Initialize spotlight on startup.

[DrummerB]

I use Spotlight to launch apps that are not in my dock. I just press Cmd+Space and type the first few letters of the app's name and launch it with enter.

However when I do this the first time after startup Spotlight takes a few seconds to load and I end up typing the app's name into the currently active app, like iChat or Safari. After the first time Spotlight loads immediately.

Is there a way to load Spotlight in the background on login?

 

[GGJstudios]

Is there a way to load Spotlight in the background on login?

Spotlight is always running on your Mac. The initial delay after startup may be because your Mac is busy launching other processes.

 

[DrummerB]

Spotlight is always running on your Mac. The initial delay after startup may be because your Mac is busy launching other processes.

No. This is clearly Spotlight doing some setup the first time I invoke it. Maybe not starting the process itself, but it's doing something. I can log in and wait five minutes to make sure everything else is loaded up completely, then press Cmd+Space and it still takes a few seconds to load.

 

[GGJstudios]

No. This is clearly Spotlight doing some setup the first time I invoke it. Maybe not starting the process itself, but it's doing something. I can log in and wait five minutes to make sure everything else is loaded up completely, then press Cmd+Space and it still takes a few seconds to load.

The fact remains that Spotlight is always running. It's built in to Mac OS X, so if your Mac is running, Spotlight is running.