Microsoft outlook 2016 for Mac - How to search your email In Mac outlook 2016 for Mac it can be surprisingly hard to find the Search function to search all email accounts and all folders.

My Outlook for Mac app recently got corrupted during an update. What happened was during the update, my Macbook froze and I had to restart. After the reboot, the Outlook app threw an error during opening.

I had to delete it and reinstall again. Outlook work after the reinstall, and I was glad I didn't have to setup the accounts again. Everything was as-is before the reinstall, except that the search was not returning all the results. A couple of Google search and I came across this: Here are the contents of the above link: Outlook for Mac search returns 'No Results,' and task items are not displayed Symptoms. This issue may occur for one of the following reasons: Microsoft Outlook 2016 for Mac: • Spotlight Search indexing is incomplete. • The Profile name contains special characters such as the slash mark (/).

• The Profile or one of its parent folders are added to the Privacy tab in Spotlight. • The Outlook 15 Profiles folder is not located under ~/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/Outlook.

• The Spotlight Search index is corrupted. Microsoft Outlook for Mac 2011: • Spotlight Search indexing is incomplete.

• The Identity name contains special characters such as the slash mark (/). • The Identity or one of its parent folders are added to the Privacy tab in Spotlight. • The Microsoft User Data folder is not located under the ~/Documents folder. • The Spotlight Search index is corrupted. To resolve this issue, follow these steps: • If you recently created a new Outlook Profile in Outlook 2016 for Mac, or a new Identity in Outlook for Mac 2011, added a new account, or if you recently imported new data from a source such as a PST or OLM file, Spotlight indexing may not be complete. In this case, Outlook for Mac displays a 'No Results' message. To resolve this issue, wait for indexing to finish, and then search again.

• Make sure that your Profile name in Outlook 2016 for Mac or your Identity name in Outlook for Mac 2011 has no special characters, such as the slash mark (/). To view your Profile or Identity name. Outlook 2016 for Mac: 1. Click Go, Applications. Right-Click Microsoft Outlook, and select Show Package Contents.

Expand Contents, SharedSupport, and open Outlook Profile Manager. Note You can create an alias for the Outlook Profile Manager, and move it to your desktop or another convenient location if you prefer. Outlook for Mac 2011: To view your Identity names in the Microsoft Database Utility, hold down the Option key, and then click the Outlook for Mac 2011 icon.

• If the Profile or Identity name contains a special character, follow these steps to change the name: • Open the Outlook 2016 for Mac Profile folder or Outlook for Mac 2011 Identity folder. In Outlook 2016 for Mac, the location is: /Users//Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/Outlook/Outlook 15 Profiles/ In Outlook for Mac 2011, the location is: Users//Documents/Microsoft user data/Office 2011 Identities/ • Rename the Outlook 2016 for Mac Profile folder name or the Outlook for Mac 2011 Identity folder name that contains special characters by removing the special characters.

• Confirm that the Profile or Identity name was changed by viewing it in the following way depending on your version of Outlook for Mac. In Outlook 2016 for Mac: 1. Click Go, Applications. Right-Click Microsoft Outlook, and select Show Package Contents. Expand Contents, SharedSupport, and open Outlook Profile Manager. NOTE You can create an alias for the Outlook Profile Manager, and move it to your desktop or another convenient location if you prefer.

In Outlook for Mac 2011: Open the Microsoft Database Utility by holding down the Option key, and then clicking the Outlook for Mac 2011 icon. • If necessary, select the Profile or Identity whose name was changed, click the Gear icon, and then click Set as Default.

• Verify in Mac OS that the Outlook Profile or Identity folder or one of its parent folders is not added to the Privacy tab in Spotlight. If your Outlook 2016 for Mac Profiles folder, or your Outlook for Mac 2011 Identity folder, or any of their parent folders are displayed in this tab, Spotlight does not index this folder location. Remove these locations from the Privacy tab in Spotlight, and allow for time for these locations to finish indexing.

Google books downloader software. • Make sure the Outlook 2016 for Mac Profile or Outlook for Mac 2011 Identity data is stored under the correct default location. Outlook 2016 for Mac: Make sure that the Outlook 15 Profiles folder is stored under the ~/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/Outlook folder. Outlook for Mac 2011: Make sure that the Microsoft User Data folder is stored under the ~/Documents folder.