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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

Posted on Mar 7, 2019 7:07 AM

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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


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Posted on Mar 7, 2019 12:17 PM

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Mar 8, 2019 2:35 AM in response to rccharles

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

Search function for Email does not work

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