I've heard a lot about Drive Genious in a lot of hte Main stream mac podcasts. Exactly how accessible is this App? On Apr 3, 2011, at 2:33 PM, Scott Howell wrote:
> Yes it does. I picked up a copy of Drive Genius more for its capabilities to > repair damaged drives etc. An expensive program, but one that is worth having > in the toolkit for sure. I'm also working with Prosoft Engineering on some > tweaks to their Data Rescue package, which is again,perhaps a little > expensive for some, but another tool well worth having when you consider the > cost of data recovery services. :) > > On Apr 3, 2011, at 12:52 PM, Ashley Cox wrote: > >> Yes, true. there is a nice program called iDefrag if you really want to >> defrag. But OSX does some defragmentation automatically. >> >> >> On 03/04/2011 11:14, Scott Howell wrote: >>> Hi Ashley, >>> >>> You are correct; however, if you work with large files or move a lot of >>> data around, your drive can become fragmented and may require some help.I >>> do not know about all the different utilities available, but I found Drive >>> Genius at http://www.prosofteng.com that does a number of things as well as >>> defrag the drive. Of course the most valuable features of this program is >>> not defragging. >>> >>> Scott Howell >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> On Apr 3, 2011, at 5:04, Ashley Cox<ashleycox...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> there is little to know defragmenting needed, and the mac doesn't use a >>>> registry. Repair permissions and check the disk using disc utility. Then >>>> under applications in utilities, go into terminal. In the terminal, type >>>> this: >>>> sudo periodic daily weekly monthly >>>> press enter, type your password, and press enter again. that'll run the >>>> mac's built in maintanance scripts. >>>> ash >>>> >>>> >>>> On 03/04/2011 02:38, Alex Hall wrote: >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> Can anyone recommend some free utilities to defragment a hard drive >>>>> and clear out registry? Here is how little I know about macs: do they >>>>> even use a registry? Does the file system fragment like Windows' ntfs? >>>>> I am asking on behalf of a friend who has an older mac with 10.4. TIA. >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.