mac HD maintenance

[fireball370]

Hello All: so quick, random question. back in the day when I was on a PC, there was a defrag feature on windows. is there a similar HD maint. app on mac or does disk util. take care of that for me? thanks in advance. 🙂

 

[WildCowboy]

For the most part, the Mac takes care of itself. Defragging is unnecessary for most users because OS X automatically defrags small files on the fly. If you really want to have control over some maintenance features, Titanium Software offers a couple of good, free programs in OnyX and Maintenance.

 

[leekohler]

Hello All: so quick, random question. back in the day when I was on a PC, there was a defrag feature on windows. is there a similar HD maint. app on mac or does disk util. take care of that for me? thanks in advance. 🙂

Repair permissions in disc utility and use MacJanitor- http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/10491

Also, I like to clean off my entire hard drive once a year and reinstall everything.

 

[fireball370]

Hey All - Thanks for the info!

 

[farqueue]

welcome to mac. no need for bs like this. unlike window$ 😀