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andrein96
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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...
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rbeckoff
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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,

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Robert_Dashiell
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Aug 07, 2023
Did you find out what it meant or how to fix?
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    jemullen
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 06, 2023

    That sequence (sudo mdutil -a -i off and sudo mdutil -a -i on) are commands for Apple's Terminal utility. Entering those commands in Terminal will tell your computer to shut off Spotlight and then turn it back on, essentially rebooting your computer's indexing function. Copy/paste/press enter those commands into Terminal one at a time. You can find Terminal by doing a spotlight search for it. 

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    orefalo
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    Aug 08, 2023

    Robert_Dashiell I am out out of context?

     

    Define "it"?

     

    1. Open terminal

    2. put the commands above

    3. you may have to input the admin password

    4. Spotlight (the mac content indexer) will reset and reindex your drive, properly picking up the outlook folder this time around.

     

    Why is this so complicated?

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