Right click / Control click on the email you dragged to Desktop and select 'Get Info'.Įxpand 'Open with' and select 'Other' in the dropdown. Reassociate Outlook for Outlook email files:ĭrag and drop any email to the Desktop from Outlook. You can continue to workaround this issue by changing file association and Reindex Spotlight or you can switch to the new Outlook for Mac. To do this, follow the steps below: Follow the link below to update your version of macOS If you are using macOS Big Sur, search in old Outlook for Mac returns limited or no results.Īpple has released macOS Big Sur version 11.4 which addresses this issue.