Can it be used to find emails in Outlook for Mac?

[mlevin77]

I've had it with Spotlight corruption issues. I want to try Alfred to search, but I need to be able to find emails and calendar appointments inside Outlook for Mac. Can Alfred do that?

[giovanni]

yes, with a workflow. e.g. this from @xeric

 

[mlevin77]

Excellent.   Does it work from the Spotlight index or is it totally separate? that is, will it still work if my Spotlight is not working?

[vitor]

10 hours ago, mlevin77 said:

Does it work from the Spotlight index or is it totally separate?

 

It’s separate. It’s reading an SQLite database from Outlook.

[rigo]

I have Outlook for Mac version 16.56.  The workflow opens up the search of the emails correctly, but will not open them.  It only brings the Outlook app up, not the individual email.  

[deanishe]

1 hour ago, rigo said:

I have Outlook for Mac version 16.56.  The workflow opens up the search of the emails correctly, but will not open them.  It only brings the Outlook app up, not the individual email.  

 

If there's a problem with the workflow, post about it in the workflow's thread where its author will see it.