How To Rebuild Spotlight Index

Problem:

You're experiencing issues searching for emails with your mail client on your Mac

Solution:

Rebuild Spotlight Index

1. Click the Apple menu (top-left corner) > System Settings.
2. Click Siri & Spotlight in the sidebar, then scroll down and click Spotlight Privacy on the right-hand side.
3. Click the add button (+) and select the disk to add (It should be called Macintosh HD). Wait about two minutes.
4. From the same list of locations, select the disk you've just added. Then click the remove button (–) to remove it from the list.
5. Click Done, then close System Settings. Spotlight will re-index the contents of the disk or folder. This can take some time, depending on the amount of information that is being indexed.