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What defrag software should I use?
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Ok I am running OS 10.2.6 and I want to defrag my drive. What is the best most reliable defrag software for OS X??
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Originally posted by Developer:
Waste of time and money.
Maybe you could elaborate? 
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Originally posted by skyman:
Maybe you could elaborate?
maybe you could search the forum(s) - this is asked about once a week or so.....
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He's right. It's simply not necessary. Modern hard drives are so fast they can saturate the ability of your computer to process the data, so it doesn't really matter where the data is stored on the platter.
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Originally posted by chabig:
He's right. It's simply not necessary. Modern hard drives are so fast they can saturate the ability of your computer to process the data, so it doesn't really matter where the data is stored on the platter.
Chris
No they can't, if they were we wouldn't need RAM anymore.
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No they can't, if they were we wouldn't need RAM anymore.
Of course you are right. What I meant was that the hard drive can saturate the ATA interface. Of course it can't saturate the front side bus.
I may still be wrong...
Chris
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Okay, IF you have a small hard drive and not enough RAM for the programs you use, then hard drive fragmentation CAN become a problem.
With that established, the safest and most dependable defragging software for OS X is still Alsoft's PlusOptimizer, which is an OS 9 program that is included on the DiskWarrior 2.1 CD. I use it occasionally myself, so I know it does a fine job on OS X disks.
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Good article and great advice. Thanks!
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