3/17/2023 0 Comments Update for idefrag![]() Am I too cautious?Īnyway, I'm not too proud to admit I just forgot my post here, but I am glad to see this discussion, because it confirmed some of what I've ben thinking and, as always, directed me to ways to manage my Mac better.īy way of preparation for the upgrade, I have been using Time Machine for a long time, even recovering from some accidental deletions in the past, so I felt covered there, and I let DiscWarrior 4.2 work on my disc's directory, which was not bad anyway. I thought that was taxing enough, without the latest and greatest OS I might not really need possibly bogging it down. Sorry to have let my end of this die for a time, but I went from posting here to browsing, where I gathered that 10.6.8 might not be too ambitious a goal for my older machine, especially since I want to edit video. While I am not certain all this is absolutely necessary before performing the upgrade it cannot hurt and it may well prevent potential installation glitches and it may result in better system performance overall. download and run the OS X 10.8.1 (Mountain Lion) installer from the App Store.use Drive Genius or TechTool Pro to defragment the disk.use Drive Genius or TechTool Pro to defragment the files.run a complete suite of tests and repairs on the drive using DiskWarrior, Drive Genius, or TechTool Pro to be certain the volume structure is in pristine condition.The goal of all this being to free up as much disk space as possible. use CleanApp or a similar utility to perform a thorough housecleaning of your hard drive, deleting any unused applications, duplicated data files, unused preference and support files, and any other junk files you no longer need.be sure I had a current backup or clone of your HD.Given the high level of file fragmentation and relatively small free space on your HD if I were in your shoes I would However, I have a large hard drive and it is less than 60% occupied so there is plenty of free space. ![]() That said, I still defragment my files and the disk once or twice a year more out of old habits than any real or perceived necessity and I have never bothered to defragment before or after an OS upgrade or update and I have never had any problems. Disk and/or file fragmentation is not the threat it used to be and whether or not it is necessary has become arguable. ![]()
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