Hello Harry, Perhaps another app to consider is [ iDefrag 5 ] from <http://coriolis-systems.com>. Their current version 5 supports Mac OS X ver. 10.11. Shouldn’t be a problem if running from your system disk to defrag your time machine disk (run from different start-up disk if altering the system disk). I use it with no issues or problems, although full defragmention does take a while. : )
-russ preston > On Jun 28, 2016, at 10:17 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nice to see you too, John. Unforntunately, I do not Tech Tools Pro in any > version compatible to my current machines. If I still have Tech Tool it’s > several years old. > > Perhaps I will invest in it. > > Harry > > >> On Jun 28, 2016, at 9:57 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Harry, >> >> So great to see you today, been far too long. In TechTools Pro8 one of the >> modules is defrag if you think you should do first. >> >> John >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Jun 28, 2016, at 9:51 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I ran disk warrior again on the time machine drive. This time I turned off >>> Time Machine and ran disk warrior from my mac not from the jump drive. >>> >>> I received the same message- make available 5100 mb of contiguous disk space >>> >>> The disk has 13.64 gb of free space. Go figure. >>> >>> I can not find a defrag function on disk tools. >>> >>> I guess I will try what you suggest Lee. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Jun 28, 2016, at 12:17 PM, Lee Larson <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Jun 27, 2016, at 4:19 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> My question: How do I create 5100 mb of contiguous free space on my >>>>> TimeMachine disk or any disk for that matter. >>>> >>>> The first thing to check is if there’s at least 5100 MB of space available >>>> on the disk. If not, you’ll have to delete some stuff. >>>> >>>> Given there’s enough space on the disk, you’ll have to defragment it >>>> somehow. DiskWarrior has defragmentation capability, as do most other disk >>>> utilities such as TechTool—but not Apple’s Disk Utility. Another way is to >>>> copy the files to another disk, delete them from the original and copy >>>> them back. >>>> >>>> I’ve not defragged a Mac this century, so I don’t know how well the tools >>>> in DiskWarrior and TechTool do the job. It’s generally not necessary, >>>> unless you regularly work with files that are so individually huge they >>>> take up a large portion of your hard drive. With drives in the multi-TB >>>> range, this is getting pretty uncommon. If you find you really need to >>>> defrag a drive, you probably need a bigger drive. >>>> >>>> L^2 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> MacGroup mailing list >>>> Posting address: [email protected] >>>> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >>>> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MacGroup mailing list >>> Posting address: [email protected] >>> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >>> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> Posting address: [email protected] >> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: [email protected] Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
