The item on the menu list is greyed out and the boffins at Microsoft appear to be unable to make it work.
There is no working facility in this version of Outlook for full screen to be set as the default. I have set Outlook to full screen using the green button but that makes no difference. When I close down my Mac and re-open it the next day Outlook is as it should be until I have used it a couple of times when it then minimises again. The next time that I open Outlook virtually the whole screen is filled as I want BUT the following, and subsequent times, I open it the window has shrunk to about one quarter of the screen size and is such that you cannot read the full list of items in the sidebar or read the full titles of some of the emails. It is my practice, rather than quitting the program, to hit the red button when I have finished with it so that it closes but remains live to check for mail every ten minutes. When first installed and set up I opened the Outlook window and dragged it to fill virtually all of my screen. After re-indexing is completed, launch Outlook and check.I have MS Outlook 2016 Mac as part of Office 365 installed on my iMac running the latest version of El Capitan. I am using a gmail mail address only, with. See the following article from Apple to learn more: ĥ. Search does seem to be working for searching in the Calendar, (if I put in a clients name, all their appointments show up), so it is just not searching the mail folders on the computer apparently.
Note: You must perform this step for any additional profile folders you may have. Once added, remove the folder, and Spotlight will re-index the folder. Drag the ‘Main Profile’ folder to the Privacy tab. ~/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/Outlook/Outlook 15 Profiles/Ĥ. Copy and paste the following location into the "Go to the folder:" dialog box and click Go: A spotlight search will be slower and may not finish while the index is being repaired. Outlook doesnt have to be open when the repair occurs.
This may require an hour or more, depending on the size of your Outlook profile. Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Spotlight.ī. The Outlook Search Repair tool displays a 'Reindexing, please wait' message while it works. We use an on-premise Microsoft Exchange 2013 server.
After this update, ALL user's Outlook search feature stopped working All of our desktops are Windows 10 with either MS Office 20. Once done, follow the steps given below to re-index, Outlook profile.ġ. Recently, Microsoft pushed out an Office update.
Just type the right password and hit Enter on the keyboard) and wait for it to complete and then give it some time. When Microsoft introduced Outlook 2011 for Mac, many of the commands you were accustomed to in. It would prompt for your Mac Password please enter it (when you type, the password field will not show anything. Knowing some common keyboard shortcuts when working in Outlook 2016 for Mac can be a time saver. Please open Terminal from the Spotlight search and type in the below mdls commands: If it works on the Spotlight search, then quit Outlook completely by click on Outlook Menu > Quit Outlook and then try the steps given below. If youre having trouble with Outlook 2016, specifically a mailbox not loading or search not working, an easy fix is to rebuild the Outlook Search Index. Also, check if you are able to search for the items using Mac Spotlight. While using the Search, please check if the search scope is set to “All mailboxes”. (I am copying exact instructions, it may help someone frustrated like me. my problem resolved… Thanks to Microsoft support. etc.Īfter the long, frustrating hours I went to “Outlook – help – Contact support” option, first time it give me generic documents, second time I was able to get in touch with a technical support.
(Mac OS 10.15.6 and Outlook 16.40) Almost two days I was going through blogs and trying many things like re-building spotlight index, re-install Outlook, install some Microsoft tools, re-create profile etc. I had the outlook indexing problem after I migrate to my new MacBook pro.