I am no longer able to search.
1) if I search something all it does is show the numerical number of matches below the search bar - nothing changes in the actual email list
2) if I select the sender (right click) same result - nothing shows up except the numerical number of results which does not help
I tried to rebuild my mailbox but this does nothing.
Any help would be appreciated.
I went to system preferences, internet accounts and switched off my Gmail, leaving an exchange and imap account active. I turned my computer off and back on and search worked perfectly fine, I then re-added my Gmail account and it all seems to be working. I'd guess there's something in the gmail indexing settings that isn't playing well with catalina's new spotlight mail search integration.
I went to system preferences, internet accounts and switched off my Gmail, leaving an exchange and imap account active. I turned my computer off and back on and search worked perfectly fine, I then re-added my Gmail account and it all seems to be working. I'd guess there's something in the gmail indexing settings that isn't playing well with catalina's new spotlight mail search integration.
To fix that issue.
1) Quit Mail.app
2) Stop, Clear, and Restart your Spotlight indexation. To do so : https://support.apple.com/HT201716 OR
3) Clear the Mail.app indexes. You will find some "Envelope Index*" files in your ~/Library/Mail/V7/MailData folder. Trash them and empty the Trash. (They will be rebuild after relaunching Mail.app, don't worry).
To do so:
Restart your Mac. Re-open Mail.app, and all we be fine again.
PS: You need all those steps, and in this order ;-)
I had this problem and traced it to an com.apple.quarantine attribute apparently added to the entire Mail directory during the Catalina install. The solution, previously described here, is the following Terminal command:
xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine /Users/[YourUserName]/Library/Mail
After successful execution of this command, wait a few minutes for Spotlight to re-index.
I also, had this issue. I do not have Gmail. I tried some of the other fixes posted here - but they did not work. The following is from the Apple Help folks and the second one (reset System Management Controller) finally fixed the issue.
1) Reset NVRAM or PRAM on your Mac
Shut down your Mac, then turn it on and immediately press and hold these four keys together: Option, Command, P, and R. You can release the keys after about 20 seconds, during which your Mac might appear to restart.
2)How to reset the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac
1Choose Apple menu > Shut Down and wait for your Mac to shut down.
2Press Shift-Control-Option on the left side of the built-in keyboard, then press the power button at the same time. Hold these keys and the power button for 10 seconds. If you have a MacBook Pro with Touch ID, the Touch ID button is also the power button.
3Release all keys.
4Press the power button again to turn on your Mac.
The Shift Open Mail twice and then reboot and reopen mail fixed mine as well.
After testing other procedures, this is the only one that worked.
I disabled all my Gmail accounts and restarted the computer. After that, my other IMAP worked fine. Then I enabled the Gmail accounts one by one, testing for each one if the search engine was working. It was.
Almost inmediately, everything went back to how it's supposed to be.
"Crisis" avoided.
Thanks!
The Shift Open Mail twice and then reboot and reopen mail fixed mine!!
This works too, as was mentioned in one of the answer. Disable all email accounts except the one for the iCloud. Restart the Mail app. Search will work now. Just test it. And you can also reactive the inactivated mail accounts. Everything will work fine from then one ...
WORKS again:
1) disable all mail accounts (system -> preferences -> internet accounts and switched off )
2) Stop Spotlight and remove the indexing: Terminal > sudo mdutil -i off -E < press <return>
3) Reboot your Mac
4) enable all mail accounts again (as described)
5) Enable it again by typing: Termin > sudo mdutil -i on < press <return>
This solution worked for me, too. But to clarify...
In Internet Accounts, just Uncheck the Google services (Mail, Contacts, etc.). No need to delete the account.
After reboot and back into Internet Accounts, just check the boxes for the Google services desired.
Catalina v10.15
props to theak123
Disabling gmail and rebooting my laptop did the trick for me. Post reboot I tested without gmail and all worked well. I then added Gmail back and all continues to work well.
Many Thanks.
Yes, this is the fix that totally worked for me. Thank you!
"The Shift Open Mail twice and then reboot and reopen mail fixed mine!!
Unbelievably, and I tried this yesterday and it did not work, I shut down and restarted my Mac and I can again search my mailbox! Which is awesome because I was getting really tired of using alphabetic sort in order to locate mail - which is hopeless if you don't have the name right - for instance ATT or AT&T...
I had this issue for the last few days since I first updated my iOS. All the fixes I found online would not work EXCEPT - backed up and then reinstalled the iOS through Recovery Mode (Restart and then Cmd+R while rebooting) - took a few hours but now works perfectly
Same problem, and shockingly, I simply closed the mail app and restarted my computer - and all is now fine. Not sure if it will stay fine...
mail search completely broken in Catalina
