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Outlook for Mac 2019 - Search not working :-(
Yep - exactly the same happened to me. Bought a new Mac, migrated using TimeMachine, and now Search in Outlook 365 has stopped working. I've tried everything on this page
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2741535/outlook-for-mac-search-returns-no-results-and-task-items-are-not-displ
Nothing works.
This is very frustrating. If you find out how to fix it I'd be most grateful. Everything still working on my MacMini no problem.
This is exactly what led me here. I had outlook 16 on my previous Mac for the past 2-3 years and never had an issue with indexing. new Mac this week and no matter what I do, it wont utilize Spotlight's indexing.
I rebuilt the database in case it was corrupted in the migration, that didn't work. Finally had enough and totally deleted the O365 suite and all the supporting folders/files and reinstalled from scratch- same issue. If you were able to resolve it I would love to hear how. Outlook without search I've learned is very close to useless.
I had to call MS support and pay for help. It took 2 sessions to get someone who knew Macs and finally it was a fairly simple solution. But I don't know what they did. Call and ask for support even if you pay $40 or so it's worth it. Joe
- I was able to get it working by the solution suggested in this thread.
