Xcode 4.2 Organizer - Documentation unreasonably slow

Question

I recently upgrades Xcode to version 4.2, and now whenever I search the documentation in the Organizer, it becomes very slow. For example, if I search for "NSString", I type it all within a second or two, but the search field hangs at "NSS" for about ten seconds, sometimes showing the spinning ball, then "tring" appears all at once.

The rest of Xcode runs smoothly. I can appreciate that it may take a while to search through the documentation, but it used to be much faster before upgrading. I have restarted, and activity monitor shows I have quite a bit of free memory. I have also deleted the project workspace as suggested in this question.

Under Preferences>Downloads>Documentation I have the following listed

iOS 4.3 Library iOS 5.0 Library Mac OS X 10.6 Core Library Mac OS X 10.7 Core Library Mac OS X Legacy Library Xcode 4.2 Developer Library 

My question is, is there a way to fix this slowdown? And, if it's caused by having too many Libraries to search through quickly, would it be a good idea to delete the old iOS 4.3 and OS X 10.6 Libraries?

Answer 1

You can limit your searches to specific documentation sets by clicking the magnifying glass in the search field. Otherwise, add your voice to the score of bugs already filed on this subject at bugreport.apple.com.