Keep in mind, we're talking about a Mac here, not a PC, an older one at that. The "clean install" thing really doesn't apply here as it does in the PC world since you don't have all the junk files, misdirected registry entries, etc (sometimes gigs of them over time). Just removing stuff you don't need should be enough. I've NEVER reformatted any of the drives in my Plus, SE30, or IIFX, and they've all run file since bought new from '86 thu '92.
On Jan 7, 11:41 am, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > At 5:08 PM -0600 1/6/2010, David Colvin wrote: > > >In the late 1990's, I was taking some graphics (Photoshop, > >Illustrator etc.)and I had a teacher tell me that I should back > >everything up and do a clean install about once a year. > > >So, you are saying back then, it was okay but not a good thing on OS X? > > Correct. > > The overkill of reformatting instead of just re-loading aside, the > real point of doing that was to defragment the files on the disk. In > the classic Mac OS, this would give a pretty good performance boost, > especially if you used apps like Photoshop and processed lots of mid > sized files. > > A number of improvements have been made to the HFS file system since > then, to reduce fragmentation and fix the performance issue. Plus, > OS X watches things and does critical defragging automatically, as > you use the machine. > > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth.
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