[OSX-Users] Re: mail (apple) search failing? rebuild search??

[m.c. schraefel]

Thanks Paul 
that seems to have done it.

thanks for the effort, Jules.

mc
On 3 Apr 2012, at 14:10, Paul André wrote:

> I thought that Apple Mail search was (somewhat?) separate from Spotlight?
> reindex mail: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mail/4.0/en/14019.html
> 
> On 3 Apr 2012, at 07:51, Jules wrote:
> 
>> Go to System Preferences / Spotlight / Privacy.
>> Add you hard disk to the list of places not to index.
>> Wait a few seconds.
>> Remove it again.
>> That will delete the spotlight database.
>> 
>> Also worth checking what types of file you are indexing in the settings while you're there.
>> 
>> Jules.
>> 
>> On 03/04/2012 12:48, m.c. schraefel wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> how can i get apple mail to reindex its search?
>>> 
>>> it's just not finding stuff a few months old or older that i know is in there...
>>> 
>>> 
>>> thank you for your help
>>> 
>>> 
>>> m.c.
>> 
>> Jules
>> 
>> -- 
>> sysjkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk
>> 
> 

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