Spotlight annoying lag with El Capitan

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Spotlight annoying lag with El Capitan

There is a very annoying bug on all of the versions of El Capitan from 10.11.0 to 10.11.4 on every machine I know with (⌘)-Space bar to open Spotlight.

I find someone on twitter who describes : "There is ≈ one half-second lag when opening Spotlight on El Capitan and it prevents the first 1-2 keystrokes from being entered."

There si 2 ways :

- It shifts the cursor to the left of the first typed character. If I type "reeder", it will shows "eederr"

- Sometimes the first character is strangely highlighted then replaced with the next characters I type. If I type "reeder", it will shows "eeder"

It appears randomly but especially when I'm hurry. I try to quickly open something with Spotlight but I have to erase then retype and lose my precious time.

Does anybody have the same problem ?

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2013), OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)

Posted on Apr 27, 2016 2:14 PM

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Answer 1

Apr 27, 2016 2:17 PM in response to léofromparis

Please download and install EtreCheck from http://etrecheck.com/

Run it and post the report here.

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Answer 2

Apr 27, 2016 2:33 PM in response to Allan Eckert

Ok I'm installing it

Just before, I succeed to capture this "situation"

http://i.imgur.com/rcVO5F8.png

The cursor auto shifts to the left of all the characters and the next ones will be on the left. It's hard to explain : I first type "déterge" and if I continue to type, it will displays "loremipsumdéterge"

EtreCheck version : 2.9.11 (264)

Rapport créé le 2016-04-27 23:29:30

Télécharger EtreCheck chez https://etrecheck.com

Runtime 1:59

La vitesse : Excellent

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Problème :Autre problème

Description :

Spotlighht lag

Les informations matérielles :ⓘ

MacBook Air (13 pouces, mi-2013)

[Les caractéristiques techniques] - [Le guide de l’utilisateur] - [Garantie & service]

MacBook Air - modèle : MacBookAir6,2

1 1,3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU : 2-core

4 GB RAM Pas extensible

BANK 0/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Bon - Handoff/Airdrop2 disponible

Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

La batterie : Santé = Normal - Comptage de cycles = 234

Les informations vidéo :ⓘ

Intel HD Graphics 5000

Color LCD 1440 x 900

Les logiciel du système :ⓘ

OS X El Capitan 10.11.4 (15E65) - Temps depuis le démarrage : environ 14 jours

Les informations des disques :ⓘ

APPLE SSD SD0128F disk0 : (121,33 GB) (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)

EFI (disk0s1) <non monté> : 210 Mo

Recovery HD (disk0s3) <non monté> [Restauration] : 650 Mo

Macintosh HD (disk1) / [Startup] : 120.10 Go (5.75 Go libre) (Fabile !)

Core Storage: disk0s2 120.47 Go Online

Les informations USB :ⓘ

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Les informations Thunderbolt :ⓘ

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Le gatekeeper :ⓘ

N’importe où

Les agents de lancement systèmes :ⓘ

[désengagé] 7 tâches d’Apple

[engagé] 133 tâches d’Apple

[en marche] 74 tâches d’Apple

[tué] 24 tâches d’Apple

24 processus tués à cause du manque de mémoire

Les daemons de lancement systèmes :ⓘ

[échec] com.apple.Kerberos.kdc.plist

[désengagé] 47 tâches d’Apple

[engagé] 142 tâches d’Apple

[en marche] 82 tâches d’Apple

[tué] 17 tâches d’Apple

17 processus tués à cause du manque de mémoire

Les agents de lancement :ⓘ

[désengagé] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [L’aide]

Les daemons de lancements :ⓘ

[échec] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (2016-04-05) [L’aide]

[engagé] com.daisydiskapp.DaisyDiskAdminHelper.plist (2016-04-05) [L’aide]

[engagé] com.microsoft.autoupdate.helpertool.plist (2015-12-12) [L’aide]

[engagé] com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper.plist (2015-08-07) [L’aide]

[désengagé] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [L’aide]

[engagé] net.sourceforge.MonolingualHelper.plist (2014-12-27) [L’aide]

Les agents de lancement pour l’utilisateur :ⓘ

[engagé] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (2016-03-03) [L’aide]

[en marche] com.spotify.webhelper.plist (2016-03-27) [L’aide]

Les éléments Ouverture :ⓘ

Flux Application (/Applications/Flux.app)

iTunesHelper Application Caché (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)

Dropbox Application Caché (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

SpeechSynthesisServer Application (/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks /SpeechSynthesis.framework/Versions/A/SpeechSynthesisServer.app)

Les autres apps :ⓘ

[en marche] com.druide.AgentAntidote

[en marche] com.druide.Antidote.145632

[en marche] com.microsoft.Office365ServiceV2.92512

[en marche] com.microsoft.Word.53792

[engagé] com.microsoft.autoupdate.fba.90592

[échec] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool

[échec] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater

[en marche] com.tapbots.TweetbotMac.60832

[engagé] 409 tâches d’Apple

[en marche] 196 tâches d’Apple

[tué] 49 tâches d’Apple

Les plug-ins internets :ⓘ

FlashPlayer-10.6 : 21.0.0.213 - SDK 10.6 (2016-04-09) [L’aide]

QuickTime Plugin : 7.7.3 (2016-04-13)

Flash Player : 21.0.0.213 - SDK 10.6 (2016-04-09) Vieux ! Mettre à jour

Unity Web Player : UnityPlayer version 4.5.3f3 - SDK 10.6 (2014-09-06) [L’aide]

Default Browser : 601 - SDK 10.11 (2016-04-13)

Les extensions de Safari :ⓘ

Adguard AdBlocker (Beta) - adguard - http://adguard.com (2016-03-27)

WOT - WOT Services Oy - http://www.mywot.com/ (2015-10-08)

Save to Pocket - Read It Later, Inc. - http://getpocket.com/ (2016-03-21)

Shoptimate - comparateur de prix instantané - Shoptimate Team - http://www.shoptimate.com (2013-10-01)

Search by image - Better Than Tomorrow - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Search-by-image-Safari-Extension/256028944455980 (2014-07-02)

Les panneaux de préférences tiers :ⓘ

Flash Player (2016-04-05) [L’aide]

Le Time Machine :ⓘ

Time Machine n’est pas configuré !

L’utilisation du CPU par processus :ⓘ

57% Office365ServiceV2

45% Microsoft Word

27% Mail

23% fontworker

21% kernel_task

L’utilisation de la RAM par processus :ⓘ

657 Mo kernel_task

279 Mo mdworker(31)

201 Mo com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(23)

172 Mo Microsoft Word

78 Mo Safari

Les informations de la mémoire virtuelle :ⓘ

25 Mo RAM Disponible

3.97 Go RAM Utilisée (417 Mo Cached)

1.49 Go Fichier d’échange utilisé

Les informations du diagnostic :ⓘ

Apr 27, 2016, 11:07:13 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_2016-04-27-110713_[ expurgé].cpu_resource.diag [Les détails]

/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com.apple.We bKit.WebContent.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

Apr 26, 2016, 08:41:19 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Finder_2016-04-26-204119_[expurgé].crash

com.apple.finder - /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder

Apr 26, 2016, 10:26:00 AM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Preview_2016-04-26-102600_[expurgé].crash

com.apple.Preview - /Applications/Preview.app/Contents/MacOS/Preview

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Answer 3

dialabrain

Level 10

136,349 points

Apr 27, 2016 2:35 PM in response to léofromparis

FWIW, I can't recreate the "bug".

Maybe rebuilding the spotlight index will help?

Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support

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Answer 4

Apr 27, 2016 2:57 PM in response to dialabrain

Me neither, it's totally random.
I'm rebuilding the index, maybe it will fix it.

EDIT : Some people on Twitter explain it better than me

- 1+ times/day I open something unintentionally because of the 1-2 second lag between search/[return]/new results in Spotlight in 10.11.

- http://i.imgur.com/BOKr00f.png

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Answer 5

Apr 27, 2016 3:10 PM in response to léofromparis

The amount of free space on the system disk is extremely low.

Backup first before you start either deleting or moving your files to clear off disk space.

Office365 appears to be using an inordinate amount of cpu. You might want to uninstall it and reinstall it again to see if that helps.

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Answer 6

Linc Davis

Level 10

209,739 points

Apr 27, 2016 4:07 PM in response to léofromparis

Please read this whole message before doing anything.

This procedure is a test, not a solution. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.

Step 1

The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is localized to your user account.

Enable guest logins* and log in as Guest. Don't use the Safari-only “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac.”

While logged in as Guest, you won’t have access to any of your documents or settings. Applications will behave as if you were running them for the first time. Don’t be alarmed by this behavior; it’s normal. If you need any passwords or other personal data in order to complete the test, memorize, print, or write them down before you begin.

Test while logged in as Guest. Same problem?

After testing, log out of the guest account and, in your own account, disable it if you wish. Any files you created in the guest account will be deleted automatically when you log out of it.

*Note: If you’ve activated “Find My Mac” or FileVault, then you can’t enable the Guest account. The “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac” is not the same. Create a new account in which to test, and delete it, including its home folder, after testing.

Step 2

The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, by a font conflict, or by corruption of the file system or of certain system caches.

Please take this step regardless of the results of Step 1.

Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards, if applicable. Start up in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem.

Note: If FileVault is enabled in OS X 10.9 or earlier, or if a firmware password is set, or if the startup volume is a software RAID, you can’t do this. Ask for further instructions.

Safe mode is much slower to start up and run than normal, with limited graphics performance, and some things won’t work at all, including sound output and Wi-Fi on certain models. The next normal startup may also be somewhat slow.

The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.

Test while in safe mode. Same problem?

After testing, restart as usual (not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of Steps 1 and 2.

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Answer 7

May 22, 2016 5:30 AM in response to Linc Davis

Sorry, I haven't had time to try this but it seems that 10.11.5 fix it

As reported by softpedia

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