What is indexing/

[Andy09]

What is this magnifying glass at the bottom of the screen that says either 'indexing' or 'indexing complete' and when indexing slows everything down?

[bazwillrun]

Its your computer making a note of where all your files etc are stored so when you do a search it can find them easier.

I always turn indexing off

[woofgang]

me too, its pain in the arris...not sure why windows needs it, Mac Lion doesn't and the search seems to be fast enough.

[Nibble]

Indexing is the Microsoft way of tracking fragmented files & folders, which speeds up the loading of programs & applications.

[Andy09]

Thanks for the replies, it's clear to me now. Much appreciated. Andy 09.

[ChuckFickens]

"Mac Lion doesn't"

Yes it does.

[woofgang]

It doesn't slow everything else down while it does it.