defragmenting

[bcuzican]

Hi
I am new to Macs 1 yr or so. Question- do I need to buy a defragmentor or is the utilities app good enough?


bcuzican

 

[mgargan1]

you shouldn't have to. If you do want to "optimize your disK' you could buy tech tools... but beware, you'd have to boot off another HD.

Typically, macs optimize everything that's larger than xKB... so you shouldn't have to worry too much

 

[Duff-Man]

Duff-Man says...please...try searching the forums....a simple search using the term "defrag" would give you seveeral hits that would answer this and also show you just how many times this gets asked..... .....oh yeah!

 

[jack0545]

here is a good thread where people talk a lot about the 'defraggin' theories on mac. some say need to, others say you don't.


https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/132577/

 

[wdlove]

Currently with Mac OS X if your leave you Mac on 24/7 it will run daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance automatically. If you don't have it on 24/7, then you could look at Optimizer X.


http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/13321

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

If you don't have it on 24/7, then you could look at Optimizer X.

...or checkout the free MainMenu...