I wonder why?Īpple lays out their case here (it's not like this was a secret or anything): Can anyone here name the leading commercial defragger for UNIX? No? Oh wait, there isn't one. What Apple DOES claim is that OS X does not REQUIRE defragmentation. It also makes use of a clustered "hot zone," keeping the files you use most often (that meet the afore-mentioned condition) defragged. It *does,* however, automatically defrag files under a certain size (I think it's 20MB or so) on the fly when you open or use them. anyone can comment on this please?Ĭloning writes the files in a non-fragmented order, so yes in effect it does defrag.Ĭontrary to myth, Apple makes NO CLAIM that OS X defrags your drive.
it keeps the file structure as it is, including the fragmented files. I thought that cloning a drive is just, cloning, i.e. While there are risks involved in any method, I consider this to be far less risky than using a defrag utility. This almost always takes significantly less time than using a utility, especially for a badly fragmented drive and it leaves you with a fresh backup. The drive is written back with the files in order – in other words, no more fraggies. Clone the image back to your original drive (Super Duper). Use a program like Super Duper to clone your drive to another drive – I usually just make a disk image on the other drive so I don’t have to wipe it.Ĥ. Fix disk permissions and verify disk (Disk Utility) and clean the directory (DiskWarrior) on the drive to be defragged.ģ.
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Take this as a good reason to update a DVD (archive quality) backup of the most important stuff.Ģ. It takes a fraction of the time, creates a backup in the process, and puts less wear on the drive.
Quote I think the best way to defrag is to use the copy method.
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