LJCS-MacBook-Pro:~ ljcs$ sudo mdutil -i on /Volumes/ Macintosh\ HD 19:14:57.662 mdutil mdutil disabling Spotlight: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb -> kMDConfigSearchLevelFSSearchOnly Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb: (Indexing level may not be changed on volumes which have a Time Machine backup) 19:14:08.680 mdutil mdutil disabling Spotlight: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups -> kMDConfigSearchLevelFSSearchOnly 19:14:08.616 mdutil mdutil disabling Spotlight: / -> kMDConfigSearchLevelFSSearchOnlyĮrror: Index is already changing state. LJCS-MacBook-Pro:~ ljcs$ sudo mdutil -a -i off 19:13:41.112 mdutil mdutil disabling Spotlight: / -> kMDConfigSearchLevelFSSearchOnly LJCS-MacBook-Pro:~ ljcs$ sudo mdutil -E / The item couldn’t be added or removed because of an unknown error."Īccordingly, I cannot re-index the folder, and search is not working. Click ‘ Microsoft Outlook’ and then click ‘Advanced’ button. When I try to drag the 'Main Folder' to the Privacy Tab, the following message appears" Follow these steps to rebuild the Outlook Index and fix the Outlook search problem: In Outlook 2016, go to File > Options > Search. Note: You must perform this step for any additional profile folders you may have." Once added, remove the folder, and Spotlight will re-index the folder. Drag the 'Main Profile' folder to the Privacy tab.
~/library/Group Containers/UBFBT346G9.Office/Outlook/Outlook 15 Profiles/ĥ. Copy and paste the following location into the "Go to the folder:" dialog box and click Go: In Finder, On the Go menu click "Go to Folder. Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Spotlight.ģ.
#Unable to search in outlook on mac mac os#
I received the following instructions, from Outlook, which I carried out:įor Mac OS 10.14.4+, the solution to resolve the search issue is to re-index the Outlook profile folder using the steps below:ġ.