Search not working in Mail, and All Mailboxes has disappeared

I am reposting here (below) a question from SummitAndAndy, because it is identical to my question and they did not receive any useful answer. Currently Mail is of very little use to me because I cannot search for anything, and because there is no "All Mailboxes" option.


"In the last week the search option stopped working and at the same time all 'all mailboxes' disappeared. When I go into the + by favorites it shows as checked but is shaded out, so I can't select it." Posted on Jan 10, 2023 8:05 PM


I'd love an answer to this problem, so that I can work again.


Thanks.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Apr 30, 2023 2:59 AM

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Jun 19, 2023 6:51 PM in response to nls65sz

nls65sz wrote:

I am reposting here (below) a question from SummitAndAndy, because it is identical to my question and they did not receive any useful answer. Currently Mail is of very little use to me because I cannot search for anything, and because there is no "All Mailboxes" option.

"In the last week the search option stopped working and at the same time all 'all mailboxes' disappeared. When I go into the + by favorites it shows as checked but is shaded out, so I can't select it." Posted on Jan 10, 2023 8:05 PM

I'd love an answer to this problem, so that I can work again.

Thanks.


All inboxes you can add to Favorites— it is just a catch all





Mail search is using the Spotlight index—Verify your settings include Mail

>System Settings>Siri & Spotlight


You can rebuild the Spotlight index—


Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support


ref: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254628568





Jun 19, 2023 10:16 PM in response to leroydouglas

Well, at the time I posted I couldn't add All Inboxes to Favourites, because I'd already tried that. I'll check the Settings though, next time this happens - useful to know where the search is coming from.


In the meantime, however, the problem has gone away - no doubt not actually "by itself", but not because of anything I did consciously. Possibly an auto software update fixed it. Clearly it wasn't just me.

Search not working in Mail, and All Mailboxes has disappeared

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