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Lilymog Author

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how do you defrag a macbook air

Do I need to defrag my MacBook Air

MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.14

Posted on Mar 2, 2019 12:44 AM

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VikingOSX

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Posted on Mar 2, 2019 6:58 AM

No. The operating system takes care of that for you.

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VikingOSX

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Mar 2, 2019 6:58 AM in response to Lilymog

No. The operating system takes care of that for you.

Mar 2, 2019 9:31 AM in response to Lilymog

You don't and you won't want to anyways. Defragging is unnecessary with an SSD and it also shortens it's lifespan a lot.

mulberry58

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Mar 2, 2019 11:27 AM in response to Lilymog

Defragmentation is a windows-computer thing. Macs don't need this.

Lilymog Author

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Mar 2, 2019 11:44 AM in response to Lilymog

Thank you .

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