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Q: do you have to defragment

Do you have to defragment apple computers?

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Posted on Apr 15, 2013 9:53 AM

by mende1,Solvedanswer
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The filesystem which OS X uses (HFS+) is designed to avoid defragment, so you don't have to worry about that. However, if you install Windows with Boot Camp, you should defragment the Windows partition because it will be fragmented

Posted on Apr 15, 2013 9:55 AM

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  • by mende1,Solvedanswer

    mende1 mende1 Apr 15, 2013 9:55 AM in response to Dren68
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    Apr 15, 2013 9:55 AM in response to Dren68

    Welcome to the Apple Support Communities

     

    The filesystem which OS X uses (HFS+) is designed to avoid defragment, so you don't have to worry about that. However, if you install Windows with Boot Camp, you should defragment the Windows partition because it will be fragmented

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    cbs20 cbs20 Apr 15, 2013 10:24 AM in response to Dren68
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    Apr 15, 2013 10:24 AM in response to Dren68

    As mendel has explained the filesystem OS X uses is designed to avoid fragmentation, but it can happen. I have only ran in to an issue when trying to partition the HDD for Bootcamp and the way I resolved this was by booting to recovery and repairing the disk.