My "smart" mailboxes gave up the ghost two weeks ago. They are suddenly empty. I deleted and recreated the one that matters most, clicked Rebuild on key folders and the smart box itself, all to no avail. They continue to exist and work correctly on iPhone and iPad. I'm guessing it's about iCloud, but I make little use of that, and I cannot fix it.
System 10.13.6 on late 2011 macbook pro.
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.13
BTW, the one I care about is "Unread messages" which is defined in the system.
Try reinstalling this in Safe Mode, but not using Firefox...
https://itunes.apple.com/app/macos-high-sierra/id1246284741?mt=12
Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at startup).
If need be...
Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode?
Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches & loads safe Drivers, & prevents loading of 3rd party extensions, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.
Open Terminal and run each of these...
sudo mdutil -E /
This basically asks for temporary super user status, which is why Terminal may ask you for your password (it may not if you’ve used a sudo command recently or are already logged in as a super user or root. The command asks the unix tool mdutil to reindex the spotlight database for everything on the computer, including external drives, mounted disk images, etc. To re-index only for a specific drive, use the /Volumes path. For example, for an external drive named “MiniMe,” the command would look like this:
sudo mdutil -i on /
Rebuilding a drive index can take a long time, so be prepared to wait whether you do it through the System Preference panel or the command line.
Smart mailboxes broken
