Ah ok cool. I've been interested in Drive genius, and I think a Podcast on it will definitely decide whether I get it or not. On Apr 4, 2011, at 5:57 AM, Scott Howell wrote:
> It is very accessible for most functions. THe only thing that is not apparent > is the warning window that you need to access via window chooser. THis window > just warns you that data loss could occur, but hey anytime you start mucking > about with the data, anything is possible. I want to do a podcast or at least > a recording on this. SO, on my list of things to do and hope to get to it > shortly. > On Apr 3, 2011, at 11:43 PM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: > >> I've heard a lot about Drive Genius in a lot of hte Main stream mac >> podcasts. Exactly how accessible is this App? >> On Apr 3, 2011, at 2:33 PM, Scott Howell wrote: >> >>> Yes it does. I picked up a copy of Drive Genius more for its capabilities >>> to repair damaged drives etc. An expensive program, but one that is worth >>> having in the toolkit for sure. I'm also working with Prosoft Engineering >>> on some tweaks to their Data Rescue package, which is again,perhaps a >>> little expensive for some, but another tool well worth having when you >>> consider the cost of data recovery services. :) >>> >>> On Apr 3, 2011, at 12:52 PM, Ashley Cox wrote: >>> >>>> Yes, true. there is a nice program called iDefrag if you really want to >>>> defrag. But OSX does some defragmentation automatically. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 03/04/2011 11:14, Scott Howell wrote: >>>>> Hi Ashley, >>>>> >>>>> You are correct; however, if you work with large files or move a lot of >>>>> data around, your drive can become fragmented and may require some help.I >>>>> do not know about all the different utilities available, but I found >>>>> Drive Genius at http://www.prosofteng.com that does a number of things as >>>>> well as defrag the drive. Of course the most valuable features of this >>>>> program is not defragging. >>>>> >>>>> Scott Howell >>>>> Sent from my iPad >>>>> >>>>> On Apr 3, 2011, at 5:04, Ashley Cox<ashleycox...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> there is little to know defragmenting needed, and the mac doesn't use a >>>>>> registry. Repair permissions and check the disk using disc utility. Then >>>>>> under applications in utilities, go into terminal. In the terminal, type >>>>>> this: >>>>>> sudo periodic daily weekly monthly >>>>>> press enter, type your password, and press enter again. that'll run the >>>>>> mac's built in maintanance scripts. >>>>>> ash >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 03/04/2011 02:38, Alex Hall wrote: >>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>> Can anyone recommend some free utilities to defragment a hard drive >>>>>>> and clear out registry? Here is how little I know about macs: do they >>>>>>> even use a registry? Does the file system fragment like Windows' ntfs? >>>>>>> I am asking on behalf of a friend who has an older mac with 10.4. 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