defragment mac

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    I find OSX to be the best system around, but there are many myths and misconceptions. It can get messy, it can become pain in the ass.

    Contrary to popular beliefs, HFS+ does not defragment itself. It only defragments small files and those not in use (or those in use, can't remember now).

    Defragmenting can speed up a cluttered system, but that's all. It won't fix crashes etc.

    Defrag software is a bit pricey, you can achieve that result by cloning the drive to a new drive (with free software) then cloning it back. Files will be defragmented.

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    • what you recommened doing with my buggy mac? Complete reinstall? New computer?Jurre
    • Complete reinstall. Mine has been updated from Tiger to Leopard and SL and moved to new computers over 4 yrs...raf
    • It works well for the most part, but I will reinstall it when I get a new drive. Mind you, most mess is likely to be in...raf
    • ...home folder, so just copying all of it to the new system is not going to help much.raf
    • reinstall and put lal your files back on apart from apps and things in /LibraryPIZZA
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