i got the same problem since snow leopard, and the same question...
On Jun 13, 4:28 pm, sclough <[email protected]> wrote: > I've noticed periodically when I invoke QS, that there seems to be a > hesitation for a few seconds before it responds to my input. The > command window comes up, but it just doesn't respond. For example, if > I'm activating an application I can invoke QS, type in the characters > needed, and hit enter to active the app before QS even displays that > app in the UI. Since QS has learned what I want, I just type and go > even though I'm not getting any visual feedback. When I do this it > seems like there's a pause when I hit enter as QS updates the UI to > display the icon that matches what I typed before it actually launches > or actives it. Hopefully this makes sense. Anyway, I'm wondering if > there's anything that can be done to help this? I've thought about > trying to replace my catalog entirely with spotlight sources in case > refreshing the catalog is the issue, although I would assume that's > something done in the background that shouldn't affect the ui. I can't > think of much else that I could tweak beyond reducing the number of > catalog items, but my catalog isn't massive (probably around 1,500 > items including address book, files, and everything). Any ideas about > what's causing this and what I could do to improve performance?
