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Do I need to defragment?
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Do I need to defragment my mac? Also do i need to ever delete internet files(cookies and such)? On my pc I had to do that all the time, but I dont see any program for that so does that mean I don't need to do it, or would it be a good idea to get a program to do that with? Any input would be helpful! thanks
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There's not really a great speed advantage to defragmenting. You can do it once every few months just for housekeeping, but it's not that critical. Ditrectory maintenence is probably more important. I run DiskWarrior every couple of months.
With Safari, you can clear cookies and the web cache in preferences should you feel like it. I set my browser to only accept cookies from sites I navigate to, and I block un-requested pop-up windows.
Clear cache is under the Safari menu, and in order to clear cookies, you have to hit the show cookies button in the security preference pane. There you'll get a remove all button.
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(Last edited by chris v; Jul 28, 2003 at 06:15 AM.
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Do a search, you will find many previous threads on this topic.
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There is no defrag utility built into the Mac OS unlike the last few versions of Windows I used... mainly as the old classic OS didn't really need it.
With OS X, things can get messed up a bit more, and an install can do with spring cleaning once in a while.
I would recommend getting a Utility such as Disk Warrior, both for the 'disk restoration' tools and also the emergency recovery features... Overall, I would not recommend Norton as I have had, and heard of very bad results.
However if you never defrag, and instead do something like an 'archive' install once a year or something, you will be more than fine!
I would totally recommend you downloading 'MacJanitor' from version tracker as it performs 'daily', 'weekly' and 'monthly' tasks at the press of a button, and keeps caches, and logs clear and uncluttered... The tasks it performs, are usually done by OS X in the middle of the night, and will be if you leave your computer on and not sleeping. If you sleep, or shut down your machine the tasks never get done, hence the need for the program.
Hope this helps,
Peace,
Marc
P.S. Vibroking... cool name, guitarist by any chance?
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What's the best tool to defragment a drive?
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Originally posted by eVo:
What's the best tool to defragment a drive?
I don't know.
What I do know is, a hammer is the best way to fragment a drive.
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Great article! I love stuff like that.
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Yea, but knowing how crappy Norton's mac s/w is right now, are we really supposed to trust anything they (or one of their employees) say ?
I d o n t t h i n k s o 
I'm stayin w/Alsoft, thank you 
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