How Do I Defrag On A Mac?
November 4, 2008 by Juan Magdaraog
Filed under Computers
Most new switchers to Mac that I know ask me this question, “How do I defrag on a Mac?”.
Defrag on a Mac is known as optimization. Files on your hard drive can become fragmented over time. Due to the way OS X is built, there’s little need to optimize your HD. As such it hasn’t been really a practice for Mac users to do this. However if you’re really OC about these things, you can use apps such as Onyx to help you with your maintenance.
Here’s a good read from Apple’s support site regarding optimization.
Why not just refer them to a defrag utility rather than a utility such as onyx? Not that Onyx or main menu or others are a bad tool. In fact to the contrary they can be a most effective tool in anyone’s arsenal. Two quickly come to mind like idefrag and drive genius but im sure there are others. Though it is true the file structure does not warrant defragging many users such as heavy audio or video editors will see a significant difference in performance.