Thanks for all the input on reformatting. I've learned a great deal, which is why I subscribed to this and several other Mac groups but regarding the original topic; does anyone see any reason why I should not sell this LaCie external hard drive for use with a Mac IIsi?
I just want to make sure this gentleman is going to pleased with his hard drive when it arrives in the mail. On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 5:50 PM, pgpapas <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to > [email protected]<vintage-macs%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ >
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