I have a 1 TB external hard drive that I partitioned to HFS+(Journaled), however, I want to partition it to HFS+ (Non-Journaled). Is that possible and if so how can I do that?.......I currently run Mac OS X 10.8.3 on my macbook pro.....Any Thoughts?
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3), Late 2010 Edition
Why?
Because copying my media files from my laptop to my external hard drive takes a really long time, i searched around the net and found that HFS+(Non-Journaled) copies media files faster.....
In my testing of journaling, the difference in speed between journalled and unjournalled was so small I was not able to detect it reliably.
IMHO turning off journalling will not have a noticable impact on the copy time.
What is much more important is how the external drive is connected the MBP. The speed of the bus has far more impact then journalling.
How is the external drive currently connected to your MBP?
Allan
Its connected through USB 2.0
IMHO the best way to translate USB 2 is ultra slow bus 2
Just about any other interconnect except for USB 1 is faster. Here I am talking noticably faster as to opposed to not journalling which will be not even noticable at best. My suggestion if you wish to improve the movement of data to the external disk check into using something else besides USB 2 to conect the external disk to your MBP as the best way to see an improvement time to move data.
Allan
Okay....Thanks for the advice, I reckon that I will opt that option........
To start the process to upgrade your data connectivity;
What connectors are available on your drive?
What connectors are available on your MBP?
If you provide that information, I can help you to rank what you currectly have.
Allan
I actually have no idea of any connectors that are advaible for my drive, however, the only availble connector for my MBP is Firewall 800......my usb drive is just a normal usb 3.0 usb drive.......
Exactly what model of MBP do you have?
Does it have Thunderbolt?
Allan
My MPB is the MBP7,1 version
According to the specs for your MBP, the only choice you have for a better connection to the external drive is FW800
See http://www.computeradvantage.us/387/firewire-800-usb-20/ for some transfer times with FW800 and USB2
Allan
HFS+(Journaled ) to HFS+(Non-Journaled)
