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None of the search works in Big Sur Mail.app

Hi,

To me Big Sur Mail.app is next to useless as none of the search, nor smart mailbox works at all.

I upgraded then immediately noticed that none of my smart mailbox worked, they displayed a correct (?) number of unread message, but clicking on them, just makes the number disappear, and show no message at all, like if it were empty.

Then I tried searches, I took the eMail address of a colleague and it returned 2 results, after a long "Searching…" message occurred.

I rebuilt my spotlight index, then deleted all envelope files, then rebuild the database. No dice.

I even deleted the whole /Library/Mail folder, and after all my iMap mails were downloaded, still same issue.

I'm using a Google Gsuite email imap account, and an iCloud one, same issue

Posted on Nov 13, 2020 6:38 AM

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fellow

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84 points

Posted on Nov 13, 2020 9:48 AM

Same issue, search fails every time. No results for any search.

Searching by sender, subject, all terms fails to produce even one result. Had to go to web iCloud interface to find messages from this week.

Come on Apple. Where is the excellence?

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Nov 17, 2020 7:50 AM in response to Glitchtracker

Same issue here...which isn't helpful at the moment with my current job search!

Nov 21, 2020 1:20 PM in response to Skizzwizz

I spoke too soon :-(

Everything was fine yesterday, but overnight Mail reverted to its old behavior. Searching messages is again a never-ending process.

Nov 25, 2020 11:18 PM in response to Yigal Arens

This (holding shift a few times, then rebooting) worked for me.

I also removed an old gmail account (that I was actually not using anymore) which was also suggested could be the problem.

Nov 25, 2020 11:49 PM in response to applemacdownunder

Unfortunately, these measures appear to offer only temporary respite. The problem returns a short while later.

Nov 26, 2020 12:14 PM in response to fellow

I did the same here which was advised by support but also only worked for around 2 hours. Come on Apple!

pixluser

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Nov 27, 2020 6:19 AM in response to Glitchtracker

Same here… mail is broken on big sur :/ how it's possible !

pablo273

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Nov 27, 2020 6:42 AM in response to Glitchtracker

Same issue, and when you start typing it does not recognize the list of previous senders o destinations, only those names that are in your contacts list