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Each time I open dash for the first time since booting, it takes ages to load programs on it. I have to wait for like a minute or so and then programs appears. I have online stuffs disabled so its only offline stuffs. Is there a way to speed things up?

Stefano Mtangoo
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  • Yeah I'd like to know each step Unity is doing from Dash opening to the end of search so I could schedule the indexing for each system startup... – Esamo Oct 02 '14 at 16:20
  • Did you get it? I have not yet resolved this! – Stefano Mtangoo Oct 03 '14 at 11:18
  • Nah, this is my smiliar question bounted by others:

    http://askubuntu.com/questions/506806/how-to-make-faster-first-search-at-unity-dash-way-slower-than-second-one

     – Esamo Oct 03 '14 at 12:54

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There is a way to turn off online searches and a few other tweaks that will speed up the search dash.

Install Unity Tweak Tool here Unity Tweak Tool ** *Have caution with this program even though you can reset the settings changed, you may have issues that conflict with eachother.

After installing open it up and click on the Search Settings Under Unity

You can turn off Background Blur and Clear History as well as a few other options that will speed it up nicely.

The following screenshot shows some settings that help speed it up dramatically

Brandd Newman
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  • the problem seems that Unity builds index each time you access dash for the first time since boot. After accessing once problem is gone. I do not know how to tell unity to keep programs index unti I install/Uninstall a thing! – Stefano Mtangoo Nov 18 '14 at 10:46