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Search not working in Outlook 2019 since updating to Monterey 12.1 on the Mac
There appears from other sites to be a very widespread problem with search not working in Outlook - no results obtained in Monterey- since the latest OS update. Rebuilding spotlight does not work and...
I switched my Microsoft AutoUpdate to Beta Channel and upgraded to Outlook for Mac 16.58 (22010406). I figured out Search working again. Understanding running the beta is not a solution for everyone but could be one of workarounds.
- Hi, can You please Point how to switch to beta build?
1. Run Outlook
2. In the main menu, click on "Help" and then "Check For Updates"
3. Click on the "Advanced..." button
4. Change "Update Channel" to "Beta Channel"
5. Hit the "OK" button to confirm the disclaimers of running Beta versions
6. Then it will install an updated "Microsoft Update" utility to download all the beta versions of Office. Then run the Microsoft update and you are good to go.
Remember you are running beta versions which means they are not fully approved by Microsoft to run in a production environment. For me, I didn't care since the full versions were not working anyway - so no harm - no foul.
Good luck!- Thanks for your help, i am back on track again with this beta version.
Shall we leave the update channel on: Beta channel? Or put it back to " update chanel" ?
Or is there no harm done when approved update will com from Microsoft?
- Go to HELP on the Menu Bar. Then click on Check For Updates. Click on the ADVANCED button. Change the UPDATE CHANNEL from Current Channel to Beta Channel. Click Yes on the pop-up disclaimer. Hit the red button to go back to the Update window. It should now show 5 or 6 updates available. Now click on Update. And Outlook will download and have you exit Outlook and install the updates. The whole process was rather quick on my iMac Pro and MBP M1. Then try a search term. There may be a slight delay but it works! Fingers are crossed that it's stable. Seems fine so far.
- Worked for me too! I hope this is a stable beta build. Hopefully it will be released soon.
- Yep - that worked for me also. Thanks onokeigo! My outlook search is working again.
