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MacOS Big Sur Mail indexing

Has anyone experiences issues since upgrading to BigSur with searching. Im using my iCloud Email (actually @mac.com to be accurate). Searching for Email no longer works, and email VIP mailboxes get notified, however clicking on the folder doesn't nothing.


I'm assuming its an indexing issue, however I cant find a way to reindex the mailbox.


Any suggestions? Thank you in advance.


27" iMac Retina 5K 2017

Big Sur 11.0.1

Mail 14.0


and


MacBook Pro 2020

Big Sur 11.0.1

Mail 14.0





Posted on Nov 18, 2020 12:55 PM

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Posted on Nov 23, 2020 9:44 PM

Jeff,

I got an answer to my (and presumably, your) issue earlier today on the MacRumors forum, which blessedly appears to have fixed my problem... and it was a lot easier than the fix Apple Support gave to you.

I reposted it on this similar thread (https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252045190?answerId=253959059022) just a bit ago, but will also paste it below right now.


Cheers!

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1. Save your work and close all of your apps

2. Close Mail app

3. Hold the Shift key and open the Mail app

4. Close the Mail app (don't search or perform any other actions)

5. Hold the Shift key and open the Mail app (repeat of Step 3)

6. Close the Mail app (repeat of Step 4)

7. Restart your Mac

8. Open Mail app like you normally would

9. Try searching your mail

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