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Mail search problem

Sometimes i can not make searching in mail app on may MacBook Air. This problem started with macOS big sur. I wrote something at search box in mail app and it started to searching but could not find anything. if i let it to search 5 or 20 minutes, suddenly it complete the searching and found. I don't understand what it is the problem.


Has anybody a suggestion?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.5

Posted on Sep 5, 2021 7:45 AM

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Posted on Sep 5, 2021 4:32 PM

Hi Alabur,

Welcome to the Apple Community,

where some of us do our best to help each other troubleshoot.


Big Sur was a major upgrade, resulting in quite a learning curve for many of us.


In the latest Mail app:

you can be quite selective about which folders you search,

which may be quicker than making it a huge search through many folders and files.


Apple Support have an article to help:

Search for emails in Mail on Mac:

https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/mail/mlhlp1003/mac


All the best :-)


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Sep 5, 2021 4:32 PM in response to Alabur

Hi Alabur,

Welcome to the Apple Community,

where some of us do our best to help each other troubleshoot.


Big Sur was a major upgrade, resulting in quite a learning curve for many of us.


In the latest Mail app:

you can be quite selective about which folders you search,

which may be quicker than making it a huge search through many folders and files.


Apple Support have an article to help:

Search for emails in Mail on Mac:

https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/mail/mlhlp1003/mac


All the best :-)


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