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
    2022-06-23T10:08:57+00:00

    Resarch on my new MacBook Pro M1 doesn't work either. I have try all steps of reindexation of my Spotlight but still doesn't work. Still it works on new Outlook version but this new outlook version doesn't propose "acknowledgment of receipt" function neither "read receipt" .... Nobody knows how to fix this problem ...

    Has anybody find a solution since ?

    Many thanks to you all

    Regards

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-05-30T15:49:22+00:00

    Good to hear that at least Outlook is back for you.

    For Mail, I'll assume this is checked:

    Here's something else...

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-05-28T21:27:55+00:00

    Sorry for the repeated posts, but unfortunately after letting the Outlook reindexing run all night, the search feature still didn't work. I ended up calling Apple for help and because search wasn't working on Apple Mail either, they were willing to work with me. It ended up requiring me to re-index my entire hard drive, which we did by adding the hard drive into Spotlight/Privacy and then deleting it again. Within 90 min, the search feature in Outlook was working again (but ironically, the search in Mail still didn't work properly). In case it helps anyone else...

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-05-28T01:38:20+00:00

    That's great that you found your own pixie dust! The ol' Restart can do good things. Yes, it goes up and down. Good that you can leave overnight. Hoping all comes back tomorrow!! *Also, no it didn't disappear from its location when I dragged it into the Privacy area. Sending Tinker Bell your way.=)

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-05-28T00:37:27+00:00

    Follow up from the post above - I carried your pixie dust to a farther extreme and restarted the computer after I added the Outlook Profile folder to the Spotlight/Privacy box before I tried deleting it. This seemed to do the trick...I can now see mdworker process taking up anywhere from 0-12% of my CPU. But there are clearly times when it goes from a high % CPU usage to nothing. I'll follow your lead and let it run overnight. Like you, I have 15+ years of emails for it to sort through.

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