Once again I am faced with a problem that has been plaguing me for 2 OS's now.
My Mail Smart Mailbox for Unread doesn't work.
I get mail in the other mailboxes, but it doesn't divert them to the Unread for quick collation of new mail.
Also, there is no badge indicator on the Mail App in the dock of unread emails.
Am I missing something, is there a fix?
Help!!
iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9), Magic Mouse, Wireless keyboard
I am assuming this will have the same resolution as my High Sierra issue.
Simply look up MDS in activity viewer and force quit.
Restart Mail, the Smart Nailbox works properly again.
I am assuming this will have the same resolution as my High Sierra issue.
Simply look up MDS in activity viewer and force quit.
Restart Mail, the Smart Nailbox works properly again.
As an update, I have noticed while using that iCloud email does not appear in the unread folder, even if unread.
Plus Gmail is having issues with emails appearing in Unread. It indicates they are there, but no thread, just the number in the sidebar.
No help,
but cry for help.
My Mail smart mailboxes also do not work. Even after reindexing and rebuilding the real mailboxes, smart mailboxes simply do not work.
I removed all smart mailboxes and created new one, nothing.
MBP 15 inch retina 2013.
None of my smart mailboxes work either since I installed Yosemite. Thank you apple.
Remember Apple isn't here, just other users like yourself. Boot into the Recovery volume (boot with the Command + R keys held down), select Disk Utility and repair both the disk permissions and disk. Reboot normally and check Mail again.
If that fails reboot into the Recovery volume and reinstall the system.
Thank you OT, that worked, back on track.
OK,
I have a solution which fixed everything. Related to Spotlight operations...
Apparently, Mail.app is using Spotlight for indexing (since Mavericks) and if Spotlight is not running on your drive with Mail data, no smart folders stuff (and other issues)...
I checked using MacPilot and Spotlight was not running on my main drive. I tried adding and removing the drive from Privacy window in Spotlight preferences, nothing. Even MacPilot was unable to re-enable the Spotlight there. Hm, weird. So I went the command line route and found:
Turns out, somehow during installation and migration of my user data onto the drive, this happended:
... I reexamined the directory listing for
and found a hidden file /
in the root directory. I removed this file and was able to turn spotlight on again with .metadata_never_index
on mdutil -i
./
As said, I removed the .metadata_never_index - you need to be root for that and even use sudo:
bash-3.2$ cd ./
bash-3.2$ sudo rm .metadata_never_index
And my Smart folders are miraculously up and running... And Spotlight is actually more useful now also :-)
Thanks,
This solved my problem,
jdb
Did you have to reinstall the system or was repairing the disk permissions enough?
Just restarted using Command +R and then opened with Disk Utility. Clicked on Repair Permissions and after completion restarted. Smart Mailboxes and Spotlight now working as normal.
Thanks again. BTW I don't see where to click on "This Answered My QUESTION" so that you could get the credit you deserve.
jdb38
Not important. Only the originator of the topic can assign the points.
Thank you. Your suggestion worked and my mails are back on track.
Might is still not working properly!!!
I just wanted to add this image to show the issue that occurs.
You will see that the notification appears on the left for the actual account (Gmail in this instance), in Archive as Gmail archives messages, and Unread.
Now both images are from Gmail emails that have turned up in my Inbox. One doesn't show in the next column, which is a list of Unread messages, and the second one does.
The fact it's from the same account, means it can't be the account creating the issue and must be an OS issue
Any clearer on a solution?
Thanks in advance
Have you tried rebuilding all of you mailboxes?
Smart Mail box not working Yosemite
