After I downloaded the Mac Ventura OS, my Outlook is not searching email. Advice?

Anonymous
2022-11-08T05:36:03+00:00

I recently downloaded the new Mac Ventura OS. Now my Outlook won't search email folders for the two weeks since I downloaded the OS. I deleted all the Office 365 files then downloaded a new batch. Problem persists. Unfortunately, I can't find advice specific to the Ventura OS.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-02-09T22:53:25+00:00

    Thanks! I've run into this issue twice on 2 new Macs (with Ventura OS) and stopping and starting the spotlight index has fixed it.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-02-08T06:37:05+00:00

    Yep the TERMINAL solution worked to stop/start mdutil.

    I got preboot errors too...but it still worked not too long after a reboot.

    My Monterey machine that I setup after getting my new Ventura MBP 14" showed the same issues, but I expect the fix will work there too.

    Also helps that my Tasks are reappearing again since that seems Spotlight dependent showing only the categories you pick.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-02-07T22:02:54+00:00

    This is the same as suddetuned's reply with a bit more detail. It worked for me quickly and easily bit it is exact.

    I also noticed that it may make a difference if you are using a hosted exchange (ie. Office 365) or Microsoft 365 as an individual consumer application. These are not identical and have different login and other functions. In my case, it is a hosted exchange that provides Office tools.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-02-07T21:57:38+00:00

    Never mind; I was too impatient; I'm now getting search results!

    So follow instructions and give it an hour to brew, that worked for me.

    Thank you!!

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-02-07T21:48:33+00:00

    It didn't help me either, v16.69.1. I have tried:

    1. Rebuilding Spotlight index in 3 different ways, incl. the one presented here
    2. Deleting my profile and creating a new

    Noteworthy, my user privileges are "standard", I only use my "admin" account when needed. Could it be related to whether your account is standard or admin?

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