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Copper Contributor

Jan 16, 2023

Search on Outlook Mac doesn't work - Ventura 13.1

Dear Community, I was migrating from an old MacBook Pro M1 to a new Macbook Pro 14 m1 pro. My outlook search stopped working. I've tried everything from checking spotlight privacy settings t...

Copper Contributor

May 24, 2023

I have the same issue. I tried all resolutions I could find including reinstalling the software and reindexing

This is VERY VERY annoying.

I used the migration assistant to move my data.

Copper Contributor

Jun 17, 2023

I used Time Machine to migrate my data to a new macbook pro and I can not search in Outlook.

I've gone through numerous steps to solve the issue but it remains unresolved.

I can't work without this search tool. Microsoft please assist with providing a solution.

orefalo
Copper Contributor
Jun 19, 2023
lissa42

I have since found this solution to this problem.

Outlook not indexing/searching

sudo mdutil -a -i off
sudo mdutil -a -i on

Will solve your problem,
sincerely,
- lissa42
  Copper Contributor
  Jul 12, 2023
  This did work for me. Thank you orefalo .
  
  I went to Applications/ Utilities/ Terminal then put in the commands.
- rbeckoff
  Copper Contributor
  Jul 12, 2023
  orefalo
  
  I am having the same problem.
  What does tis mean:
  sudo mdutil -a -i off
  sudo mdutil -a -i on
  
  Thanks,
  - Robert_Dashiell
    Copper Contributor
    Aug 07, 2023
    Did you find out what it meant or how to fix?
- MarkWesselingArborEDU
  Copper Contributor
  Jun 28, 2023
  orefalo,
  Thanks! Your solution took care of the problem on my Mac running on Ventura 13.4.1. It took a little while to run, as search results didn't start appearing until about 15 minutes after the 2nd command completed.
  - rbeckoff
    Copper Contributor
    Jul 12, 2023
    Hi Mark,
    
    Could you please tell me how to do this? Thanks,

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