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1. #Unknown error when attempting to get el capitan mac os how to#
2. #Unknown error when attempting to get el capitan mac os upgrade#

The Terminal can be found by bringing up Applications in Finder, then Utilities, then Terminal. Now lets figure out the status of indexing. Disable then Re-enable Indexingįirst start with opening up a Terminal Window. You will need to use a terminal window so get your keyboard skills ready. So here are the steps we took to solve the problem. metadata_never_index that was preventing indexing from occurring. We had a hidden file in our root directory called. Indexing and Searching was disabled and 2. But of course we tried this step several times, rebooted and we still were not able to search files or our Outlook email. You can try this fix found here  It seems this fix solves many peoples problems, but it did not solve ours. The most obvious fix for addressing this problem is attempting to force Spotlight to rebuild the search index by adjusting your System Preferences. If your Spotlight search is not returning files or emails that you expect to see then there is something wrong with it.Īpparently there are a lot of people having problems with the search functionality and Apple has plenty of knowledge articles to address them. As in usual Apple fashion it is very easy and intuitive to use, except for when it doesn’t work. Spotlight, as it is named by Apple, is the ability to search for files, apps, emails and anything else on your Mac or the Internet quickly and easily using the Search bar in Finder, or Outlook or the Mail app.

Here’s how we fixed the Spotlight Search functionality.

#Unknown error when attempting to get el capitan mac os how to#

We tried all the usual articles from Apple on how to fix the Search functionality but none of them worked.

#Unknown error when attempting to get el capitan mac os upgrade#

After the upgrade their search functionality would no longer return file or email results. We had a Mac user who recently upgraded their Mac operating system to El Capitan which is the latest OS upgrade from Apple at the time of this writing. This is a problem that definitely took some time to figure out and we thought we would share it with everyone.

But occasionally we run into a problem that is difficult to resolve and will share it with our blog readers. We do everything from our virus removal service to fixing peripheral problems with our remote computer repair. At Boxaid we deal with countless Windows and Mac problems on a daily basis.