Search function not working in Calendar and Mail

The Search function has stopped working for me in Calendar and Mail. It actually stopped working in Monterey but try as I could I couldn’t find a solution so I was hoping my upgrading to Ventura would fix the problem. It hasn’t. Not having the search functionality in these apps is extremely frustrating.


The Problem: Entering search criteria (anything at all, actually) in the Calendar or Mail search box yields no results.


The Situation: 27” 2017 iMac, Ventura 13.4


Actions Taken at Various Times:


1. Settings/Siri & Spotlight: All boxes are checked; Spotlight Privacy contains only one location (Time Machine drive)


2. Shut down and restarted Mac multiple times


3. Relaunched Mail and Calendar multiple times


4. Disabled and re-enabled my Mail account


5. Rebuilt Spotlight index multiple times for Calendar and Mail as per Apple Support instructions


6. Relaunched Mail by holding down the Shift key


7. Booted into Safe Mode where search still doesn't not work


8. Reinstalled Ventura


Can anyone suggest anything new I might try?

iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 13.4

Posted on Jun 3, 2023 2:39 PM

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Posted on Jun 4, 2023 1:58 AM

Hi there!


See if using Mail and Calendar's search function works properly while using a new user account on your Mac. To add a user account, take a look at Add a user or group on Mac - Apple Support.


From this new user account, you'll need to add your Internet Accounts again for Mail and Calendar. This article should help with that: Use your internet accounts on Mac - Apple Support.


Let us know the results of this test!


-Jack

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Jun 4, 2023 1:58 AM in response to mandoskier

Hi there!


See if using Mail and Calendar's search function works properly while using a new user account on your Mac. To add a user account, take a look at Add a user or group on Mac - Apple Support.


From this new user account, you'll need to add your Internet Accounts again for Mail and Calendar. This article should help with that: Use your internet accounts on Mac - Apple Support.


Let us know the results of this test!


-Jack

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