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Hi, when I use the file finder, there is a use index check box. If I click on the ? button then on the checkbox it says something like : use index blah blah blah, you must run updatedb from time to time. Well once I had this checked but not anymore.

Still at seemingly random intervals my machine gets really slow, when this happens if I check my process tables updatedb is there taking up valuable cpu time. When updatedb isn't running my machine is faster.

How do I make it so updatedb just don't start like this ?
Does updatedb do anything apart from speeding up searches ?

If I remove the script altogether will things still be ok or should I move it from daily to something like montly ?