If you recently moved to Lion, you need to re-index your entire drive. HOW TO RE-INDEX FOLDERS OR VOLUMES From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences. Lol free download for mac. * Click Spotlight. * Make sure Mail Messages is checked under the Search Results tab. * Click the Privacy tab. * Drag a folder or even an entire volume (your hard drive) to the list.

For apple users Microsoft announced Outlook for Mac 2011. Sometime while working with Mac Outlook we unpredictably faces irregular conduct (Outlook restart suddenly, issue in opening of emails) etc. The root cause of this behavior is corrupt Mac Outlook database. Mac Outlook 2011 Spotlight Search Function is not Working. If you are facing the same mentioned Spotlight Search issue then your Microsoft User Data folder.

* Remove the item or volume you just added. * Spotlight will re-index the contents of the item you initially dragged to the list. Depending on your Mac and the contents of its hard disk, re-indexing may take several hours to days. Until this process is finished, Spotlight won’t know the contents of your disks and neither will Outlook.

All lists like contacts, events, notes etc. Are generated by the Spotlight searches. Try deleting these files in your User’s Library/Preferences folder: com.microsoft.Outlook.SyncServicesPreferences.plist com.microsoft.SyncservicesAgent.plist Also in the User's Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Office 2011 folder delete OfficeSync Prefs You'll need to restart after deleting prefs.