Hi and thanks for the explanation. This really made sence. /Krister
2 jul 2009 kl. 13.18 skrev Esther: > > Hi Krister, > > The unix set up generally does a reasonable job of keeping disks de- > fragmented. There are circumstances in which a defragmentation > product is needed -- usually this is where you do editing of large > video files and trying to extend their size. You may also see > performance issues if you're running your disk really full, have lots > of windows open, have widgets open that are using memory, doing a lot > of streaming video (e.g. YouTube) so that you're filling up your > browser cache without cleaning it, have lots of files on your desktop, > etc. So Dan's question is reasonable; using a defragmentation program > on a Mac can be required, but it usually is for specific situations. > If someone were ripping lots of DVDs and editing them, this is the > kind of activity that could result in fragmentation requiring a > special defragmentation program. However, if there are other issues > behind your performance degradation -- if you keep widgets open, have > lots of Finder windows open, have several files on your Desktop > (instead of putting them into a folder), do a lot of streaming playing > and never clear out your browser cache, run your disk nearly full, > etc. then your performance issues won't be solved by a defragmentation > program. I remember that Dan mentioned (back in the days of his using > Tiger), that simply setting up Safari to download PDF files instead of > display them in the browser solved a lot of his "busy" messages. > (This was by using one of the setting of the maintenance tool, OnyX). > > HTH > > Cheers, > > Esther > > On Jul 2, 2009, at 00:48, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > >> >> Hi, just out of curiosity, let's turn your question around a bit: If >> you don't need to defragment a hard disk on Mac, why would a product >> like IDefrag be needed or made? >> /Krister >> >> 2 jul 2009 kl. 04.29 skrev Dan: >> >>> >>> Hello, >>> Just curious, why would you need to use iDefrag? >>> On Jul 1, 2009, at 6:02 PM, gene wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hi is idefrag a good product from an accessible point ov view? If >>>> it is it >>>> looks like I'm gonna have to make a bootable cd some how and boot >>>> from that >>>> though I would prefer to do the defrag from with in leopard if I >>>> could but >>>> it doesn't look like that's gonna happen. Could someone advise me >>>> on how to >>>> go about this? >>>> Thanks >>>> Gene >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
