De-fragmentation (revisited)

[lists3-200402]

John Baltutis <baltwo at san.rr.com> wrote:

>On 07/04/04, lists3-200402 <lists3-200402 at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>>  At 05:57 -0700 7/4/04, John Baltutis <baltwo at san.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>>If you read <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25668> closely,
>>>you'll see this:
>>>
>>>"If your disks are almost full, and you often modify or create large files
>  >>(such as editing video, but see the Tip below if you use iMovie and Mac OS
>>>X Panther), 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. Another option is to back up your important
>>>files, erase the hard disk, then reinstall Mac OS X and your backed up
>>>files."
>>
>  > in the same article, you'll see:
>>
>  >    " For these reasons, there is little benefit to defragmenting."
>
>Little doesn't imply none, that's why they added the "might benefit" 
>qualifier.

"little to no benefit" means exactly that. any perceived benefit from 
defragging will not last...no matter what the third party vendor 
marketing departments would like you to believe.

if fragmentation is a problem, get a scratch disk or a bigger drive. 
less focus on marketing hype...more focus on common sense.

don