Simon Forster said: >As I sit here trying to use Mac OS X's help system, once again I'm >struck by how useless it is. It takes a good few seconds to respond to >a single mouse click and it's search feature is useless as it always >returns nothing found. Has anyone else had problems with this and >managed to speed it up? If so, please do tell me the secret! Have a look at: http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/helpviewer.html I suspect that you will get immediate relief if you download and use this free utility: Preferential Treatment (free) http://homepage.mac.com/jonn8/as/ Randy B. Singer Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions) Routine OS X Maintenance and Generic Troubleshooting http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html