Search not working well, system slowing down

[mr_goodbomb]

I've had my MacBook for about a year and a half. Two of the wonderful things I loved about it when I got it was how little it lagged when I ran multiple programs or tabs in Firefox, and how quick and accurate the search was.

It's slowed down a lot, and I've noticed lately that I can type an exact file name into the search, searching in the exact folder its in, and it won't find it. Why is this?

 

[vansmith]

Here's an Apple KB article explaining how to re-index Spotlight. Give that a try and let us know if that fixes it for you.

 

[louishen]

Main Menu can also rebuild the spotlight index foe you

MainMenu | Keep your Mac in shape

 

[chscag]

To the OP:

You can follow Van's recommendation to rebuild the Spotlight index or you can do like I do and not use Spotlight. I use "Find Any File" which in my opinion is faster than Spotlight and more accurate in finding files in deep buried folders. It's also a free application.

Regards.