OS X Yosemite :: How To Reindex Mail And Spotlight
Dec 4, 2014Spotlight works but not with mail!How to reindex mail or spotlight for mail?
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
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OS X Yosemite :: Get Spotlight To Reindex?
Dec 10, 2014I am running a 2010 or so iMac under Yosemite updated to most recent and also same OS X on my 2011 MacBook Pro.
There are frequently times Spotlight won't find files I know are there—files I can see in a finder window pulled up next to the spotlight window that spotlight isn't finding. This is true in Mail as well. So I wanted to re-index. In these forums, I found an answer to solve the problem that said to drag my hard drive icon into the Spotlight Privacy window in system preferences and then remove it. I did the first step, and now it is listed in the "Prevent Spotlight from searching…" list. However, when I try to remove it, it won't remove. When I click on the "–" I get an error pane that says the location cannot be added or removed due to an unknown error!
How do I get my main hard drive off the list so it can be re-indexed?
OS X :: Spotlight Won't Reindex
Jan 12, 2009I tried to re index my spotlight index, and after doing so, it will not index any files unless I manually re open them.
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Nov 5, 2007How can I force my Leopard to reindex my drives? My External drives seem to be indexed, but not my Internal Drive.
I checked spotlight preferances, and its not set up to be that way. I tried doing it the tiger way and that didnt work... is there like a command I can run in the terminal or something?
OS X :: Force Spotlight To Reindex Drive
Mar 27, 2008Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU like Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/420.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.0 Mobile/4A102 Safari/419.3). Ok, so lately it seems that spotlight is missing things, iCal events, address book entries, etc. So I'd like to force it to just reindex my internal hard drive, how can I accomplish this?
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Dec 7, 2014in previous OS versions you could tell when spotlight is indexing by clicking the spotlight icon in the toolbar and the dropdown would tell you. now in yosemite how can we tell when spotlight is indexing? because i use mail.app a lot and search won't work properly until the indexing is done.
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Dec 11, 2014The Spotlight process is using 95% of my CPU cycles and I cannot reboot or kill the process to stop it. This is a fresh install of Yosemite, in fact, I did this completely new install to fix Spotlight indexing problems, but all I did was fix the old one and uncover a new problem.
I installed Yosemite on a new 500Gb SSD, no migration from past installs whatsoever. It's fresh and clean and Spotlight finished its big index that it does upon install. But now, days later, the Spotlight process is still monopolizing my CPU. I have a Mid-2011 Mac mini, 2.7Ghz i7, it runs 2 of the 4 CPU processes to nearly maximum. What the **** is Spotlight doing? It's not indexing, I can look in Activity Monitor and see two mdworker processes but they are at 0.0% CPU utilization.
for fixing this runaway process? I am usually very good at fixing broken system processes but this one has me stumped.
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Mac mini, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1), 30" Cinema Display
OS X Yosemite :: Spotlight Search - No Results From Seagate Back Up Plus
Dec 11, 2014I upgraded about a month ago from 10.6. I have since discovered that Spotlight will show up search results using a Western Digital external drive but no results when I use my Seagate Back Up Plus external drive, which is the main drive I use. How to get Spotlight to get to search the Seagate drive?
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iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1), 21.5" Mid July 2011
OS X Yosemite :: Spotlight Fails To Search After Upgrade On IMac
Dec 4, 2014After installing Yosemite on my iMac, Spotlight search results are minimal if at all (only contacts pop up)
I've adjusted Spotlight preferences by unchecking all search areas and rearranging the order of search preferences so documents, files and contacts are the only areas to search and still no luck.
OS X Yosemite :: Spotlight Won't Search External Hard Drive
Dec 3, 2014I have recently upgraded to Yosemite but when I use Spotlight to search for a file spotlight does not search or include any files on my external hard drive. I have had one community member suggest to explicitly check the Spotlight index via command line. I tried to follow his instructions but my limited skills produced a zero. Unfortunately, he hasn't replied back for further instruction.
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iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
OS X Yosemite :: Spotlight Shortcut Does Not Work (ctrl + Space)
Dec 4, 2014Spotlight shortcut does not work. When I press ctrl + space, nothing happen. When I click on magnifier icon by mouse, everything work well.
In Spotlight configuration and also in keyboard shortcut configuration this shortcut is present and marked as active.
I've also tried to disable and enable back this shortcut but it still not work.
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MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
OS X Technologies :: Moved Location Of Mail Another Partition. Mail Works Fine But Spotlight Will Not Index?
Mar 23, 2012Successfully moved mail to another partition ~ however not getting Spotlight (or Mail) to index or search email since the move.Tried adding the folder to Spotlight privacy settings ~ then removing but no luck.Tried contacting Apple however moving mail from Libraries is not 'supported' so no love there. how to get Spotlight to search mail residing on another partition?
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Mac OS X (10.7.3)
OS X Yosemite :: Spotlight Searches Fine But Then Clicking Result It Freezes?
Dec 3, 2014I can search fine with Spotlight but when I click the result the spotlight freezes - right in the middle of the screen..If I click a text file it does not open the text file after unfreezing..So basically spotlight is completely useless.
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
OS X Yosemite :: Stacked Tibetan Letters Are Not Indexed / Cannot Be Found By Spotlight
Dec 12, 2014I have seen Spotlight. it is working fine as long as I use Latin characters. Since I work with Tibetan, I was used to search for Tibetan words across and within files. When updating to Yosemite, both Spotlight and Preview stopped working properly with Tibetan. I have checked with various friends and all have the same issue: Yosemite indexing and search methods have changed from Maverick to Yosemite.
letters of the alphabet are still indexed (like ཀ་ཁ་ག་ང་), but when they are combined (like རྒ་), spotlight is the blue, giving no answer. Again, this used to work very well before. I have tried reindexing, following Apple's suggestion (URL....), but no success. It seems to be related to the indexing method itself. This is a big issue as we are used to search with Finder—a feature that is normally powerful in OSX..Spotlight works well with simple letters...But no result with a simple stack (ར and ག on top of each other):
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MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Unable To Search Mail From Within Mail Or Spotlight
May 17, 2012Do realized there have been multiple threads on this topic. Just checking to see if a soilution has been found.
Note: Mail and Spotlight search worked perfectly in Snow Leopard before upgrade.
Upgraded from Snow Leopard to Lion. Mail search and indexing no longer working. Unable to search Mail from finder (Spotlight) or within Mail. Spotlight shows all other search ares with the exception of "Messages".[code]...
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Aug 9, 2010I just switched to Mail from Entourage and am setup to Exchange. I just noticed when I search within Mail or through OSX Spotlight it doesn't appear to search within the Attachment in the emails. Is this how it is designed? If so, do I have any options?
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Feb 1, 2012Since some time my search functions in Mail and Calendar aren't working properly. I can find my mails in the spotlight function from lion itself, but inside the mail program I get no results.
I tried several things:
1. Delete all my accounts on (is IMAP) and redownloaded them from the server.
2. Removed envelope files in Library folder mail
3. Add harddisk to privacy map on spotlight preferences and removed it (saw reindexing from harddisk)
4. Checked terminal with following command: 'sudo mdutil -s /Volumes/*', results:
/Volumes/Backups:Indexing disabled.
/Volumes/Server Data:Indexing enabled.
/:Indexing enabled.
(Backups is external network drive for backups).
(Server Data is external USB drive for data from clients)
(Server Systems is local drive, not shown in terminal ?!?)
Possible causes to problem: Reinstalled server software (and got it working properly this time), Renamed harddisk, installed back-up software named carbon copy cloner, setup VPN.
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
OS X Yosemite :: Mail Couldn't Discover Account Settings For Mail Server
Dec 1, 2014I've added a Google Apps account to OS X Yosemite 10.10.1 few weeks ago to use it in Mail, but I removed it last week. I tried adding it back during the weekend, but I've been getting this error: "Mail couldn't discover the account settings for the Mail server domain"
This comes after I click "Set Up" and tick Mail only. I don't have 2 step verification enabled for that account and I didn't change any account settings since adding it last time.
Also, I can still see the account (as well as other Google account that's currently not added to OS X) in Accounts.plist located in: ~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData
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MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1), (9,2) 2.9GHz i7, 8GB, 480GB SSD
OS X Yosemite :: Mail Viewer Window Closes Immediately After Starting Mail
Dec 6, 2014Mail viewer window closes immediately after starting Mail. It flashes up in a small frame and then closes. If I try to view in full screen mode, it will open and then shrink to the top quarter of the page. The lower 3/4 page will be black and it will not allow me to do anything.
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MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
OS X Yosemite :: Mail Message Listed On IPhone But Not In Mail On IMac?
Dec 9, 2014Today I received a message on my iPhone but when I went to reply to it on my iMac the message did not appear even when I searched for it.
It also shows in my mail server's Webmail. This is very scary. How many other messages am I missing?
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OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
OS X Yosemite :: Mac Mail No Longer Connects To Mail Server After Update
Dec 9, 2014Since I update to yosemitee on 11/30 MAC mail will not connect to my mail server. I have deleted and re added the account, tried every setting that my provider has for incoming and outgoing but the problem seems to be with the apple update.
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imac, Mac OS X (10.
OS X Yosemite :: Dimmed Erase Junk Mail Menu In Mail App
Dec 2, 2014Even though my Junk mailbox is full the Mailbox-> "Erase Junk Mail" menu is dimmed. Tried Mailbox Rebuild menu with no luck.
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MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
OS X Yosemite :: Set Apple Mail As Default Mail Application?
Dec 1, 2014I am trying to set Apple Mail as my default mail application, but invariably, when I try to send an email from another program, it opens Outlook instead.
How can I make Mail the default mail application for my entire system?
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Search Entire Message Not Working In Mail, But Spotlight Works
Apr 3, 2012I am having a problem where my mail App is not searching the entire body of the message any more. I installed Lion soon after it was released, and I believe that it has been working up until recently.
If I do a search, it won't search the message body, and gives me no option to search for "Message contains" (just "People" and "Subjects"). If search for subject "foo" and then click on the "Subject" pull down menu, it shows "Subject" and "Entire Message", but "Entire Message" is greyed out.
I've done a lot of web searching and most people with similar problems had problems with Spotlight. If I do a Spotlight search, it does find all of the mail messages correctly. Its just the Mail app that won't let me search.
I haven't tried re-indexing spotlight yet because spotlight seems to be working okay. Note that all of my mail accounts are "POP" accounts with the mail stored locally on my machine.
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
OS X Yosemite :: Mac Mail Broken
Dec 5, 2014FIX MAC MAIL Mac Mail just plain fails for me on connections to my mail server. I spent 2 days trying to make it work, maybe longer. I finally had to move to a 3rd party mail provider.. both Postbox and Airmail connect and work beautifully. I liked some of the features in Mac Mail and would like to go back to it. But it needs to actually work. I am familiar with email setup and host my own email server. I'm trying to use IMAP with my desktop mail, but all attempts at connection fail from some reason, either smtp or imap fails, and sometimes it's random. On trying Postbox and Airmail, connection was automatic and correct and has not failed since setup. IMO, the connection model for Mac Mail is impaired.
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Nov 30, 2014My mail server is Aol and I get my mail ok through the mail application but when i try to send it it comes back and says it can't be sent. I eventually am able to send it using gmail but it only occasionally goes out using aol. It's not an aol issue because when I go online to aol I don't have this issue. I suppose it's something in my settings but I can't figure it out.
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iMac (21.5-inch Late 2009), OS X Mountain Lion
OS X Yosemite :: Mail Will Not Delete
Dec 8, 2014Since upgrading macbook pro to Yosemite and I want to delete mail from inbox or send it goes to trash. But after turning to trash to clean up, messages go back to inbox or send. I am not able to clean up my mail since it won't let me clean up. I have tried installing mail again, but didn't work.
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iMac
OS X Yosemite :: Mac Mail Now Quits Unexpectedly
Dec 1, 2014Upgraded to Yosemite, Mac Mail now quits unexpectedly.
I have 2 email accounts, one POP, one IMAP.
If I disable the IMAP account, all is good.
When I enable the IMAP account, mail crashes.
I've tried reindexing, and now I'm getting the following error:
Application Specific Information:
Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'Require mailbox name to create IMAPMailbox for (null)'
abort() called terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException
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MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
OS X Yosemite :: How To Reset / Rebuild Mail
Dec 1, 2014I made a change to my spam setting (move spam to spam folder) and since then my mail quits everytime I start it up. I'm even able to get to the preference for it but it just quits.
The resolutions offered here are complicated.
Is there a way to just RESET mail? Or even re-install the OS?
OS X Yosemite :: Mail POP Not Working / Can't Receive
Dec 9, 2014Incoming server is a Road Runner Pop server. Have unchecked the "automatically detect..." box under advanced but does not save password. Connection is fine. Continually get "log-in to this POP account failed. Verify that the username and password is correct."Yes, password is correct, but Mail will not hold it in settings.
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iMac with Retina 5K display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
