Spotlight search not working

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The spotlight search on the Mac id not working as well as the search on the outlook app.

MacBook Pro (2017 – 2020)

Posted on Mar 21, 2023 10:14 PM

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Posted on Mar 22, 2023 3:25 AM

In System Preferences->Spotlight, make sure that all the relevant types of information are checked.


If they are checked, and search still does not work, you may try to force Spotlight to reindex your drive.


In Terminal, type


sudo mdutil -E /


type your password as requested (there is no feedback as type), and press enter.

Give it some time to reindex.

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Mar 22, 2023 3:25 AM in response to Mercy1V

In System Preferences->Spotlight, make sure that all the relevant types of information are checked.


If they are checked, and search still does not work, you may try to force Spotlight to reindex your drive.


In Terminal, type


sudo mdutil -E /


type your password as requested (there is no feedback as type), and press enter.

Give it some time to reindex.

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