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Odd as 10.4.3 made Spotlight a lot faster (therefore a lot better) for me.
Obvious question to ask is have you got any conflicting third party apps? And I'll throw in a repair permissions as well for no good reason.
Obvious question to ask is have you got any conflicting third party apps? And I'll throw in a repair permissions as well for no good reason.
munkle said:
No 3d party junk touching Spotlight or graphics, and I did two post-upgrade permission repairs, along with all the cron scripts, etc.
I failed to mention that I can't reproduce the problem, so maybe it was a one-time glitch. Anyone else having Spotlight problems?
If it's a one off, I would just keep my fingers crossed and hope it doesn't happen again.
Start being worried if it happens regularly.
Start being worried if it happens regularly.
LawHog said:
Is that a type of theme you are using, as your desktop looks rather different to mine? Maybe that is conflicting in some way?
There is an 80% chance that downloading the combo update 10.4.3 and installing it will fix this problem. For some, the combo update is better than the delta update. I had the same problems with the update from 10.4.1 to 10.4.2.
Also, after each update, ALWAYS repair permissions!
Do these 2 things, then let us know how it goes.
Also, after each update, ALWAYS repair permissions!
Do these 2 things, then let us know how it goes.
grapes911 said:
Because that's the aqua theme.
Open up System Preferences/Appearance and change the appearance setting from "Blue" to "Graphite". Then it should look the same
Sweet. I had no idea. I like the Blue Aqua theme better though. Has this always been a feature of OS X? Or is this new with Tiger?munkle said:Because that's the aqua theme.
Open up System Preferences/Appearance and change the appearance setting from "Blue" to "Graphite". Then it should look the same
I think it's always been a feature. It seems to be a popular setting amongst designers who appreciate a more neutral theme.
Its here in Panther, don't know about previous releases though.
<edit>(shouldve reloaded before posting- munkle answers both our questions)
<edit>(shouldve reloaded before posting- munkle answers both our questions)
I've had lots of problems with Spotlight, but of a different nature.
After typing 4 or 5 characters, it can become unresponsive for 10-20 seconds before it accepts any more input or shows any results. (This on a dual G5).
Also, it's surprisingly unreliable for me. I have an application on my Desktop, been there for months, but Spotlight still can't find it, even if I copy and paste its name into the Spotlight search box. And finding by name should be the easiest/quickest search of all! It's actually missing lots of files, it's so poor at finding results I just don't use Spotlight any more - hence most of my Macs are still running Panther.
After typing 4 or 5 characters, it can become unresponsive for 10-20 seconds before it accepts any more input or shows any results. (This on a dual G5).
Also, it's surprisingly unreliable for me. I have an application on my Desktop, been there for months, but Spotlight still can't find it, even if I copy and paste its name into the Spotlight search box. And finding by name should be the easiest/quickest search of all! It's actually missing lots of files, it's so poor at finding results I just don't use Spotlight any more - hence most of my Macs are still running Panther.
Pressing esc will cancel a search. If you can't input any more characters that might not be too helpful though.whooleytoo said:
From my experience Spotlight has been unbelievable (and now even better with 10.4.3). Maybe it's worth forcing Spotlight to reindex your HD again.whooleytoo said:
To do this open up terminal.app
Type in: sudo mdutil -E /
Then enter the password when prompted.
This could take awhile so you might want to do it overnight.
munkle said:
I can't even escape out of it - I can switch to other applications, but the Spotlight search box & menu just stays there until it starts responding again.
munkle said:
Cheers, wasn't sure how to do that!