Outlook MAC search not working on Monterey

Anonymous
2021-11-11T08:07:33+00:00

I have a new MBP M1, with fresh Monterey. I moved my data with the assistant from the old MBP, I have all the letters in Outlook (v15.46), but search in Outlook not works, it gives a "No results found" message in all folders. Old methods for reindex Spotlight is not working (eg. add and remove Main Profile to Spotlight). How can I solve this problem? Thanks

Today I deleted the Main Profile, remove all mail accounts, and made a new profile, and add a mail address. But the search still not works.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-10-09T20:08:12+00:00

    I carried out all of the techniques in the thread.

    Not sure if they contributed to resolving the issue but I installed the new Mac OS and that seems to have worked.

    On Beta updates for Mac. Installed Ventura 13.8

    Hope this helps.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-09-16T10:25:52+00:00

    YAY!!!!!

    This also worked for me

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-08-19T15:18:50+00:00

    Excellent advice, thanks a million!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-08-02T22:05:44+00:00

    All,

    I found a better, simple, and easy solution. I opened the native Mail app in Mac OS Monterey 12.5, configured my Outlook account in Settings, and let the emails to download. After a few hours, I was able to use the Search tool in Outlook as I used to do it before I migrated to my new MacBook Pro M1.

    I hope you find this useful.

    Best,

    Marco

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-07-20T09:39:31+00:00

    So what fixed it for me, is something someone suggested several pages ago. I dragged the main disk icon to the Privacy tab in spotlight, closed the preferences window, opened it again and then removed the disk from there. After that it started to index and within about 30 mins to an hour I was getting SOME search responses and the next morning it was working perfectly.

    I had previously tried just moving the profile folder, but that did not work. I can only guess that there are files somewhere else in the disk that needed indexing.

    So the trick, for me, was to have spotlight reindex the whole disk.

    And now I have search results in Outlook in Mac Monterey

    I'd be really grateful for your help.

    You say:

    • I dragged the main disk icon (what's that? where?)
    • to the Privacy tab in spotlight (what's that? where?),
    • closed the preferences window, opened it again and then removed the disk from there (I don't understand, "removed the disk"? please could you help me on this one).

    I am SO angry. I spend a fortune on a new macbook with Monterey 12.3, I pay for Outlook for Mac 16.63, and I expect these things to work. I'm a normal, working, intelligent person but not a tekkie. Why should I have to waste my valuable time resolving these issue?

    So grateful for an idiots guide on how to resolve this one. I really need to be able to search in Outlook to find emails quickly.

    Thanks a million!!!

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