I wouldn't touch it any more either, it's most defineately end of line now ...
http://www.macnn.com/news/24213
Yes, this will all be moot as soon as Tiger is here anyway...:-( No more Norton.
... the last version had a terrible reputation. It did some damage to my system, which was why I had to go out and get Drive 10.
Does DiskWarrior actually defragment?
I was under the impression it was a specialist directory rebuilding and optimising tool
, not a defragger - unless they've built that in since last time I used it.
No disk warrior doesn't defrag. (But it solves many of the problems that I have come across :-) ) That's actually why I include Norton (specifically speed disk) in my list. Again, each program is useful for different reasons. (BTW I realized that I took for granted that one would first run Apple Disk Utility when trying to solve a problem...then proceed to the others...oops!) I believe Norton got a bad rep because version 8.0 came out before Panther and then caused problems when used with Panther. Then, there were still glitches in version 8.01 that required a terminal command to straighten it out. The last version is 8.02 which works in Panther and it useful in defragging when/if necessary. I think it works rather well. The 8.02 disk is available from Norton, or if you have 8.0 you can install it on a firewire drive and then update to 8.02. It should be run from the CD or from a firewire drive...not actually installed on your main drive.
There are however, as I'm sure you're aware, many people who are routinely (and needlessly) defragmenting their OSX drives.
I would suggest that unless people fit into one of the special categories (as you clearly do, granted!) they are very unlikely to suffer from the kind of problems they had with OS9 and earlier - in fact, routine defragmentation is asking for trouble.
I completely agree with you Simon. I don't think it is wise or necessary to routinely defrag. In most cases it isn't necessary.
But as you and Johannas pointed out there are can be problems with larger files that are fragmented in several places (as can happen in audio/video) (I think I read somewhere larger than 20MB and fragmented in more than 7 places) The apple OS defrag doesn't usually fix this. IMHO there is a benefit to defragmenting in this case.
And I also think you are right Johannes, it doesn't necessarily have to do with how full the drive is.
Simon Troup
> certainly wouldn't.Well, you are certainly the first person I know who even considers Norton any more. I can't speak from my own experience (I last used Norton in the old OS 9 days) but I certainly know a lot of people for whom Norton has actually created more problems than it ever solved, and they all warn from letting it loose on any of your volumes. I
I try not to throw the baby out with that bath water....Norton still has it's uses IMHO. :-)
Have a good weekend!
-K
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