Spotlight search has become slow..

[DoodlyDoo]

I'm not sure what happened, but recently my spotlight search has become slow. Before, when I started to type an application, it would show the application before I finished typing it. Now, it hesitates and loads for 3-5 seconds before it shows other stuff, then the application. Please, anyone. If there is some sort of reset command, or cache I need to delete, please let me know.

 

[macbook pro i5]

yea same with me it is slow to say the least

 

[DoodlyDoo]

also note that I am running OS X Lion

 

[macbook pro i5]

also note that I am running OS X Lion

yeah so am I 7.2 seems to make it all better

 

[DoodlyDoo]

I'm on 7.2

 

[DoodlyDoo]

Problem Fixed

I finally found it out. You need to restart the indexing process.

In Terminal, type:

sudo mdutil -E /

sudo mdutil -i on /

It will prompt you for your password. Then after a few seconds, spotlight will begin to index and things will be fast again. 😀