Can't search in iCal

I can not search anything anymore in the Calendar app.

I use Monterey 12.0 on the new MBP 14".

Any tips?

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 12.0

Posted on Dec 2, 2021 3:12 AM

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Posted on Jan 19, 2022 7:05 AM

Ok, I found a workaround in some other thread and it worked for me: Rebuild the Spotlight Index


Apple already published this workaround for another issue and this procedure also rebuilds the calendar search index:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201716


Basically it works like this:

  • open System Preferences, then click Spotlight
  • click the Privacy tab
  • add the main harddisk of your Mac to the list of items which should be excluded from the indexing process.
  • close System Preferences
  • reboot the mac
  • then: do the same steps and remove the harddisk form the list
  • reboot the mac again and the rebuild the spotlight index process starts (internally)


As I understand, these steps "force" to rebuild the spotlight index which then includes the calendar entries.

The rebuild takes a while so don't expect to get search results immediately.


But this procedure worked for me!




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