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search not working in calendar

Currently using Macbook Air 2013 and built in search for Calendar returns zero results everytime. What steps can I try?

MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Sep 28, 2013 12:17 PM

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Sep 28, 2013 1:34 PM in response to EBsolar

If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.


I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, they may not work as described.

Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:

syslog -k Sender mdworker -o -k Sender mds | grep -v boxd | tail | open -ef

Copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C).


Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:


☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)


☞ In the Finder, select Go Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.


☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.


Paste into the Terminal window (command-V).


The command may take a noticeable amount of time to run. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign (“$”) to appear.


A TextEdit window will open with the output of the command. If the command produced no output, the window will be empty. Post the contents of the TextEdit window (not the Terminal window), if any — the text, please, not a screenshot. The title of the window doesn't matter, and you don't need to post that.


If any personal information appears in the output, anonymize before posting, but don’t remove the context.

Sep 29, 2013 9:02 AM in response to Linc Davis

Linc, here is the output


Sep 28 13:15:22 CDA-MLI-26 mds[58] <Error>: (Error) Server: Disabled store registered for scope "/Users/ebxxxxxx"

Sep 28 13:39:36 CDA-MLI-26 mds[58] <Error>: (Normal) FMW: FMW 0 0

Sep 28 13:57:04 CDA-MLI-26 mds[68] <Error>: (Normal) FMW: FMW 0 0

Sep 28 13:59:44 CDA-MLI-26 mds[50] <Error>: (Normal) FMW: FMW 0 0

Sep 28 14:21:52 CDA-MLI-26 mds[68] <Error>: (Normal) FMW: FMW 0 0

Sep 28 21:28:08 CDA-MLI-26 mds[60] <Error>: (Normal) FMW: FMW 0 0

Sep 28 21:35:36 CDA-MLI-26 mds[57] <Error>: (Normal) FMW: FMW 0 0

Sep 28 22:33:47 CDA-MLI-26 mds[57] <Error>: (Warning) Server: No stores registered for metascope "kMDQueryScopeComputerIndexed"

--- last message repeated 3 times ---

Sep 29 08:51:07 CDA-MLI-26 mds[58] <Error>: (Normal) FMW: FMW 0 0

Sep 29, 2013 11:57 AM in response to EBsolar

Quit Calendar. Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:

~/Library/Calendars/Calendar Cache


Right-click or control-click the highlighted line and select
Services ▹ Reveal

from the contextual menu.* A Finder window should open with a file named "Calendar Cache" selected.

Move the selected file to the Trash. There may be one or two other files in the same folder with names that begin in "Calendar Cache". If so, delete those files too.

*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard ( command-C). In the Finder, select

Go Go to Folder...

from the menu bar, paste into the box that opens (command-V). You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.

Oct 14, 2015 2:32 PM in response to Linc Davis

I also have tried all of the above suggestions and still Calendar 8.0 search will not work. This is what my terminal output reads when following your previous instructions:


Oct 13 21:54:49 xxxxxxxxxx-iMac mdworker[1119] <Error>: (ImportBailout.Error:1325) Asked to exit for Diskarb

Oct 13 21:54:49 xxxxxxxxxx-iMac mdworker[1116] <Error>: (ImportBailout.Error:1325) Asked to exit for Diskarb

Oct 13 21:54:49 xxxxxxxxxx-iMac mdworker[1156] <Error>: (ImportBailout.Error:1325) Asked to exit for Diskarb

Oct 13 21:54:49 xxxxxxxxxx-iMac mdworker[1158] <Error>: (ImportBailout.Error:1325) Asked to exit for Diskarb

Oct 14 14:05:56 xxxxxxxxxx-iMac mds[61] <Error>: (ImportServer.Normal:1808) UseBulkImporter 0 ForceBulkImporter 0

Oct 14 14:05:56 xxxxxxxxxx-iMac mds[61] <Error>: (FMW.Normal:1428) FMW 0 0

Oct 14 14:05:56 xxxxxxxxxx-iMac mds[61] <Error>: (Volume.Normal:2464) volume:0x7ff6ba034000 ********** Bootstrapped Creating a default store:0 SpotLoc:(null) SpotVerLoc:(null) occlude:0 /Volumes/Recovery HD

Oct 14 14:05:56 xxxxxxxxxx-iMac mds[61] <Error>: (Server.Warning:445) No stores registered for metascope "kMDQueryScopeComputer"

Oct 14 14:07:15 xxxxxxxxxx-iMac mds[61] <Error>: (Volume.Normal:2464) volume:0x7ff6ba87e000 ********** Bootstrapped Creating a default store:0 SpotLoc:(null) SpotVerLoc:(null) occlude:0 /Volumes/Data

Oct 14 14:10:01 xxxxxxxxxx-iMac mds[61] <Error>: (Volume.Normal:2464) volume:0x7ff6ba971000 ********** Bootstrapped Creating a default store:0 SpotLoc:(null) SpotVerLoc:(null) occlude:0 /Volumes/firmwaresyncd.TeUtNg


Any advice would be truly appreciated!

Oct 14, 2015 4:18 PM in response to Fashbiz

I ended up resolving the problem. In an attempt to speed up my mac I deleted the contents of my "Preferences" folder earlier (after which the search stopped working). I thought to go back in Time Machine and restore that original folder and since restoring, the Calendar search feature is working properly again. Thanks anyway!

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