[X4U] Defragmentation, was Cause of kernel panics

[Randy B.Singer]

Jon Warms said:

>I recommend a review of Apple's comments on Disk Optimization:
>
>http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25668
>
>which I read to say that defrag utilities are generally not needed 
>because
>Panther performs automatic defragmentation:


Yes, if you followed the citation I gave to my Web site in my previous 
post:

http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html 
Item #5 and Note #2

You would have seen that I cited that Tech Info article.  However, you 
also would have seen that, in addition to the MacFixIt article (posted to 
the Web just this month) that I quoted in my previous post in this 
thread, other folks with a huge amount of first hand knowledge and 
experience have found that defragmentation is necessary as your drive 
approaches 80% full. (At least it is if you want to avoid directory 
damage and flaky behavior from your Mac.)  e.g.  MicroMat, Intech, etc.

Or, you could just get yourself another drive before your drive reaches 
the 80% full mark. 



Randy B. Singer
Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions)

Routine OS X Maintenance and Generic Troubleshooting
http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html