I am using a macbook pro with OS 11.1 The search function inside of the Calendar app (version 11.0) does not work. No matter what I type (recent or old events — words that I know are on the calendar) the search function returns nothing.
Apple menu > System Preferences > Spotlight > Search Results > Events & Reminders checkbox in ON. All the checkboxes are ON.
Is there a way to reboot the Calendar apps search capability?
Ferd ll : I didn't know which folder to use in the way you suggest (adding to Privacy and then removing)
Do you know which is the right folder to use to rebuilt the Spotlight index for the Calendar app?
I tried putting the base HD folder into Spotlight's Privacy setting and then removing it, as you suggested. For some reason this did not instigate a rebuilding of the Spotlight index.
After that I tried using Terminal as follows, and that worked. The Spotlight index is rebuilding and now the Calendar search function works.
TERMINAL COMMANDS TO REBUILD SPOTLIGHT INDEX
• First, turn off indexing of files: sudo mdutil -a -i off
• Next, turn indexing back on: sudo mdutil -a -i on
I don't have a Big Sur installation so I can't display a screenshot, but you should be able to choose your Macintosh HD.
mpk-apple wrote:
I was hoping for a quicker, simpler solution.
Depending upon the size of your HD, I cannot predict the time it will take, but it should not be burdensome. Perhaps 5-10 minutes.
Oh. I see. To rebuild the index of the Calendar app, I need to rebuild the entire HD. I was hoping for a quicker, simpler solution.
Oh well.
Calendar Search Broken
