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Re: How do I defrag a mac HD? [message #79452 is a reply to message #79437] |
Sat, 03 February 2007 22:32   |
Robby Berman
Messages: 17 Registered: November 2006
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DiskWarrior, great though it is, does not defrag a drive. It only rebuilds
and defrags its directory.
Though many, including Apple. claim that OS X drives don't need defragging,
they do, as I recently learned, in fact, from DiskWarrior 4. It said it didn't
have enough space to do a fail-safe directory replacement even though I had
40 GB free on my drive. I called Alsoft, and they told me to defrag.
I bought the $30 iDefrag, which worked for me, though it took about 16 hours
to clean up my 150 GB boot drive.
Given the inherently risky nature of defragging, please don't take my positive
experience for a guarantee that iBackup will work for you. Mine is just one
positive report. Of course, the safest way to defrag is to clone and then
restore your drive if you have a second drive of the same size.
>I've been using Disk Warrior to defrag my drives.
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Re: How do I defrag a mac HD? [message #79457 is a reply to message #79452] |
Sun, 04 February 2007 09:07   |
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Hmmm. I must be using Tech Tool to defrag. You can see how often I do it.
I don't know if OS X benefits from defragging, but my OS 9 volumes definitely
do. Paris, and the Waves plugins in particular, loads much faster after
defragging.
Gantt
"Robby Berman" <robbyberman@mac.com> wrote:
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>DiskWarrior, great though it is, does not defrag a drive. It only rebuilds
>and defrags its directory.
>Though many, including Apple. claim that OS X drives don't need defragging,
>they do, as I recently learned, in fact, from DiskWarrior 4. It said it
didn't
>have enough space to do a fail-safe directory replacement even though I
had
>40 GB free on my drive. I called Alsoft, and they told me to defrag.
>I bought the $30 iDefrag, which worked for me, though it took about 16 hours
>to clean up my 150 GB boot drive.
>Given the inherently risky nature of defragging, please don't take my positive
>experience for a guarantee that iBackup will work for you. Mine is just
one
>positive report. Of course, the safest way to defrag is to clone and then
>restore your drive if you have a second drive of the same size.
>
>>I've been using Disk Warrior to defrag my drives.
>
Gantt Kushner
Gizmo Recording Company
Silver Spring, MD
www.gizmorecording.com
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