The search function stopped to work through all native apps, like Spotlight, Mail, System settings and Finder to name a few. Rebuilding the index through the Settings does not help at all. What are the other options to fix it?
MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 13.0
Hello MadeInCartel,
Are you not receiving any results at all when using Spotlight?
This page can help out with searches giving unexpected results: If searching your Mac returns unexpected results - Apple Support
Check settings in Siri & Spotlight settings
• You may have excluded items from Spotlight searches. To check, choose Apple menu> System Settings, then click Siri & Spotlight
in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.) In “Search results” on the right, items whose checkboxes aren’t selected aren’t included in search results.
• You may have excluded certain folders or disks from Spotlight searches. To check, choose Apple menu > System Settings, click Siri & Spotlight
•You may have turned off Location Services for Siri Suggestions. See Turn off Siri Suggestions for Spotlight.
For more information about Spotlight settings, see Change Siri & Spotlight settings.
This page can also help to ensure things haven't been excluded from the results: Change Siri & Spotlight settings on Mac - Apple Support
Exclude locations from Spotlight searches:
To exclude a location from Spotlight searches, click the Add button, then select a folder or disk. You can also drag folders or disks into the list.
To include a location in Spotlight searches again, select the folder or disk in the list, then click the Remove button.
If you exclude a Time Machine backup disk, you continue to receive messages that Spotlight is indexing it. This indexing is necessary for Time Machine to function properly and can’t be disabled. Spotlight does exclude from searches items stored on the backup disk that aren’t part of a Time Machine backup.
Cheers.
Hey MadeInCartel,
Thank you for using the Apple Support Community. Due to the nature of your issue, you may find more information by contacting Apple Support directly using the link below.
Take care.
Hi!
thanks for the comprehensive reply.
For now I have fixed the Spotlight and the search in all native apps except Mail (!!!!!!!).
Nothing like excluding the folders from indexing worked for me. But I've managed to rebuild the index using the terminal comand
sudo mdutil -E /
after that Spotlight started to work in a correct way everywhere throughout the system, but Mail app, which is definitely crucial for daily business...
Alas no - still doesn't work and won't find pages documents either ... and yet stop searching in pages and there thye all are
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