Chuck, what about the option: Put hard disk to sleep when possible Do you have that checked/ jane > From: Charles & Sarah Kurle <kurle at katewwdb.com> > Reply-To: "Home Macintosh Users List"<HomeMac at lists.themacintoshguy.com> > Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 14:37:08 -0500 > To: "Home Macintosh Users List" <HomeMac at lists.themacintoshguy.com> > Subject: [HM] Re: Index hard drive > > I have my iMac set to only have the display sleep after 3 hours and > everything else set to never to make sure the core OS routines run > overnight - 3:00 am I think. > > Chuck > > > On 2004 Jun 24, at 14:34, John Baltutis wrote: > >> On 06/23/04, Jane Sprando <janesprando at comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>> What do I need to do to index my hard drive? I am running 10.2.2 and >>> 9.2.2 >>> on a G4 iMac. >> >> From Finder->Help->Mac Help (search on index): >> Use the Finder to index files and disks: >> >> Indexing your files >> >> To search the contents of your files, the Finder must index the disk or >> folder that contains the files. Usually the Finder indexes disks and >> folders when you search them. However, you may need to update the >> index. >> 1. Select the disk or folder you want to index in the Finder. >> 2. Choose File -> Get Info. >> 3. Click Content Index, then click Index Now. >>> >>> Also, what settings should I be using for Energy Saver? >>