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It's more widespread than just "search" issues. You can't create a new contact in the "old" UI version and the "new" UI version creates several unwanted duplicates and indexes data from long ago emails. The new UI version won't even show you how many contacts you have. I can't believe they removed that feature. I had similar problems when I upgraded from El Capitan to Mojave too soon, but luckily I had a recent Time Machine backup to a Time Capsule. However, since Apple hasn't supported TC in a long time, I have a less frequent update and so going back to Big Sur will be painful. Beware, Microsoft not only doesn't care, I believe they just want you to get a PC.Hello guys,
Yesterday I updated my MBP to Monterey 12.1 and it was a terrible idea. Now my Outlook 365 search function is not working and it affected my performance at work. Now I need to open Outlook in Chrome in order to search emails.
I tried to (without success):
-Delete Outlook app (moved to trash) and reinstall it
-Update to preview-release version 16.56
-I added the path /Users/UserName/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/Outlook to Privacy tab in Spotlight and then I deleted the entry in order to rebuild index.
-Exeucted the terminal command:
mdimport -r /Applications/Microsoft\ Outlook.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/Microsoft\ Outlook\ Spotlight\ Importer.mdimporter
It started rebuilding the Index and some emails started appearing in search results but hours later it stopped working. Any keyword yield zero results.
It's quite frustrating. I don't know if changing the name of Outlook profile or recreating this will fix this issue. I've four accounts (three of O365 and one Gmail) and search doesn't work in any of them.
Please help. I don't know if reverting to 12.0.1 will fix this.
Its apparently a known issue that Microsoft and Apple are working on a fix for. I updated to Monterey 12.1 and the search worked for about a day but then stopped functioning by delivering no results, inaccurately. Tried all the steps with the Microsoft support folks, who have gone way above and beyond on Apple problems... The new Outlook UI works but I do not like the limited functionality. Outlook online does not allow you to add other email accounts that are gmail, yahoo biz/verizon, and other Microsoft 365 accounts, which i have multiple of.Hello guys,
Yesterday I updated my MBP to Monterey 12.1 and it was a terrible idea. Now my Outlook 365 search function is not working and it affected my performance at work. Now I need to open Outlook in Chrome in order to search emails.
I tried to (without success):
-Delete Outlook app (moved to trash) and reinstall it
-Update to preview-release version 16.56
-I added the path /Users/UserName/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/Outlook to Privacy tab in Spotlight and then I deleted the entry in order to rebuild index.
-Exeucted the terminal command:
mdimport -r /Applications/Microsoft\ Outlook.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/Microsoft\ Outlook\ Spotlight\ Importer.mdimporter
It started rebuilding the Index and some emails started appearing in search results but hours later it stopped working. Any keyword yield zero results.
It's quite frustrating. I don't know if changing the name of Outlook profile or recreating this will fix this issue. I've four accounts (three of O365 and one Gmail) and search doesn't work in any of them.
Please help. I don't know if reverting to 12.0.1 will fix this.
Those are the same steps people in this thread have already tried. It will not solve the problem with Outlook search in macOS 12.1.
I'm on 12.2 Beta 21D5025f and problem is still there. Chance it could be fixed in upcoming Beta.no solution works. Hopefully 12.2 comes out by mid January
Hover over the new message and new event is visiible, or go to calendar and it is the default (top left).I accepted using the New Outlook and toggle to the new interface, Search works fine.... but in the "New outlook" I have an issue where I could not figure out how to creat a meeting invite from the new one?!
Almost as good as the bug that stopped hundreds of exchange servers working over the year end! They got that fixed soon enough. Mac users are very low down on the pecking order it seems.And if you are on Exchange server you cannot use new Outlook. What a cluster... 🤬
Could be true, that it is caused by some change/bug in Spotlight but what about Microsoft testing? They definitely had access to Monterey Beta 12.1 to check the Outlook functionality. And they should inform Apple about this issue if Spotlight is really the reason of broken functionality.I'm seeing references to other apps complaining about Spotlight search being broken within their app after 12.1. This is looking a lot more like Apple buggered up Spotlight. Not that Microsoft is much better, having not implemented key features in "NewCokeOutlook". I can't use it because of the on-prem Exchange server issue. New Outlook has been out for over year??? They both share responsibility, it would seem.
I am not as much optimistic but we will see. What frustrates me is that nobody (Apple or MS) claims that they are going to fix it.We are early in the 12.2 beta cycle. I won't be surprised if this is fixed in beta 2.
Interesting update.....I have been following this discussion and have tried most all mentioned fixes without 100% positive results. I am using these same versions ( Outlook for Mac v 16.56, Monterey 12.1) on new MBP 16" M1. I have been having same problems.I am using Outlook for Mac v 16.56 and have had the search problem since upgrading to Monterey 12.1 - no issues using 12.0.1. Since then I have been corresponding with Microsoft technical team on a daily basis performing functions they requested and providing them data from my computer. I received this final message from Microsoft this AM:
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Thank you for the time. I would like to inform you that we have reported the issue to the Apple team as the search function broke after macOS 12.1 update. As the concerned team is working with Apple to try and figure out what could be causing the issue. For time being we would suggest you to search for the emails Manually.
Appreciate your patience and co-operation.
Thanks!
December 29, 2021, 6:57 am
R
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I think that says it all.
I am still getting some verrrrry slow loading of search items on ( Outlook for Mac v 16.56, Monterey 12.1)....Interesting update.....I have been following this discussion and have tried most all mentioned fixes without 100% positive results. I am using these same versions ( Outlook for Mac v 16.56, Monterey 12.1) on new MBP 16" M1. I have been having same problems.
But something is really strange. Twice in two days I have searched but with zero results. I then left the outlook search running and after 15 minutes or more I notice that it is slowly loading 2021-2015 1000s of results. Excited I close the search window to duplicate and just now..... after 5 minutes it has loaded just two messages from approx 1000's over 5 years and under the two retrieved messages it still shows " No Results" . So there is some positive but not usable yet so I'm working email from my older MBP for the time being.
thanks for your input on this Jerry.
DJ