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Not worth it 
- Version: 1.3.2r2, 6/4/2006 02:50PM PST
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landofosc
If you have tech tools this program is useless.
Not worth it - Version: 1.3.2r2, 6/4/2006 02:43PM PST
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landofosc
If you have tech tools this program is useless.
No Disk Optimization - Version: 1.3.2r2, 8/23/2005 01:48AM PST
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brianfos
Yes, Disk Defrag will defragment any fragmented file on your drive, but it will not optimize that drive. That is, it leaves all of the files scattered about your drive, so that you can still have your free space cut up into 1,000's of bits and pieces. That's what happened to me, and as a result, I could not defragment my Virtual PC disk image file, because it would not fit into one of the many small free spaces on the drive, even though I had twice the total space needed.
Bottom line: Disk Defrag resolves only half of the problem of disk fragmentation: in my case, the worst of the two problems.
Finally, there is only a single progress bar showing the amount of defragmentation. There is no interactive display of the blocks being moved around like there is in other defragmentation tools (or even in the free Windoze defragmenter).
Bottom line: Disk Defrag resolves only half of the problem of disk fragmentation: in my case, the worst of the two problems.
Finally, there is only a single progress bar showing the amount of defragmentation. There is no interactive display of the blocks being moved around like there is in other defragmentation tools (or even in the free Windoze defragmenter).
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Defrag or not ? Even Panther / Tiger fragments ! - Version: 1.3.2r2, 8/13/2005 03:56AM PST
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mitch1963
A lot of mac users think:
Since pather near no more fragmention is happened.
But thats wrong.
There a a lot of restriczions about the automatic file defragmention in panther/tiger.
When a file is opened on an HFS+ volume, the following conditions are tested:
If the file is less than 20 MB in size
If the file is not already busy
If the file is not read-only
If the file has more than eight extents
If the system has been up for at least three minutes
Ony if ALL is YES, the OS X will defrag the file.
Freespace fragmentation is the main problem for file fragmentation, even with Panther/Tiger.
If you have low freespace (less than 10% free) there are to small freespace pieces to avoid file fragmentation.
Since pather near no more fragmention is happened.
But thats wrong.
There a a lot of restriczions about the automatic file defragmention in panther/tiger.
When a file is opened on an HFS+ volume, the following conditions are tested:
If the file is less than 20 MB in size
If the file is not already busy
If the file is not read-only
If the file has more than eight extents
If the system has been up for at least three minutes
Ony if ALL is YES, the OS X will defrag the file.
Freespace fragmentation is the main problem for file fragmentation, even with Panther/Tiger.
If you have low freespace (less than 10% free) there are to small freespace pieces to avoid file fragmentation.
What Apple says about Panther, OS X, and defragmentation.... - Version: 1.1, 1/21/2004 08:51PM PST
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amanda99
Do I need to optimize?
You probably won't need to optimize at all if you use Mac OS X. Here's why:
.....Mac OS X 10.2 and later includes delayed allocation for Mac OS X Extended-formatted volumes. This allows a number of small allocations to be combined into a single large allocation in one area of the disk........Mac OS X 10.3 Panther can also automatically defragment such slow-growing files. This process is sometimes known as "Hot-File-Adaptive-Clustering."......
read complete article here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25668
You probably won't need to optimize at all if you use Mac OS X. Here's why:
.....Mac OS X 10.2 and later includes delayed allocation for Mac OS X Extended-formatted volumes. This allows a number of small allocations to be combined into a single large allocation in one area of the disk........Mac OS X 10.3 Panther can also automatically defragment such slow-growing files. This process is sometimes known as "Hot-File-Adaptive-Clustering."......
read complete article here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25668
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I've used it! - Version: 1.1, 11/22/2003 12:13PM PST
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SLKX
I looks like Intech finally made available for sale. Just picked it up this morning. The Disk Defrag utility is actually part of a larger suite of utilities which is called SpeedTools Utilities. The Disk Defrag utility is fast and seems to work with journaling on 10.3. Haven't tried the other utilities that come with it yet - but they look promising.
Does anyone have this? - Version: 1.1, 11/11/2003 06:38PM PST
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the-crooner
Is it me or is there no apparent way, at this time) to version 1.0 of Disk Defrag?
I didn't say... - Version: 1.1, 11/11/2003 05:11PM PST
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NeXTLoop
... it defragged every file. I said that every time a file is open, it checks to see if it needs defragging. If it fits the criteria, then it proceeds.
auto defragging... - Version: 1.1, 11/11/2003 04:11PM PST
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tracy valleau--2008
Actually, the OS does NOT defrag every file; it only defrags files less than 20Megs in size, and only if they have 8 or more extents in the directory entry.
Of course... - Version: 1.1, 11/11/2003 03:49PM PST
NeXTLoop
...with Panther, HFS+ now features built-in defragmentation. Every time you open a file, the system automatically checks to see if it needs to be degraggmented.
