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User profile for user: SearchingOutlook2021Ventura
SearchingOutlook2021Ventura Author
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THis dos not seem to work in Ventura 13.2.1. Office for Mac 2021. MBP-M2-2023

So the work around on spotlight does not seem to be working. Does not seem to be reindexing my outlook folder.

Anyone else have any ideas. I have over 20k emails I need to search. Mac mail seems to be broken also. The "reindexing" option is not there in Ventura 13.2.1.

Apple sure has made a total *&^$$%^ mess of this.

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Posted on Feb 23, 2023 6:20 AM

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User profile for user: DerekM87
DerekM87
User level: Community Specialist

Feb 24, 2023 2:10 PM in response to SearchingOutlook2021Ventura

Hi SearchingOutlook2021Ventura,


If Spotlight is not indexing properly, we'd recommend looking through the tips here:


If that does not resolve the issue, rebuilding the index can help. In MacOS Ventura there have been some changes on how to do this, take a look at the steps below:


"macOS Ventura or later

  1. Choose Apple menu  > System Settings.
  2. Click Siri & Spotlight in the sidebar, then scroll down and click Spotlight Privacy on the right.
  3. Drag the disk or folder that you want to index again to the list of locations that Spotlight is prevented from searching. Or click the add button (+) and select the disk or folder to add.*
  4. Folder named Documents dragged into the Spotlight Privacy window

  6. From the same list of locations, select the disk or folder that you just added. Then click the remove button (–) to remove it from the list.
  7. Click Done, then quit System Settings. Spotlight will reindex the contents of the disk or folder. This can take some time, depending on the amount of information being indexed."


If the issue persists, contact Apple Support directly for additional help.


Take care.


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THis dos not seem to work in Ventura 13.2.1. Office for Mac 2021. MBP-M2-2023

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