MacBook Pro - Defrag?

Jgassaway · Jgassaway #1 (**permalink**)

10-29-2009, 09:22 PM

Can you defrag an Apple laptop? How do you do it?

Thanks, Justin

Dysfunction · Dysfunction #2 (**permalink**)

10-29-2009, 09:24 PM

About disk optimization with Mac OS X

cuhnool · cuhnool #3 (**permalink**)

10-29-2009, 10:02 PM

Scratch my post.

harryb2448 · harryb2448 #4 (**permalink**)

10-30-2009, 11:18 PM

Ample free hard drive space is the answer. Keep at least 20% free and no need to defrag.

toMACsh · toMACsh #5 (**permalink**)

11-01-2009, 01:58 PM

Yes, you can defrag (optimize) your disk if you want. TechTool Pro does that, among many other things. It won't hurt it, but it might not help much either.

Dysfunction #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 17, 2008 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 6,522 Mac Specs: 2008 and 2011 15" mbps, late 11 iMac, iPhone 4s, and too many ipods and other stuff	10-29-2009, 09:24 PM About disk optimization with Mac OS X mike This machine kills fascists Got # ? phear the command line!
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Jgassaway #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 20, 2009 Posts: 12	10-29-2009, 09:22 PM Can you defrag an Apple laptop? How do you do it? Thanks, Justin
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harryb2448 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 28, 2007 Location: Nambucca Heads Australia Posts: 14,079 Mac Specs: iMac i5 2.7GHz OS X.8.3	10-30-2009, 11:18 PM Ample free hard drive space is the answer. Keep at least 20% free and no need to defrag.
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toMACsh #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 30, 2009 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 4,805 Mac Specs: Mac Mini Core 2 Duo	11-01-2009, 01:58 PM Yes, you can defrag (optimize) your disk if you want. TechTool Pro does that, among many other things. It won't hurt it, but it might not help much either.
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