On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Cotty <cotty...@mac.com> wrote: > On 31/1/10, steve harley, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>btw, i'm not certain what Cotty's goal is with his procedure, but Mac >>disks don't really need defragging: >> >><http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1375?viewlocale=en_US> >> >>so the only benefit i can see to Cotty's wipe & restore ritual is to >>avoid filesystem corruption; it would save a lot of time and probably be >>just as safe to simply run Disk Utility and verify the volume >>periodically; then use the wipe and restore approach only if/when an >>error is reported > > Thanks for this, v interesting.
That's why I said in my first response "If the notion of doing this is to reduce fragmentation and enhance performance ... " Cotty uses his drive for video originals as well as editing scratch space, which can indeed fill up most of the volume and cause fragmentation. For most uses, Mac OS X systems volumes are pretty unlikely to become fragmented, particularly if you maintain 20-30% free space on your working volumes. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
