I have an iMac running Os 10.12.6 and I would like to know what the best defragment and diagnostic software I should use? I have used tech tool pro in the past.
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.3)
That type of software isn't normally required on a Mac unless you are having problems. Disk Warrior is often recommended for hard drive repairs.
Where did you learn this? The only time defragmentation might be beneficial is on external HDs that are used for video editing. Defragging would make the loading and editing of videos more efficient.
Other than that all you need to know is to maintain a minimum of 15-20 GB of free space on the boot drive for temp swap and cache files. To paraphrase babowa, "we ain't in Windows land any more" - or something equally corny.
Some points:
Because of the way that the operating system allocates storage space in the filesystem, you will never be assured that all similar filesystem objects (e.g. applications) are adjacent to one another in a distinct location on the filesystem. This is not a performance issue either.
I would not ever run such a useless program. Mac OS defrags autimatically in the background and uses RAM (all of it) wisely. This is NOT Windows.
So far as I have been lead to believe there is no defragmenter on a mac and the actions of programmes being loaded into ram causes fragmentation so in order to optimize space one needs a defragmenter. So that is primarily what I am looking for.
I asked because all my computers have been Macs back when Norton was the utility disk for problems etc. and they had a visual representation of the disk defragmenting the drive. Tech tool also had a similar representation for the same task so I thought the same would be true for my new computer. With 3 TB of space I am not worried about filling up the drive but I wanted all the programmes to be together in one piece so to speak.
FWIW, I’d almost forgotten that I still have an older version of DW installed since I haven’t found a need to run it for quite some time.
All my computers have been Macs and as early as whenNorton was the utility of choice one could defrag the drive for optimization. So I asked because I figured the same would apply now.
As I said to the other replies I always used that kind of programme because Norton had that on their disk which I used regularly on my older computers so I thought that would still be true today.
I have an iMac running Os 10.12.6 and I would like to know the best defragment and diagnostic software for my system
