Yosemite Mail is unable to list search results.

This command resolved my issue too!

Thanks

This fixed my issues with both mail and the calendar. THANK YOU!

This indeed works and brings back the search option in mail and spotlight, because neither of them worked before.

Thanks a million. Another day saved. 🙂

That's not working for me - can someone screen shot this fix to be sure i'm doing it right?

Seriously Apple, fix this...

Hi,

Close Mail, open Terminal and copy/paste the posted line into the Terminal window. You will be asked to enter a Master Password without seeing your entry. If you entered it correctly, the command line will be empty again. Then restart your computer and start mail.

paste the posted line from andreyfromekaterinburgor or the one from the first page of this thread?

Yes, exactly. The line Re: Yosemite Mail is unable to list search results. posted. sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.security.appsandbox UnrestrictSpotlightContainerScope -bool true

@andreyfromekaterinburg I would like to try what you are suggesting, just not exactly sure what youare suggesting. Let me know if I have the steps right

1. opened a new finder window
2. Selected Go to Folder and Pasted /Library/Preferences
3. located com.apple.security.appsandbox
4. Opened it in TextEdit
5. Located the line "UnrestrictSpotlightContainerScope"
6. Change from:

<dict>

<key>UnrestrictSpotlightContainerScope</key>

<true/>

</dict>

To

<dict>

<key>UnrestrictSpotlightContainerScope -bool true</key>

<true/>

</dict>

Is that about it?

Just want to make sure. I have absolutely no idea what I am mucking with were, just want my mail filter/search to work again.

Thanks

@stantonfrombrooklin, all six steps is wrong.

i'm suggest:

1. open new Terminal window by launching Terminal application
2. In opened window, execute the command: sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.security.appsandbox UnrestrictSpotlightContainerScope -bool true

In my case this helps because no file ( lost, removed, etc. ) named /Library/Preferences/com.apple.security.appsandbox.plist and this command creates the file with correct content.

You need to try other methods to resolve the problem ( reindexing spotlight database, recreate message indexes in Mail, etc.) look other suggestions.

Thanks. Glad I asked :-)

This seems to work for me also. Thank you.

You ARE the man...worked great!

WOW! WORKED FOR ME!

SUPER

GREAT

THANKS!

I was spending months to get rid of this problem!

Thank you so much!!!! after a lot of suffering and trying it worked!!!!