The indexes on a the tables of a large database make a huge difference in its performance and utility. Without an index, locating a single record in a large table can take several seconds; with the ...

If your Apple Mail doesn’t seem to be searchable and/or has become so slow it seems to hang your Mac — or even displays incorrect email content, then it’s time you attacked the problem: it’s time to ...

Reader Steve Osborn isn’t happy with the way Spotlight has indexed his drive and would like to ask it to start from scratch. “How can I make Spotlight start over with its indexing, or at least force ...

Last week, we showed you how to make Spotlight work faster with a little reindexing trick in System Preferences. Today, we’ll do the same thing, only we’ll use some Terminal magic to make it happen.