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

After a lot of searching, this is the one that worked for me. Thanks for posting it.

This Error is normal if using the Method used in first Post.

After you have entered:

sudo mdutil -a -i on

Restart

First let indexing complete:

Checking Indexing Status open Spotlight ( cmd + space ) type indexing:

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Then:

There is another issue we can fix when have applied this Method.

As i do not really know if the indexing status of the /System/Volumes/Preboot is important it is indexed when having Ventura installed originally.

To fix that Issue:

Open Finder and go to Applications - Utilities - Terminal and type the following commands (Press Enter after typing command).sudo mdutil -X /System/Volumes/PrebootNote: 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.

Control with:

sudo mdutil -sa

this solution is not working for me.

/System/Volumes/Preboot:

Error: invalid operation.

Error: unknown indexing state.

MacBook Pro

Apple M2 Max

macOS Ventura 13.2.1

Outlook for Mac 16.71.2

I upgraded Outlook regretfully hoping it would solve the issue. Please advise solution as without search it is useless to me.

thanks in advance

PERFECT... Thank you!!! Worked a dreamm

I had exactly the same symptoms and your solution worked perfectly - thank you so much...