Comments on: Think You Don’t Need To Defrag Your Mac? Think Again! http://www.conxsys.com/blog/2010/02/09/think-you-don%e2%80%99t-need-to-defrag-your-mac-think-again/ Thoughts on Conxsys, Notes/Domino, LotusScript, & Technology Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:23:54 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Bill Malchisky http://www.conxsys.com/blog/2010/02/09/think-you-don%e2%80%99t-need-to-defrag-your-mac-think-again/comment-page-1/#comment-8628 Bill Malchisky Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:06:37 +0000 http://www.conxsys.com/blog/?p=390#comment-8628 Hi Corey: Generally, with a Mac, if one is near 90%+ of full disk capacity, they will see fragmentation issues on a Unix-based system; swap files will also be affected at this point. Best to stay below that to avoid issues. If you need to keep it full, then the suggested tool works great. To keep files auto-defraged, the OS vis-a-vis the filesystem needs space to manage the files. If it's too cramped, then this capability breaks-down, for obvious geometric reasons. Good post. Glad @1 found it useful too. --Bill Hi Corey:

Generally, with a Mac, if one is near 90%+ of full disk capacity, they will see fragmentation issues on a Unix-based system; swap files will also be affected at this point. Best to stay below that to avoid issues. If you need to keep it full, then the suggested tool works great.

To keep files auto-defraged, the OS vis-a-vis the filesystem needs space to manage the files. If it’s too cramped, then this capability breaks-down, for obvious geometric reasons.

Good post. Glad @1 found it useful too.

–Bill

]]> By: Corey Davis http://www.conxsys.com/blog/2010/02/09/think-you-don%e2%80%99t-need-to-defrag-your-mac-think-again/comment-page-1/#comment-8627 Corey Davis Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:38:50 +0000 http://www.conxsys.com/blog/?p=390#comment-8627 Tony -- I am happy to hear that my post may be of some help to you. I hope that you have the same good luck with a defrag that I did! Tony — I am happy to hear that my post may be of some help to you. I hope that you have the same good luck with a defrag that I did!

]]> By: Tony Frazier http://www.conxsys.com/blog/2010/02/09/think-you-don%e2%80%99t-need-to-defrag-your-mac-think-again/comment-page-1/#comment-8626 Tony Frazier Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:51:53 +0000 http://www.conxsys.com/blog/?p=390#comment-8626 Wow, this could not have been more timely for me. I have a very similar usage pattern as you, and have been experiencing the same issues recently. The last couple of weeks my Mac has really been struggling. Tonight is the night I planned on looking into defrag options/necessity, and here is your post! Thanks for the info!! Wow, this could not have been more timely for me. I have a very similar usage pattern as you, and have been experiencing the same issues recently. The last couple of weeks my Mac has really been struggling. Tonight is the night I planned on looking into defrag options/necessity, and here is your post! Thanks for the info!!

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