And another thing Mac OS X uses routine that will clump the smaller space in the hard disks into larger portions. However Mac OS Xâ€™s HFS+ the file system is already protected from fragmentation this is because the file system under Mac will not used the space recently freed as much as possible and look for other areas where to store the files and other information. When the hard drives is full of data then the file system will used smaller disk space instead and will result to split files into smaller chunks and then distribute it to different locations on the disk. The file systems are composed of different portions of free space that are separated from each other. This will more likely cause your system to slow down instead. However, files can be access easily in just one lump rather that seeking into two or three segments. Mac Os X Defragįragmentation is the process of splitting your files into multiple parts and storing it to different locations on the hard drive. You can also use other utilities that will create a clone of your startup drive and then you can format the hard drive and restore the files back again.

This is quite a time consuming activity but eventually will make your Mac system to run faster in accessing your large files. Then you can re-install your Mac operating system and restore your backup files back to the system. In case your system already have large files it is necessary that you create backup of all your important files and applications. What makes defragmentation different from disk optimization? According to the company you only need to defrag your system if you already have large files and your hard disk is already low. Apple Company are even confident that defrag Mac OS X is not needed because the system already has its own optimization tool. Recently there has been a debate regarding defragging Mac OS X and its disk optimization as an effective way for repairing disk permissions.

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