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Hi running Outlook 16.79 on Mac Sonoma 14.0 (23A344) and search function doesn't work at all. Any tips would be much appreciated, thanks
Using older versions of Outlook for Mac in business environments
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The suggested solution which worked for me is this 11 Jan 2024 reply by 3zabb:
The key insight in this suggestion was to:
What worked for me is just switching back to legacy, and then back to the new outlook version.
There's no "Check for Updates" under Help....
I don't see preferences... i just have settings... and it doesn't show search...
THANK YOU P Kaufman! I got a new Mac and used Migration Assistant to move everything off an old Mac. Outlook started up normally and seemed to work fine, except for Search not working (as everyone in this chain is experiencing). If you have a new Mac situation like mine, this worked great (note it does take some time to rebuild Spotlight but I started seeing search results about 30 minutes later):
HERE IS WHAT WORKED:
I went to SYSTEM SETTINGS/Siri and Spotlight/Spotlight Privacy (way down at the bottom), There I chose to exclude "Macintosh HD" (my internal SSD) and restarted the computer. I then removed "Macintosh HD" from the exclusion list and again restarted the computer. It's all good now.