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Mac Mail search takes forever

Is anyone else having trouble searching Mac mail? It takes forever for results when typing a sender or topic in the search box, to the point that it's useless. This has been going on for a long time. I have Big Sur 11.6 and all updates are current.

MacBook Air

Posted on Oct 10, 2021 5:06 AM

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Posted on Oct 10, 2021 7:46 AM

charsol wrote:

Is anyone else having trouble searching Mac mail? It takes forever for results when typing a sender or topic in the search box, to the point that it's useless. This has been going on for a long time. I have Big Sur 11.6 and all updates are current.


You can do a quick SafeBoot to clear system caches, reboot as normal—


then Rebuild the Spotlight —

Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support


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Oct 10, 2021 7:46 AM in response to charsol

charsol wrote:

Is anyone else having trouble searching Mac mail? It takes forever for results when typing a sender or topic in the search box, to the point that it's useless. This has been going on for a long time. I have Big Sur 11.6 and all updates are current.


You can do a quick SafeBoot to clear system caches, reboot as normal—


then Rebuild the Spotlight —

Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support


Mac Mail search takes forever

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