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Hard drive advice for both MBPI & Time Machine
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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1143938" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>To be honest, that particular screen never looks too bad. OS X really does do a good job related to file fragmentation and I have no complaints there. Here is a shot of my SD! drive.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.skitch.com/20101123-e4g9tq5d1qkjys4sw19eq3c4bh.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>My issue with it is no defragging of the entire drive, allowing the free space to be so spread out. This is only a problem I think for those of us that move a lot of data on and off the drive.</p><p></p><p>Example: My TM backup with 160GB of data on my machine was sitting just over 600GB for the last 12 months when I deleted it and started over last weekend. My wife's drive on the other hand - an 80GB drive with over 60% free space - her TM backup that now covers a 24 month span is only 48GB. And my downloads folder is excluded from that backup while hers is included.</p><p></p><p>Her machine has not had a clean install since brought home and has gone through upgrade installs to both 10.5 & 10.6.</p><p></p><p>A couple of shots of hers - it's taking 60-62 seconds to boot to her desktop with no apps running at startup.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.skitch.com/20101123-fg5wfe5h65rcd5k1ruryqwnhgh.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>And the files section:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.skitch.com/20101123-xifnd8rd35r6rq8p3uwx3k53q3.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Those top 5 items in hers are all cache and history files. So, still not too bad. I wouldn't be able to cope with her machine on a full time basis, but she doesn't expect any better and has no issue with it. Between the CPU and the 5400rpm drive she has, probably best boot time you could get out it would be 40-45 seconds. And she, like me, never turns it off except as required anyway. (It would be nice if my batteries lasted like hers has.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1143938, member: 24160"] To be honest, that particular screen never looks too bad. OS X really does do a good job related to file fragmentation and I have no complaints there. Here is a shot of my SD! drive. [IMG]http://img.skitch.com/20101123-e4g9tq5d1qkjys4sw19eq3c4bh.png[/IMG] My issue with it is no defragging of the entire drive, allowing the free space to be so spread out. This is only a problem I think for those of us that move a lot of data on and off the drive. Example: My TM backup with 160GB of data on my machine was sitting just over 600GB for the last 12 months when I deleted it and started over last weekend. My wife's drive on the other hand - an 80GB drive with over 60% free space - her TM backup that now covers a 24 month span is only 48GB. And my downloads folder is excluded from that backup while hers is included. Her machine has not had a clean install since brought home and has gone through upgrade installs to both 10.5 & 10.6. A couple of shots of hers - it's taking 60-62 seconds to boot to her desktop with no apps running at startup. [IMG]http://img.skitch.com/20101123-fg5wfe5h65rcd5k1ruryqwnhgh.png[/IMG] And the files section: [IMG]http://img.skitch.com/20101123-xifnd8rd35r6rq8p3uwx3k53q3.png[/IMG] Those top 5 items in hers are all cache and history files. So, still not too bad. I wouldn't be able to cope with her machine on a full time basis, but she doesn't expect any better and has no issue with it. Between the CPU and the 5400rpm drive she has, probably best boot time you could get out it would be 40-45 seconds. And she, like me, never turns it off except as required anyway. (It would be nice if my batteries lasted like hers has.) [/QUOTE]
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