Apple mail stuck on indexing. Spotlight on Mail does not work.

For last couple of weeks I have problem with mail on my mac - spotlight function. It just doesn't work at all. After typing any type of information from name, address, mail subject up to the random names. I found possible solutions on the internet, there are what I already tried:


  • Putting mac on a safe mode
  • Updating to the newest os version. (OS Sonoma)
  • Rebuilding all mailboxes
  • Manually delating mail files form the library
  • Unchecking mail form spotlight - shutting down computer - recheck.


Nothing works, after some of those action spotlight works for just one search...


Please help.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 14.0

Posted on Oct 25, 2023 3:49 PM

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Oct 26, 2023 6:51 AM in response to antoni173

antoni173 wrote:

• For last couple of weeks I have problem with mail on my mac - spotlight function. It just doesn't work at all. After typing any type of information from name, address, mail subject up to the random names. I found possible solutions on the internet, there are what I already tried:

Putting mac on a safe mode
• Updating to the newest os version. (OS Sonoma)
• Rebuilding all mailboxes
• Manually delating mail files form the library
• Unchecking mail form spotlight - shutting down computer - recheck.

Nothing works, after some of those action spotlight works for just one search...

Please help.




Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac

Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support


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