Hi, after installing Tahoe, the search in the Mail app stopped working correctly - did not find any of the new emails or find some of the newer, but not all. I tried rebuilding, which took a few days, restarting the app, restarting the Mac, but none of it helped. Now I have Tahoe 26.0.1 (25A362) and the problem is still the same.
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 26.0
I found a solution which now works for me!
Apple changed this in macOS Tahoe. Mail now searches only the current folder by default.
To search your entire mailbox again:
Once you do this, Mail will remember the setting and use global search from now on.
If you can’t see Search in, turn on the Favourites Bar:
View → Show Favourites Bar (at the bottom of the menu).
Same issue. Moreover, all my flagged emails do not show anymore.
What a mess.
same issue, search is not working anymore as expected. Must do search on all mailboxes now
Agree. I found a workaround, see above, but I also forgot to use it at times.
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thanks. I am still fascinated that this roblem is here for such a long time and Apple just does not do anything about it.
This bug is so annoying!!
But your workaround with creating a New Smart Mailbox set to Message is read seems to work :)
Thank you! It's good for now – however really hope Apple will fix this asap!
I am having the same problem since upgrading to Tahoe a few days ago. This is very frustrating considering it seems to be an open issue that's been around for a while.
Hero! Thank you!
Search in Mail app after installing Tahoe not working correctly
