid.

    Some users have had to reinstall Sierra to get things working properly. See other fixes for Sierra by Kappy

     

    Boot into the Recovery Drive by holding down Command R when restarting.

     

    Open Disk Utility

    Run First Aid on your internal drive, Macintosh HD

    Quit Disk Utility

     

    Select Reinstall macOS

    Depending on your internet connection this could take some time to download the installer. Connect via Ethernet if possible (You can reinstall Sierra over Sierra. This procedure is no different than installing one OS over another.

     

    This process should not damage your data but it's always advised that you backup first.

     

    Show User's Library

    The User's Library folder is hidden by default. To unhide: Select the Finder in the Dock. Under Go in the Menu bar > hold down the Option key and you’ll see the Library.

    Finding the User Library Folder

    http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/resources/0167/site/chap11.html#FindingtheUserLi braryFolder