10.9.1 Mail spotlight search not working!!!!! APPLE HELP!!!!!!

10.9.1 Mail spotlight search not working!!!!!

When you type in a search term in Mail, does it drop down a list of search criteria like People, Subjects, Mailboxes?
Or does it just offer "message contains"

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I've been dealing with this problem for over a month and have not been able to fix it. Search works fine in Lion on several computers, but on my laptop it still won't do a complete search. It will only pull up emails from people in my contacts list..... no subject key word searches or people outside my contacts searches..... very frustrating! The searches also don't work in Spotlight, so I can't use spotlight as a backup.
I've tried rebuilding my mailbox.... deleting and recreating the account.... tossing out the Envelope Index folders in the Mail library... Deleting and re installing my search window, etc...... I see lot's of other people with the same issue. It's frustrating when your running your business on your computer and have to deal with a flaw in a new OS..... it was working fine in Leopard..... whats up APPLE? Please help!
Other Info:
Macbook Pro 2008 Version with 2.5 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
Running 10.7.4

Glenn,
Regarding adding and deleting the System Drive from the Spotlight Privacy Tab...... I'm following your sequence, but when I come back to Spotlight Search in the menu bar it just works the same.... no mention of indexing. What's interesting is that "Mail" dosn't appear anywhere in search results when a keyword search is performed via spotlight.
Regarding the "enevelope Index Files" ..... I followed the instructions and quit and re-opened mail as instructed. When I re-opened Mail I selected "continue" and the program began to index the contents of mail for about 30 minutes. I thought that would would fix the issue, but it's still not working.
I've tried to compare the account setup from my IMAC which works fine to see if I have something setup wrong in the account, but everything looks the same.
I guess I can try to re-index again? Don't know what else to do?
Thanks,
Bill

Spotlight search not working on ios7

Spotlight search not working on iPhone 5 updated to ios7. I can access the search bar, but nothing happens when I enter a search term.

I'm having the same issue with an iPad 2 and iPhone 5. As mentioned by Nick if you reboot it seems to resolve the issue. Note that after a reboot it can take several seconds for spotlight search to return the first results. After this first slow response it seems to be quicker.
If it helps I have a few hundred apps and about 24K songs so the search has a lot to go through!

Has anyone had a problem with the spotlight search not working sometimes?

Has anyone had a problem with their "spotlight search" not working? If I restart the phone it will work for a few days then not work again.

It's more likely the OP's router. I have a wifi only iPad 2, yet location services work just fine on my iPad. If I open maps, my location is found quite nicely. I have seen that some routers do not provide location services and I suspect the OP has such a router.

I have bought three iPhone 6 one for me and one each for my two kids we have just done the update iOS 8.01 now all phone do not connect to service provider and touch id is not working , APPLE HELP !!!!

i phones updated iso 8.01 all three phones will not connect to service provider and touch id
will not work APPLE HELP !!!!!!!!!
anyone know i fix as i have spent over 2000 pound on three phones that won't work
all three where working fine until the 8.01 update

Apple just pulled the update because it is a major fubar! You will have to rollback your iPhone to the base iOS 8 using iTunes and Apple needs to seriously test its patches!
Update:
Simply connect your phone to iTunes and back up your data. Then, click the “Restore iPhone” button and follow the on-screen instructions. It’s a huge pain, but at least it’s better than having your shiny new iPhone turned into a big expensive iPod touch.

Music, Podcast, Spotlight Search not working iOS 7

Since upgrading my iPhone 5 on Wednesday, I haven't been able to listen to music or podcasts, because when I open those apps, they crash within a minute. While I am able to access spotlight search, telling it to search does absolutely nothing. Is anyone else having these problems?

I am experiencing the same issue. My email accounts are fine. There is no issue with that. The issue appears to be between the Mail app and the Spotlight Search feature. If the Mail app is running then the spotlight search works fine. However, when the Mail app is closed it fails to work.
This is such a pain. I use the feature a TOn and to have it not work is a joke. I wish Apple would address all of the issue associated with iOs 5. Upgrading to a iPhone 4S along with iOS 5 has been a complete nightmate. I have seriously considered returing my phone and switching to an Android based phone. Apple is losing their edge by putting out shotty products coupled with poorly developed software.
Time is running short Apple. Fix the issues or you may have larger problems ahead.
It appears as if the operating system is becoming too complex for Apple to manage. The demise of the great phone and software combination if immenent. Apple reigh of supremecy is begining to diminish.

Spotlight search not working properly : IOS 5.0.1

Hello, hope I can find some help here...
My partner is having some issues on her 4S since the IOS 5.0.1 update : when she does a spotlight search (swipe left on first home screen) and starts typing, nothing appears. Not as she's typing, not after she's finished typing for what she's looking for.
A restart of the phone fixes the problem for a while, but it just comes back.
I don't seem to be having the same issue on mine, but I don't use the search as much as she does.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Rob

I am experiencing the same issue. My email accounts are fine. There is no issue with that. The issue appears to be between the Mail app and the Spotlight Search feature. If the Mail app is running then the spotlight search works fine. However, when the Mail app is closed it fails to work.
This is such a pain. I use the feature a TOn and to have it not work is a joke. I wish Apple would address all of the issue associated with iOs 5. Upgrading to a iPhone 4S along with iOS 5 has been a complete nightmate. I have seriously considered returing my phone and switching to an Android based phone. Apple is losing their edge by putting out shotty products coupled with poorly developed software.
Time is running short Apple. Fix the issues or you may have larger problems ahead.
It appears as if the operating system is becoming too complex for Apple to manage. The demise of the great phone and software combination if immenent. Apple reigh of supremecy is begining to diminish.

IPhone 4S ios 6.1.2 Spotlight Search not Working!!!

Hi Guys,
I recently upgraded by iphone 4s to ios 6.1.2 and now i found out that the spotlight search is not working.
when i try to search a contact and press search the keyboard slides down and the screen is empty does not show anything.
Pls help what do i do?

thanks for replying !!
I checked it all the tabs are selected but still i cant see any thing i searched.
Deafult if the one i am searching for it should display search the web even thats not being displayed !!
Can you think of some thing that will solve my issue?

Spotlight Search Not working on iPhone 6 plus (VZW)

I have VZW iPhone 6 Plus and when I try to use Spotlight Search feature (by swiping down on the screen) no results show. It will only pull up items after I've tapped the icon to open the app, Then the next time I search it shows. However, if I search for an app I haven't used in a while no results show. It won't even provide any suggestions any more. I like this feature so I won't have to swipe several screens to find an app. It also allows me to put apps in folders and only have 2-3 screens. What's the fix?

This is a widespread issue and resetting the phone, as many people experiencing this issue have tried, does not resolve it. Restarting does, but only temporarily. Please leave feedback with Apple so that they can work on a fix for this very irritating bug.

Spotlight search not working on external hard drive

Hi all,
The spotlight search doesn't seem to be working on my external hard drive.
It is also not working as part of Time Machine, I cannot retreive anything via the spotlight search that has been backed on on the external drive.
I know I have the files on there but it's not picking it up like it used to.
Any ideas???

Solution:
1. System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy
2. Drag and drop or add your external hard drive in the Privacy window. This will reset the old preference.
3. Then remove the external hard and close the System Preferences.
4. Wait for 30 seconds. Spotlight will start indexing of your external hard drive.
Update: It's supposed to scan for 8 hours but it took only 15 minutes and stopped. I tested the search and it's still not working. It's strange that it works on my other two external hard drives (USB and Firewire) but not this particular one (USB). I have three external hard drives.

Spotlight search not working well

I hve the 4S phone (just got it). the Spotlight search works only once, and then it stops working. when using it the second time, I can type but nothing shows up as results. Does anyone has this problem? any ideas how to fix it?
I don't have any apps loaded, tried to reoboot many times and it doesn't seem to help. Looks like a bug.

Unchecking the Spotlight options don't work.
However, I have removed my Works Exchange account as per the last post, and BINGO :-)
Spotlight is back up and running.
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My Spotlight is not working! Help pls

hey guys,
my SPOTLIGHT, on the right corner of my desktop, is not working... i just noticed it last night! but days before that it was working just fine... whenever im searching for a document, it does not show any results at all! like before when i type a name, i would see a revolving circle on the side of the spotlight typing box, but now i dont see any, and it doesnt show any results at all.. please help!
Lee

Or the indexing agent (The program that asks around to make the list) is disabled. Easiest way to reactivate it is to go to System Preferences> Spotlight> Privacy. Then add the whole hard drive to Privacy and then remove it. This will cause it to reindex the whole drive.

Mail search not working; please help

For some reason the search function in Mail has stopped working. If I click on the Sent folder, tons of emails come up, but when I search, it always comes back blank, when they are definitely there?
Dosn't matter if I search for something I sent 10 minutes ago, yesterday or last week, nothing ever comes up. I have to list by name and look alphabetically which takes ages.
Any ideas?

Not that it's much help, Nigel, but I'm having the same problem. No matter what I search for, I get no result. I CAN find the email in Spotlight, however. Can you? If not, you can rebuild your Spotlight database, and that may fix your problem. See this article ... http://www.macobserver.com/tip/2006/07/21.1.shtml

Spotlight Search Not Working

I am using MBP retina running on OS X 10.10.1. Whenever I try to search on spotlight it does not search on the internet . Is there any bug?

Hi _mac6294,
I apologize, I'm a bit unclear on the exact nature of the issue you are describing. Spotlight in Yosemite is primarily for searching items located on your Mac. In certain regions, there is certain limited Internet functionality in Spotlight via Spotlight Suggestions, which pulls information from various Internet sources. For more information about Spotlight, Spotlight Suggestions, and where you can check to make sure Spotlight Suggestions is enabled (if available in your region), you may find the following articles helpful:
OS X Yosemite: Search with Spotlight
OS X Yosemite: Spotlight Suggestions
Regards,
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Mail find/search not working

I have found that Mail has gone a bit bonkers. First I lost a bunch of important emails when moving the messages to a different mailbox (they are simply gone). Now the find/search function is completely erratic. The same search terms will sometimes turn up messages, sometimes nothing.
I have deleted the preferences, rebuilt the mailboxes multiple times, even deleted the envelope file so mail would rebuild the entire index from scratch. Also I've repaired permissions. The search function is simply erratic still.
I even had an issue after deleting the preference files where the custom tool bar would revert back to the default one when starting up Mail again... a reboot (and perhaps running various scripts through Onyx seemed to have nipped that one in the bud).
What is going on here? Anyone else havinfg these issues? How to fix it?
I am running Mavericks, OS X 10.9.1

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10.9.1 Mail spotlight search not working!!!!! APPLE HELP!!!!!!

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