After updating to Sequoia, there is noticeable lag in typing and search results showing up.
It takes approximately 2-3 seconds before any result show up. Used to be way faster on Sonoma.
EDIT: I want to attach video here but it's not letting me.
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MacBook Air
macOS has some background tasks to complete after an upgrade. These tasks can take anywhere from an hour to a day depending on the Mac's resources and your setup.
If it doesn't improve, there are a coupe of things that you can do.
1) Use Safe Mode. see > Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support
2) Rebuild Spotlight. see > Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support
No problem. To be honest, I didn't even notice a delay until you mentioned it. I guess it wasn't so frustrating to me.
I have this bug too since 15.2 and it is a huge disruption to my workflow...
here is the solution https://www.spyhunter.com/shm/fix-macos-sequoia-spotlight-issues/
I played around a lot and seemed to have fixed it. Removing and adding drives from the Spotlight index did not work. Nor did booting into the safe modes.
I did finally notice that the significant delay was when the file I was searching for via Spotlight was located on my iCloud Drive, not files or programs on my computer. The delay was independent of whether or not it was downloaded to the iCloud Drive. I turned off iCloud Drive on that computer, rebooted, and then turned it back on, and Spotlight hasn't frozen for a week now.
FWIW, it depends on what you search for. For example, if you search for an installed app, say "safari", it will find it before you can finish typing.
Slow Spotlight Search after MacOS Sequoia update on MacBook Air M2
