

I’ve heard of cases where messages have lost their association-they’re now linked with Notes, for example. If that doesn’t work, check that Outlook’s messages are indeed associated with Outlook. Spotlight should then index it and you’ll be able to search your messages.Įnsure that your Outook messages are associated properly. Move it from there to the Documents folder. In this location it won’t be indexed and therefore search won’t work. Some people have found theirs within the Preferences folder within their user folder. Given that, my first thought is that the index of your Microsoft User Data folder is corrupt in some way.īut before dispensing the usual advice, let’s look at a couple of things that are sure to cause the problem.įirst, be certain that your Microsoft User Data folder is in the Documents folder within your user folder. When you search for a sender, recipient, or word within a message, Outlook turns to Spotlight’s index to find it.
#OUTLOOK FOR MAC 2011 SEARCH NO RESULTS MAC OS#
Outlook, like the Mac OS and some other apps, uses OS X’s Spotlight feature to catalog its messages. She writes: In the last week or so I’ve been trying to search for messages in Microsoft Outlook and it shows no results, even when I can scroll through my inbox and find a message from the sender I’ve searched for. Reader Abby Conrad has a problem with a forgetful email client.
