{"id":154,"date":"2011-08-03T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T08:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.campodoro.org\/?p=154"},"modified":"2012-05-25T08:51:10","modified_gmt":"2012-05-25T07:51:10","slug":"os-x-10-7-lion-and-mail-search-not-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.campodoro.org\/?p=154","title":{"rendered":"[solved] OS X 10.7 Lion and mail search not working&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was stunned to find out that the search function on the Mail.app wasn&#8217;t working anymore since I&#8217;ve upgraded my Mac from Snow Leopard 10.6.8 to (the very cool) Lion 10.7. Thought it could be Spotlight not working, or something else.<\/p>\n<p>Well, as it turns out, it&#8217;s a combination of 2 problems:<\/p>\n<p>1) turn Spotlight indexing on: <code><strong>sudo mdutil -i on \/<\/strong><\/code><br \/>\n2) when using IMAP, configure your account to <strong>Keep a message for viewing offline<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.campodoro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Mail.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mail\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.campodoro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Mail.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"393\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it! Where Snow Leopard was able to search thru already downloaded mail (although the above option was enabled), Lion can&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>Now the search is working great!<\/p>\n<div class=\"tweetthis\" style=\"text-align:left;\"><p> <a class=\"tt\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blog.campodoro.org\/?p=154&text=%5Bsolved%5D+OS+X+10.7+Lion+and+mail+search+not+working%E2%80%A6+%23campodoro+%23tips+%23apple&via=goudkamp&related=richardxthripp%2Ctweetthisplugin\" title=\"Twitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nothumb\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.campodoro.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/tweet-this\/icons\/en\/twitter\/tt-twitter.png\" alt=\"Post to Twitter\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"tt\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blog.campodoro.org\/?p=154&text=%5Bsolved%5D+OS+X+10.7+Lion+and+mail+search+not+working%E2%80%A6+%23campodoro+%23tips+%23apple&via=goudkamp&related=richardxthripp%2Ctweetthisplugin\" title=\"Twitter\">Tweet<\/a> <a class=\"tt\" href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/post?url=https:\/\/blog.campodoro.org\/?p=154&amp;title=%5Bsolved%5D+OS+X+10.7+Lion+and+mail+search+not+working%E2%80%A6\" title=\"Post to Delicious\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nothumb\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.campodoro.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/tweet-this\/icons\/en\/delicious\/tt-delicious.png\" alt=\"Post to Delicious\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"tt\" href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/post?url=https:\/\/blog.campodoro.org\/?p=154&amp;title=%5Bsolved%5D+OS+X+10.7+Lion+and+mail+search+not+working%E2%80%A6\" title=\"Post to Delicious\">Post to Delicious<\/a> <a class=\"tt\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=https:\/\/blog.campodoro.org\/?p=154&amp;t=%5Bsolved%5D+OS+X+10.7+Lion+and+mail+search+not+working%E2%80%A6\" title=\"Post to Facebook\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nothumb\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.campodoro.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/tweet-this\/icons\/en\/facebook\/tt-facebook.png\" alt=\"Post to Facebook\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"tt\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=https:\/\/blog.campodoro.org\/?p=154&amp;t=%5Bsolved%5D+OS+X+10.7+Lion+and+mail+search+not+working%E2%80%A6\" title=\"Post to Facebook\">Post to Facebook<\/a><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was stunned to find out that the search function on the Mail.app wasn&#8217;t working anymore since I&#8217;ve upgraded my Mac from Snow Leopard 10.6.8 to (the very cool) Lion 10.7. 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