HFS works like any other Unix/Linux system, so to do a full defrag you have to unmount the drive and that's why iDefrag has an option to create a boot disk so you can boot up with OS X and iDefrag in memory so the drive is unmounted and you can then do a full defrag of the drive. Of course you could have purchased the iMac with just an SSD drive, or a regular drive + an SSD drive, or an SSD drive and a Fusion drive etc. The further comments that iDefrag can't do a full defrag is wrong.
It won't be as fast as a SATA-SSD internal drive, but it'll be pretty close.Ĭongrats on the new iMac. is to purchase a defragmenting utility, such as Coriolis Systems iDefrag. Defragmenting your Startup Volume Optimize &. Additionally, file systems such as NTFS (and most Unix/Linux filesystems) are. So I saved myself $250 bucks.Īlso, Thunderbolt will allow me to have a SSD externally. iDefrag Quick Start Guide Before you start The computer is asking for your permission to access this disk. I'm thinking in a couple years you'll be able to swap in your hard disk for a SSD drive without the confangled way Apple did it. The SSD Fusion drive is a nice idea and I'm still 50/50 on Apple's implementation of it. It doesn't do 3D games too well but everything else works fantastic. /rebates/&252fidefrag.
I also told the VM to simulate a 128MB video card with 3D support. For this purpose well say :iDefrag we have highlighted ok, then Select open with or Search with AppKed That would be a great add-on, Anyway please keep.
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I've just spent the last two days discovering how to use VirtualBox to install Ubuntu and have found that 12.04 32bit works great when you give it 2048GB of memory and a fixed virtual disk. Unlike NTFS or FAT, HFS (and Linux) file systems automatically defrag during a save so the file is written. Perry wrote:I just got my second iMac, a late 2012 with 8GB of memory and standard drive.
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