[G4] defraging a Mac

[Shaene]

Bottom line is that there's not even a third of the importance here as 
there is on a Windows system, which brought "defrag" into mainstream 
usage, and into the front of many's minds regarding what they must do 
to keep their computing going along nicely.  Once again, on a Mac, you 
just don't have to worry about keeping several things in line.  Unless  
you really think your disk is fragmented greatly and using a defrag is 
a must, don't worry about it.


Shaene




On Apr 2, 2004, at 3:05 PM, John Baltutis wrote:

> On 04/01/04, Shawn King <shawn at yourmaclife.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 4/1/04 7:38 PM, "Kevin Willis" <res19rmg at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Is there an application either in OS 10.2.8 or third party for
>>> defragmenting my hard drive?  How important is it in a Mac?
>>
>> Apple says not at all: 
>> <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25668>
>>
>
> Not quite "not at all." It says "there is little benefit to 
> defragmenting."
> and then adds this qualifier: "If your disks are almost full, and you 
> often
> modify or create large files (such as editing video)Š, there's a chance
> they could be fragmented. In this case, you might benefit from
> defragmentation, which might be performed with third-party disk 
> utilities."
> As before, it dependsŠ.
>
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