h0ax Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 how do i do that? only had my mac up and running for a day now... :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 If you are running OSX, you don't need to defrag. It's just not necessary. OSX runs on a Unix-based file system which doesn't fragment. Some think you should optimize the disk every now and then. Use DiskWarrior for that. I really don't think it's necessary at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aristotle-dude Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 You don't really have to do that AFAIK. You can check the disk with fsck or fsck -y in single user mode. There are two ways to get to single user mode. Boot the mac with Option - S held down 1. Enter your admin username and then password 2. enter either fsck or fsck -y or On the login screen: 1. Press the down arrow to select one user in the list. 2. Hold the option key, and press return. 3. Enter >console in the username box and press return to enter text mode. 4. Enter your admin username and then password 5. Enter: sudo shutdown now 6. Supply your admin password again. 7. Enter either fsck or fsck -y When you are finished, enter reboot to restart the machine. There might be a defrag for HFS+ drives with the Norton Utilities but it's probably not necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted December 31, 2002 Veteran Share Posted December 31, 2002 i remember a defrag utility for EXT2 a while back. the author didn't recommend even testing it :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frod Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 heh, all file systems have fragmentation. you can't delete something from the middle of the disk and expect it to deframent itself magically, hehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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