Search function for Email does not work
I have an iMac and use Apple email. The search function does not work on the iMac although it works fine on the iPad and iPhone.
iMac 27", macOS 10.13
I have an iMac and use Apple email. The search function does not work on the iMac although it works fine on the iPad and iPhone.
iMac 27", macOS 10.13
The macOS search function depends on spotlight working. Does spotlight work elsewhere? Did the search work before?
verify that you are indexing mail. see item 11.
Try re-indexing your startup drive.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201716
R
Works fine for me. What exactly do you mean it does not work. Please be descriptive.
Works for me as well. A description of the problem would be useful as mentioned.
The macOS search function depends on spotlight working. Does spotlight work elsewhere? Did the search work before?
verify that you are indexing mail. see item 11.
Try re-indexing your startup drive.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201716
R
I have this issue
After upgrading to macOS Mojave the Mail search function no longer works
If I type in the word Hove I get no results even though I know there are hundreds of emails with that word in.
I also no longer seem to have the option to search by subject line, or entire message
Interestingly if I search using Spotlight I can find all the emails I would expect to find....
I've tried various configurations in Mail and I suspect the solution is there somewhere
If you have any suggestions please let me know. I'd really appreciate it. I rely on the Mail search function.
I also downloaded and ran Cocktail having seen that solution in another thread but it didn't work for me
Do you have any antivirus, cleaning or any other third party "maintenance" apps installed on the computer?
I don't rkaufmann87. However having had a long webchat with Apple Support, who were very helpfu, it looks like I need to reinstall some MailData Envelope Index files which they are going to help me with. I had to go out so will be ringing them back soon for more assistance.
let us know how it goes.
R
After a follow up conversation I am now rebuilding the Spotlight index. Not difference yet but I believe it can take up to a day.
Search function for Email does not work