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Hello,
I have a problem with Outlook 2011 running on Mac OSX 10.7 Lion. Outlook works without one needed function, ie SEARCH.
The search script is simply disabled. The same scripts works well in 10.6.8. Any idea?
MacPro, Mac OS X (10.6.4)
Outlook 2011 is a very risky application
This technique worked for me on Mavericks - I had the same issue - no tasks displayed, followed this process and tasks reappeared. Thanks!
Hey,
If a solution worked for you, do share it. I'm facing a similar situation.
I just bought a new MBP and installed Outlook 2011. Everything works fine however, when I search for mails in Outlook it doesnt show up all the search results. I have to literally go through the entire list which is stupid..
Any inputs will be appreciated.
And that opinion is based on what?
Outlook requires that Spotlight indexing is on for the drive/partition it's database is on.
There's no need to use Terminal commands. Open the System Preferences and click on Spotlight. Click on the privacy tab. Drag and drop the icon for the drive into the right pane. That will immediately remove the existing index. Highlight the drive icon and click the minus button to remove it from the privacy field. A new index will be built.
After that, searching in Outlook should work.
It still doesnt work.. I try to search for a key work in the first mail that i see.. it doesnt bring that up in the search results..
Message was edited by: kapadia.ali
Have you tried reinstalling Office 2011? Have you applied all updates for Office?
Go to terminal
type
sudo mdutil -E /
this will reindex the Mac AND Outlook
I am not aware of anything that would make this not work.
Outlook mails are all stored in local files, just like Mail. The database contains the index of the mails etc, not the mails themselves.
If the above does not work, try rebuilding the Outlook Database. This is not as intrusive as it may sound.
Press down the Option key (between command and control) and while holding it click Outlook icon in the Dock. Click rebuild, the rest should be self-explanatory.
If this does not work, reply stating more install details. What Mac, what OS, what partitions etc.
Good luck!
this will reindex the Mac AND Outlook
The command doesn't index Outlook's database as a separate item. It just causes the OS to reindex the entire drive, which the Outlook data happens to be sitting on. Outlook accesses the same index as Spotlight to look for matching criteria.
You are correct that rebuilding the Outlook database itself with the Microsoft Database Utility could fix the problem.
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