Cannot access files after upgrade
Hello all,
I upgraded yesterday to Mountain Lion and I've been incredibly disappointed. My 2010 Macbook Pro is not nearly as glitchy as when the computer first restarted with the upgrade (I mean it sucked!). But it takes at least three-four minutes to turn the computer on and, much more worrying, I am having real difficulties accessing my files. I'll open up a folder in my finder and it will show the folder as being empty. The files are there, but it takes minutes for them to show up. Most of my files are pdfs and word documents. I'm not sure what the problem is. Similarly if I try to look up a file using spotlight, no dice. It can't find anything. Another file searching app I use, Alfred, seems to freeze my computer. What's going on?
I'm very disappointed. I backed up my computer (with snow leopard) with time machine right before upgrading and I'm tempted to just reboot and reload my older OS system. Ohh, what hubris! Why did I upgrade something that was not broken!
Before I ask for help on how to reload my back-up, should I try to reinstall Mountain Lion? Or does my computer just need 15 hours to reload some sort of program inventory? I would appreciate any and all help.
Best,
Sam
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)