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Do we need to defrag Mac like PC?
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1315773" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>Well we are now! Now that you "woke up" an old thread!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>No you don't have to defrag. a Mac like you do with Windows computers..and...your slowness issues may not have anything to do with the hard drive at all.</p><p></p><p>My first question would be...how full is your hard drive. If it's say more than 85%-90% full...then maybe this could slow things down. But otherwise (assuming there are no hardware issues with the computer)...follow these tips:</p><p></p><p>- Restart your computer every once in a while...versus just putting it to "sleep" each night. I do this probably once a week.</p><p>- Repair Permissions (launch Disk Utility, and click "repair permissions")</p><p>- Don't have too many applications open at the same time. This just "fragments" the ram between too many applications...and then there's not enough ram for any single app. to run at it's best. Of course the more ram you have...the more apps. open at the same time can be supported without any performance penalties.</p><p></p><p>HTH,</p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1315773, member: 56379"] Well we are now! Now that you "woke up" an old thread!;) No you don't have to defrag. a Mac like you do with Windows computers..and...your slowness issues may not have anything to do with the hard drive at all. My first question would be...how full is your hard drive. If it's say more than 85%-90% full...then maybe this could slow things down. But otherwise (assuming there are no hardware issues with the computer)...follow these tips: - Restart your computer every once in a while...versus just putting it to "sleep" each night. I do this probably once a week. - Repair Permissions (launch Disk Utility, and click "repair permissions") - Don't have too many applications open at the same time. This just "fragments" the ram between too many applications...and then there's not enough ram for any single app. to run at it's best. Of course the more ram you have...the more apps. open at the same time can be supported without any performance penalties. HTH, - Nick [/QUOTE]
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