mduser63 macrumors 68040 Original poster Nov 9, 2004 3,042 31 Salt Lake City, UT Nov 5, 2007 #1 For some reason, every time I restart my iMac Spotlight reindexes the hard drive. Has anyone else seen this? It's quite annoying... FWIW, I'm running Leopard having done an Upgrade Install from Tiger.
For some reason, every time I restart my iMac Spotlight reindexes the hard drive. Has anyone else seen this? It's quite annoying... FWIW, I'm running Leopard having done an Upgrade Install from Tiger.
gr8tfly macrumors 603 Oct 29, 2006 5,334 100 ~119W 34N Nov 5, 2007 #2 I've noticed some unexpected re-indexing, too. Fortunately, it is many times faster than Tiger and gets through it fairly quickly. Seems to happen on any volume. The last one was only the internal (boot) drive, but I've seen it start over on my external drives.
I've noticed some unexpected re-indexing, too. Fortunately, it is many times faster than Tiger and gets through it fairly quickly. Seems to happen on any volume. The last one was only the internal (boot) drive, but I've seen it start over on my external drives.
pknz macrumors 68020 Mar 22, 2005 2,478 5 NZ Nov 5, 2007 #3 Yep, I've noticed this happen to on different drives.
K kainjow Moderator emeritus Jun 15, 2000 7,958 7 Aug 13, 2008 #4 This is happening with me on my new Mac Pro. What a pain.
sammy2066 macrumors 6502a Oct 3, 2007 942 589 127.0.0.1 Aug 13, 2008 #5 Yes, this happens to me on my PowerBook G4. Anybody know of a fix?