Mail Mac search doesn't respond

Hey Palamede,

The steps in the following guide usually help with the issue you're having: If searching doesn’t find the right emails in Mail on Mac - Apple Support

If searching doesn’t find the right emails in Mail on Mac

If you don’t get expected results when you search for email messages in the Mail app  on your Mac, try these suggestions.

• If one or more mailboxes are selected in the Mail sidebar or the  Favorites bar, Mail searches only those mailboxes. To search all mailboxes, click All Mailboxes in the sidebar.

• Mail may not be looking in the Trash or Junk mailboxes, or searching encrypted messages. To include them when searching all mailboxes, choose Mail > Settings, click General, then select the options.

• You may need to sync the mailboxes on your Mac with those on the Mail server. Choose Mailbox > Synchronize > [account].

• Mail may be excluded from Spotlight searching. To check, choose Apple menu  > System Settings, then click Siri & Spotlight  in the sidebar (you may need to scroll down). Go to Search Results on the right, then select the Mail & Messages checkbox, if not already selected.

• The Mail folder (located in your home Library folder) may be excluded from Spotlight searching. To check, choose Apple menu > System Settings, then click Siri & Spotlight in the sidebar (you may need to scroll down). Click Spotlight Privacy on the right, then if Mail is listed, select it and click the Remove button .

Let us know how it goes.

Take care!

No, you re not alone. I have the same issue. However, it did not happen right away after the update to Ventura but like 1 week after. I tried all the suggested solutions but nothing worked so far:

1. Restart the Mail App.

2. Restart Your Mac.

3. Remove and Add Your Account.

4. Rebuild Your Mailboxes

5. Boot in Safe Mode.

6. Rebuild Your Mail and Spotlight Indexes at Once

Pretty upsetting!

Latest Update fixes the issue as long as you restore your mailbox

Hi Palamede,

You mentioned this doesn't happen in a different user, meaning this is user specific on your MacBook Air. From here, you can contact Apple Support for further assistance. You can reach out with the following link: Contact - Official Apple Support

Best wishes.

I see on several websites several people having the same issue. Apple must come up with a solution here asap! It is a known issue and a complete disaster for my business workflow with 200,000 mails.

... even tried to delete all mailboxes and start a clean Mail... same. No search available and also marked /flagged mails are not shown when I click on a flag on the side bar.