I have a text string going with a friend yet when I search on my macbook it does not find it. If I go to their contact and click on the message icon in their contact the conversation comes up so i know it still exist.
MacBook Air, macOS 26.2
Is Spotlight permitted to read your messages?
Check System Settings -> Spotlight and you can see a list of apps/content that Spotlight is 'allowed' to see and include in searches:
Is Spotlight permitted to read your messages?
Check System Settings -> Spotlight and you can see a list of apps/content that Spotlight is 'allowed' to see and include in searches:
Thank you very much for the quick reply. I did as you suggested and VERIFIED that Spotlight was turned on. If it means anything, if I go to a person's contact and click on the message icon, the string with them comes up and then subsequent searches find the thread.
I can duplicate this problem of not being able to search and find conversations for some names but NOT ALL.
MacBook search not finding Messages conversation
