According to XXL: >I do not wonder that this story has made the rounds. OS X does do a bit of >"optimization" but it is hardly the same as de-fragmenting a disc with Plus >Optimizer, et. al. Current disc de-fraggers are so slow with OS X's >prolific number of files that it is much faster to do a Retrospect Backup >and then do a restore to de-frag a disc. >-Joel > >> For a file system, OSX, that sports a 'myth' >> that fragmentation 'isn't an issue' Speed disk, standalone, set for 512 MB RAM, nice... very very nice. Checking a graphical representation of a drive that SD considers 'Light' in terms of frags, is mind-boggling, looks like the file system blew itself to smithereens. But apps aren't noticeably 'sped up' as a result of a de-frag... other anomalies, and slower reboots, etc, vanish, though. One other thing. After moving the files off, a la retrospect, and then moving the whole lot back to a pristine original drive, you then have plenty of 'free' unfragged drive space, and the same fragmented files you started off with. ~flipper