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

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Bob Braxton Replied on June 22, 2023

I have the same problem within Outlook for Mac using Ventura but found the search function works in "New Outlook" but doesn't if not in New Outlook. So annoying as I prefer the old version...

Perfect. I have only a primitive knowledge of tech but this was easy and effective. Thanks!

Same issue. I contacted support directly from Outlook and got this answer. The solution worked for me!! (I have a Macbook Pro M2 Chip)

Outlook Support:

I will be glad to assist you. With regards to the search issue, let's run a couple of commands on Terminal to manually initiate indexing and check if that helps:

Open Finder and go to Applications - Utilities - Terminal and type the following commands (Press Enter after typing each command).sudo mdutil -a -i offsudo mdutil -a -i onNote: When prompted for a password, please type the Mac user password. This would be invisible. Please type the same and hit enter.Once done, restart the mac computer and wait for about an hour and check for the behavior.Please try and let us know the Outcome. Thank you.

I was on the phone with technical support staff for over four hours yesterday with the same problem. They were unable to solve it.

This solution worked for me in a few minutes.

From now on I will Google the problem online first before initiating a chat with their technical support staff.

Microsoft should keep their technical support staff up to date about solutions to common problems. Otherwise it's a frustrating waste of time to both the service staff and the Mac user.

This right here is the solution. I searched for weeks and nothing worked. But this simple steps worked for me.

Thanks for sharing!!