Quote: Originally Posted by Tomchu I guess I have to put it in simpler terms for you: File. 30 MB. Continuous. Files after this file on disk. You edit file in multiple places, …

Quote: Originally Posted by jocker Hmm - may have misread you but every time you save a file over a certain size (forget the exact figure now) on any osx system from Panther onw…

Cambro, you should read the entirety of the articles you post: "If your disks are almost full, and you often modify or create large files there's a chance the disks could be fragm…

Dude, I read the article. How about you read the thread? As they say...defragging MIGHT (not WILL...MIGHT) help if your disk is filled to capacity and/or you use really large fil…

And if the file you're working with is 21 MB? What about if you regularily work with a lot of 30 MB+ files? Frick. Get a clue before going all emotional.

*sigh* So tell me ... Is a fragmented file read just as fast as a continuous file? Answer that basic question.

Tomchu: I hear you in principle...a perfectly structured/optimized drive will be faster. All I am saying is this: From kernelthread.com: Quote: Defragmentation on H…

I'm not saying that a Mac user should defragment their drive. I don't do it myself. All I'm saying is that fragmentation is still a very real occurrence, and that any fragmentatio…

What happens if you use Carbon Copy Cloner? Does it put all related stuff together and therefore defrag the resultant volume? If so, you've got a historical backup as well as a def…

I believe CCC copies on a file level rather than a sector level, so yeah, it would result in a completely defragmented drive.

"Even if you are correct in principle, in practice it just isn't worth it and if you are unique vid-editing god, use a dedicated scratch partition and be done with it." You don't…

http://www.alsoft.com:16080/DiskWarrior/ one link does it all.

DiskWarrior is great, but it should be noted that it doesn't defragment your hard drive; it is a tool for repairing, replacing and optimizing disk directories.

As no one has mentioned it yet, there is one thing you should be aware of in OSX pertaining to system maintenance. It's basicly designed to be left running 27/7 so that automatic …

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"SOMEDAY, when you've filled your hard drive, or are working with LARGE files, then yes, there are defragment programs; I use DiskWarrior." Sigh. Diskwarrior is NOT a disk defrag…

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Right: it's defragmenting the directory, not the files. tooki

Quote: Originally Posted by Tomchu I guess I have to put it in simpler terms for you: There is no need for you to take a patronizing tone like that to anyone here. tooki

Obviously I do if I've tried to explain the concept of file system fragmentation repeatedly, and yet someone still refuses to believe that HFS+ would be affected by it. I would thi…

Quote: Originally Posted by maxhedrum As no one has mentioned it yet, there is one thing you should be aware of in OSX pertaining to system maintenance. It's basicly designed t…

Oh the usual, boring debate. One guy good heartedly asks if any defrag tool available and which is the "best", half of zealots attack "it is not needed". Hello? MS claims it is no…

Quote: Originally Posted by Ilgaz Oh the usual, boring debate. One guy good heartedly asks if any defrag tool available and which is the "best", half of zealots attack "it is no…

I am not mad to call you (Charles) a "zealot". "What utilities, programs or applications do you guys receommend for optimizing my new MBP?" I say the truth about Defrag and even …

Quote: Originally Posted by Ilgaz I am not mad to call you (Charles) a "zealot". Er... Quote: "What utilities, programs or applications do you guys receommend f…