how could we find out if qs is using a lot of sys mem? i've got 4gb of ram. it's true that when doing heavy load on mem (editing) qs gets slow, but most of the times it does not make sence... thx.
On Jun 14, 10:13 pm, Howard Melman <[email protected]> wrote: > First thing that comes to mind is memory. Is there enough system memory (or > are you swapping) and is QS using a lot (say something large on the > clipboard)? > > Howard > > On Jun 14, 2010, at 4:12 PM, sclough wrote:> Yea, I'd love to know if there's > anything that can be done to help > > it... > > > On Jun 14, 1:35 am, huiii <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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?
