Messages In This Digest (25 Messages)
- 1.1.
- Re: Mac Virus From: ed-reiff
- 1.2.
- Re: Mac Virus From: Jim Saklad
- 1.3.
- Re: Mac Virus From: Randy B. Singer
- 1.4.
- Re: Mac Virus From: Jim Saklad
- 2.1.
- Re: iPhone From: Pat K.
- 2.2.
- Re: iPhone From: Harry Flaxman
- 3a.
- Re: Problem installing Oxford English Dictionary on the Mac From: Jim Saklad
- 4a.
- Re: Upgrading to Snow Leopard from OS 10.4 (is that Tiger?) From: joan05061
- 5a.
- Steve Jobs Statue in Budapest From: Denver Dan
- 5b.
- Re: Steve Jobs Statue in Budapest From: Keith Whaley
- 6a.
- Re: search From: Keith Whaley
- 6b.
- Re: search From: Otto Nikolaus
- 6c.
- Re: search From: Mike Stupinski
- 6d.
- Re: search From: Otto Nikolaus
- 6e.
- Re: search From: Michael P. Stupinski
- 7.1.
- Re: MacBook Air 11 inch repaired From: Barry Austern
- 8a.
- Re: Nikon D90 Movies From: Jim Saklad
- 8b.
- Re: Nikon D90 Movies From: Mike Stupinski
- 9a.
- Re: Simple database From: Randy B. Singer
- 9b.
- Re: Simple database From: Randy B. Singer
- 10a.
- Defragment Or Not To Defragment? From: Harry Flaxman
- 10b.
- Re: Defragment Or Not To Defragment? From: Jim Saklad
- 10c.
- Re: Defragment Or Not To Defragment? From: Harry Flaxman
- 10d.
- Re: Defragment Or Not To Defragment? From: Jim Saklad
- 11.
- Mac Running Slow? Hung? Here's Another Helpful Video! From: Harry Flaxman
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- 1.1.
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Re: Mac Virus
Posted by: "ed-reiff" ed@reiff.com ed-reiff
Wed Dec 21, 2011 8:43 am (PST)
Oh wow, you had fire.
Ed
--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups. , "Biglt" <eltay3@...> wrote:com
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> I don't pretend to be old, but my first computer was powered by kerosene, in front of the cooking fire.
> Larry
>
> --- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups. , Harry Flaxman <harry.flaxman@com > wrote:
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> > On Dec 20, 2011, at 9:01 PM, Barry Austern wrote:
> >
> > > Still almost in diapers. I was born in 1942. Since OS-X has a built
> > > in calculator (bringing this back on topic) you can do the arithmetic
> > > easily enough.
> >
> > You're a year older than my ex-wife!! She'll be happy to hear someone is! :)
> >
> > I just used Spotlight to figure that out!
> >
> > Harry
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> > Harry Flaxman
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Re: Mac Virus
Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com jimdoc01
Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:40 pm (PST)
> I don't pretend to be old, but my first computer was powered by kerosene, in front of the cooking fire.
> Larry
My wife the paleontologist says, "I've been a mammal since the early Triassic, but the computer wasn't installed until the Pleistocene."
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Re: Mac Virus
Posted by: "Randy B. Singer" randy@macattorney.com randybrucesinger
Wed Dec 21, 2011 2:40 pm (PST)
On Dec 21, 2011, at 8:11 AM, Biglt wrote:
> I don't pretend to be old, but my first computer was powered by
> kerosene, in front of the cooking fire.
Speaking of which, I read an amazing article recently that folks here
might also find interesting.
The first analog computer, from, get this, 2,100 years ago! The
Antikythera mechanism.
<http://www.gizmag.com/hublot- antikythera- mechanism- first-computer-
watch/20517/>
or
http://is.gd/1Vx3UT
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Re: Mac Virus
Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com jimdoc01
Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:22 pm (PST)
>> I don't pretend to be old, but my first computer was powered by kerosene, in front of the cooking fire.
>
> Speaking of which, I read an amazing article recently that folks here might also find interesting.
> The first analog computer, from, get this, 2,100 years ago! The Antikythera mechanism.
Stonehenge (not the first henge, either) can be considered an analog astronomical computer.
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Re: iPhone
Posted by: "Pat K." pat.my3maltese@gmail.com cartoontagger
Wed Dec 21, 2011 8:51 am (PST)
Thank you everyone, I got it to work!
Pat
On Dec 21, 2011, at 9:40 AM, Bob Cook wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 7:42 AM, cartoontagger <pat.my3maltese@gmail.com >wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>>
>> Just switched from Android to the iPhone.
>> Is it possible for me to get a notification sound I liked on the Android
>> phone onto the iPhone? If so, how?
>>
>
> Yes, the iPhone has finally caught up to Android in some key areas. Here
> is a link that will help:
>
> http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/ article/389279/ ios_5_finally_ gets_custom_ notification_ tones/
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> Hopefully, Samsung or Google won't sue Apple over this.
>
> Bob
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Re: iPhone
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net hflaxman001
Wed Dec 21, 2011 9:16 am (PST)
On Dec 21, 2011, at 11:51 AM, Pat K. wrote:
> Thank you everyone, I got it to work!
Enjoy your new iPhone!
Cheers!
Harry
Harry Flaxman
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Re: Problem installing Oxford English Dictionary on the Mac
Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com jimdoc01
Wed Dec 21, 2011 11:39 am (PST)
> Looking at that directory list, it appears that there are two versions within that folder - a Windows one - swhx.exe (some sort of self-extracting Windows archive, until you run it, not sure what it launches....) and a Flash document that could be run on both a Mac and PC - OED.swf
Looking at that directory list, there are 3 items in the vicinity of 200 MB each.
*There's* your data....
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Re: Upgrading to Snow Leopard from OS 10.4 (is that Tiger?)
Posted by: "joan05061" jsax@me.com joan05061
Wed Dec 21, 2011 11:41 am (PST)
Many thanks. Now I have to rummage around the find the Leopard disk, sigh. No good deed goes unpunished.
Joan in Vermont where the longest night seems to be spreading out over the shortest day - dreary, but I wouldn't live anywhere else.
--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups. , Tod Hopkins <hoplist@...com > wrote:
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> Yes, you must go through Leopard. The precise requirement - just have the disk or actually install - I'm not sure. Probably just need the disc if you are willing to do a full wipe and install. If you want to actually "upgrade" you probably have to run the Leopard upgrade first. There was no Tiger to Snow Leopard upgrade, which really ticked off the earliest "Intel" purchasers who righty felt snubbed.
>
> Cheers,
> tod
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> On Dec 20, 2011, at 4:27 PM, Joan B Sax Ph.D. wrote:
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> > My husband has a Mac Mini (about 4-5 years old) that is running OS 10.4. I now have Lion on my computer and I am wondering if I can put Snow Leopard on his computer without going through the interim OS 10.5 (don't remember what cat that is, Leopard, I guess). Can I just install Snow Leopard, or do I have to go through Tiger and the Leopard, which of course means I have to find the disk for Leopard?
> >
> > Joan in Vermont where it is a balmy 22 degrees - no skiing but then no shoveling either - can't complain (and it wouldn't do any good if I did)
> >
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> Tod Hopkins
> Hillmann & Carr Inc.
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Steve Jobs Statue in Budapest
Posted by: "Denver Dan" denver.dan@verizon.net denverdan22180
Wed Dec 21, 2011 11:50 am (PST)
Howdy.
<http://www.mactech.com/2011/ >12/21/steve- jobs-statue- unveiled- budapest
Web site has a picture.
"Graphisoft Park, and AIT-Budapest have dedicated a statue honoring the
late Steve Jobs in Budapest's Graphisoft Park today.
Commissioned by Graphisoft founder and chairman of the board, Gabor
Bojar, the statue is the purportedly first in the world honoring the
late founder of Apple, who passed away on Oct. 5. Crafted by Hungarian
sculptor Erno Toth, the life-like bronze statue stands near the
entrance of architectural software maker Graphisoft 's Budapest
headquarters.
The relationship between Graphisoft and Apple can be traced to the
1980's, when Jobs came across the first version of Graphisoft 's
ArchiCAD software at the 1984 CeBIT in Germany. His first impressions
of the software led him to throw Apple's support behind the development
and distribution of ArchiCAD, according to Bojar.
Graphisoft makes software for architects. Graphisoft Park is the first
science/technology park in Budapest, established by Graphisoft in 1997
when the company was looking for new premises. AIT-Budapest -- the
Aquincum Institute of Technology -- was established in 2007 by
Hungarian software entrepreneur, Gabor Bojar, founder of Graphisoft ,
to provide a study abroad experience to North American undergraduates
majoring in computer science and engineering."
also
<http://www.prnewswire.com/news- >releases/ steve-jobs- statue-unveiled- in-budapest- 136000973. html
Denver Dan
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Re: Steve Jobs Statue in Budapest
Posted by: "Keith Whaley" keith_w@dslextreme.com keith9600
Wed Dec 21, 2011 12:02 pm (PST)
Denver Dan wrote:
> Howdy.
>
> <http://www.mactech.com/2011/ >12/21/steve- jobs-statue- unveiled- budapest
>
> Web site has a picture.
>
> "Graphisoft Park, and AIT-Budapest have dedicated a statue honoring the
> late Steve Jobs in Budapest's Graphisoft Park today.
[...]
> The relationship between Graphisoft and Apple can be traced to the
> 1980's, when Jobs came across the first version of Graphisoft 's
> ArchiCAD software at the 1984 CeBIT in Germany. His first impressions
> of the software led him to throw Apple's support behind the development
> and distribution of ArchiCAD, according to Bojar.
>
> Graphisoft makes software for architects. Graphisoft Park is the first
> science/technology park in Budapest, established by Graphisoft in 1997
> when the company was looking for new premises. AIT-Budapest -- the
> Aquincum Institute of Technology -- was established in 2007 by
> Hungarian software entrepreneur, Gabor Bojar, founder of Graphisoft ,
> to provide a study abroad experience to North American undergraduates
> majoring in computer science and engineering."
>
> also
>
> <http://www.prnewswire.com/news- >releases/ steve-jobs- statue-unveiled- in-budapest- 136000973. html
>
> Denver Dan
That's slick ~ Thanks!
keith
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Re: search
Posted by: "Keith Whaley" keith_w@dslextreme.com keith9600
Wed Dec 21, 2011 12:18 pm (PST)
Harry Flaxman wrote:
> On Dec 21, 2011, at 9:42 AM, pat412255 wrote:
>
> > Spotlight is also handy for doing quick calculations.
> Absolutely. That's what I was referring to in another thread. I use
> nothing else if the calculation is simple enough.
>
> Harry
I never knew that!
After fooling with it for a while, I discovered if you open a Spotlight
window and type in "Calculator" it comes up with a very decent, very
capable calculator app. Nice indeed....
I'm pleased with the random number generator! I'll never use it,
probably, but I like the idea of a single button function to generate one.
Thanks for turning me on to that.
keith
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Re: search
Posted by: "Otto Nikolaus" otto.nikolaus@googlemail.com nikyzf
Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:46 pm (PST)
On 21 December 2011 20:18, Keith Whaley <keith_w@dslextreme.com > wrote:
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> I never knew that!
>
> After fooling with it for a while, I discovered if you open a Spotlight
> window and type in "Calculator" it comes up with a very decent, very
> capable calculator app. Nice indeed....
>
> I'm pleased with the random number generator! I'll never use it,
> probably, but I like the idea of a single button function to generate one.
>
> Thanks for turning me on to that.
>
Isn't that the usual calculator app?
Otto
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Re: search
Posted by: "Mike Stupinski" mpstupinski@snet.net mstupinski
Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:54 pm (PST)
That's what I get when I search for "Calculator" in Spotlight. What I couldn't find, though, was the random number generator.
.........Mike
On Dec 21, 2011, at 4:46 PM, Otto Nikolaus wrote:
> On 21 December 2011 20:18, Keith Whaley <keith_w@dslextreme.com > wrote:
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>>
>> I never knew that!
>>
>> After fooling with it for a while, I discovered if you open a Spotlight
>> window and type in "Calculator" it comes up with a very decent, very
>> capable calculator app. Nice indeed....
>>
>> I'm pleased with the random number generator! I'll never use it,
>> probably, but I like the idea of a single button function to generate one.
>>
>> Thanks for turning me on to that.
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> Isn't that the usual calculator app?
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> Otto
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Re: search
Posted by: "Otto Nikolaus" otto.nikolaus@googlemail.com nikyzf
Wed Dec 21, 2011 2:11 pm (PST)
View > Scientific > RN button.
I have Calculator in Scientific mode in my Dock.
Don't forget the Convert function, which includes currency.
Otto
On 21 December 2011 21:54, Mike Stupinski <mpstupinski@snet.net > wrote:
> That's what I get when I search for "Calculator" in Spotlight. What I
> couldn't find, though, was the random number generator.
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Re: search
Posted by: "Michael P. Stupinski" mpstupinski@snet.net mstupinski
Wed Dec 21, 2011 2:25 pm (PST)
Got it. Thanks. I also have mine in Scientific mode, but I guess my
mind saw "RPN" when I looked at the "RN" button. :-|
......Mike
On Dec 21, 2011, at 5:11 PM, Otto Nikolaus wrote:
> View > Scientific > RN button.
>
> I have Calculator in Scientific mode in my Dock.
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> Don't forget the Convert function, which includes currency.
>
> Otto
>
> On 21 December 2011 21:54, Mike Stupinski <mpstupinski@snet.net >
> wrote:
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>> That's what I get when I search for "Calculator" in Spotlight.
>> What I
>> couldn't find, though, was the random number generator.
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Re: MacBook Air 11 inch repaired
Posted by: "Barry Austern" barryaus@fuse.net barryaus
Wed Dec 21, 2011 12:26 pm (PST)
At 9:14 PM -0800 12/20/11, Ardell Faul wrote:
> I pulled all the parts out except the keyboard and cleaned
>them with hot soapy water and rigorous brushing, followed by a bath in
>Isopropyl alcohol, which displaces water very nicely, and is easy to dry
>completely with a heat gun
As a chemist, may I suggest methyl alcohol as even better than
isopropyl? It is more polar (more water-like) than is isopropyl, so
would more readily attract the water and also has a lower boiling
point, so it would be even easier to dry it.
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barryaus@fuse.net
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Re: Nikon D90 Movies
Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com jimdoc01
Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:39 pm (PST)
> Can anyone here tell me if video recorded by a D90 is compatible with iMovie '11? I don't see the D90 listed on Apple's iMovie page, but I'm not sure why they have no Nikon DSLRs shown.
> Mike
I googled "Nikon D90 video" "iMovie 11" and saw hits from people who seem to have done this.
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Re: Nikon D90 Movies
Posted by: "Mike Stupinski" mpstupinski@snet.net mstupinski
Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:59 pm (PST)
Thanks, Jim. Once again, I should have done that Google search myself instead of mucking around on the Apple and Nikon sites. Sorry!
...........Mike
On Dec 21, 2011, at 4:38 PM, Jim Saklad wrote:
>> Can anyone here tell me if video recorded by a D90 is compatible with iMovie '11? I don't see the D90 listed on Apple's iMovie page, but I'm not sure why they have no Nikon DSLRs shown.
>> Mike
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> I googled "Nikon D90 video" "iMovie 11" and saw hits from people who seem to have done this.
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Re: Simple database
Posted by: "Randy B. Singer" randy@macattorney.com randybrucesinger
Wed Dec 21, 2011 2:34 pm (PST)
On Dec 21, 2011, at 5:05 AM, Tod Hopkins wrote:
> Nice list. Thank you. Might you have ever written a review of
> ScrapIt? I'd be curious about your further impressions.
ScrapIt Pro used to be very popular, but sadly it will soon be
discontinuing development. It was the best of the scrapbook
replacements. I keep everything in it. I use it to do research, to
organize parts of a paper as I write it, to save boilerplate, etc. I
can send anything to ScrapIt Pro with one keystroke, I don't need to
switch applications. It is invaluable.
When ScrapIt no longer works, I'm evaluating this program to switch to:
Growly Notes (free)
http://growlybird.com/GrowlyBird/ Notes.html
I'm told that it is very similar to the popular program OneNote for
Windows. When you first open Growly Notes, the interface is quite
garish, but there is a very Mac-like optional professional interface
that you
can switch to.
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Re: Simple database
Posted by: "Randy B. Singer" randy@macattorney.com randybrucesinger
Wed Dec 21, 2011 2:37 pm (PST)
On Dec 21, 2011, at 6:57 AM, Bill B. wrote:
> Besides FMP and 4D are there any other full featured database
> managers for OS X other than MySQL/PHP and the likes?
On the high end there is:
FileMaker Pro
http://www.filemaker.com
Panorama
http://www.provue.com/panorama5. html
4th Dimension
http://www.4d.com/products/ 4dv12.html
Omnis Studio
http://www.omnis.net/products/ studio/index. html?detail= overview
http://www.tigerlogic.com/tigerlogi c/omnis/products /studio/index. jsp
Helix
http://www.qsatoolworks.com/ product/
Fileability's Xbase £40
a database program that features templates, table views or
automatically generated form views, a built-in word processor for
reports, form design, and tabs. It also includes regular expressions,
numerical validation, 12 data types, an API for scripting via
JavaScript, and more.
http://osx.iusethis.com/app/ download/ xbase
http://www.fileability.net/ (product no longer listed)
MySQL articles:
http://db.tidbits.com/article/ 8696
http://hivelogic.com/articles/ installing- mysql-on- mac-os-x
MAMP (free. one click installation of MySQL)
http://www.mamp.info/en/mamp/ index.html
Fink
<http://www.finkproject.org/ >
<http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/ >package.php/ mysql
Navicat commercial graphical front-end for MySQL
http://www.navicat.com/en/products/ navicat_mysql/ mysql_detail_ mac.html
SQLGrinder commercial graphical front-end for MySQL
http://www.advenio.com/sqlgrinder/
Sequel Pro open-source graphical front-end for MySQL
http://www.sequelpro.com/
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Defragment Or Not To Defragment?
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net hflaxman001
Wed Dec 21, 2011 2:45 pm (PST)
Came across an interesting video from a podcast I watch regularly, but didn't catch this one. It's from MacMost Now and speaks on defragmentation necessity in OS X.
In short, it isn't.
Take a gander at some technical explanation of why not:
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=MuZcYiyHKyQ
Harry
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Re: Defragment Or Not To Defragment?
Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com jimdoc01
Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:27 pm (PST)
> Came across an interesting video from a podcast I watch regularly, but didn't catch this one. It's from MacMost Now and speaks on defragmentation necessity in OS X.
>
> In short, it isn't.
>
> Take a gander at some technical explanation of why not:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=MuZcYiyHKyQ
I stopped listening when it became clear, at about 1 minute, that he was talking only about a small subset of what drive defragmentation is about.
For one thing, wasn't it you, Harry, who just recently showed us the hazard of free-space fragmentation, when you couldn't copy a 40 GB virtual drive onto a drive with 60 GB of free space?
Because that space was fragmented?
And what about "hotfile" optimization?
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Re: Defragment Or Not To Defragment?
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net hflaxman001
Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:34 pm (PST)
On Dec 21, 2011, at 6:26 PM, Jim Saklad wrote:
>> Came across an interesting video from a podcast I watch regularly, but didn't catch this one. It's from MacMost Now and speaks on defragmentation necessity in OS X.
>>
>> In short, it isn't.
>>
>> Take a gander at some technical explanation of why not:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=MuZcYiyHKyQ
>
> I stopped listening when it became clear, at about 1 minute, that he was talking only about a small subset of what drive defragmentation is about.
>
> For one thing, wasn't it you, Harry, who just recently showed us the hazard of free-space fragmentation, when you couldn't copy a 40 GB virtual drive onto a drive with 60 GB of free space?
>
> Because that space was fragmented?
>
> And what about "hotfile" optimization?
That was not I, unless it was awhile back, so much so that I can't recall the situation at the time.
I have been fiddling with the iDefrag demo and fragmentation. The demo allows you to 'measure' current fragmentation. I could find a negligible amount. DiskWarrior, supposedly applies defragmentation and optimization when run. I've had occasion to use DW since checking out iDefrag and I can tell you that this does not happen. If anything, the figures that the iDefrag demo showed were worse, in some instances, than before.
The one thing I haven't done was copying my clone backup back to a clean drive, to see what I get then.
In short, I could find no easy way to manipulate the numbers that the demo gave me, for better OR for worse.
The figures are about the same, to this day, as when I started.
In short, I don't believe it's as grave a concern as it might be on other platforms.
I can understand fragmented free space and copying large files. I have not experienced that to date.
Harry
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Re: Defragment Or Not To Defragment?
Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com jimdoc01
Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:58 pm (PST)
>> I stopped listening when it became clear, at about 1 minute, that he was talking only about a small subset of what drive defragmentation is about.
>>
>> For one thing, wasn't it you, Harry, who just recently showed us the hazard of free-space fragmentation, when you couldn't copy a 40 GB virtual drive onto a drive with 60 GB of free space?
>>
>> Because that space was fragmented?
>>
>> And what about "hotfile" optimization?
>
> That was not I, unless it was awhile back, so much so that I can't recall the situation at the time.
Correct. I checked.
Jim Robertson, Wed Nov 16, 2011, message #137203
> I have been fiddling with the iDefrag demo and fragmentation. The demo allows you to 'measure' current fragmentation. I could find a negligible amount.
I used iDefrag on my drive in November. Not surprisingly, file fragmentation is essentially 0; however, *free space* is in 21,781 fragments.
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Mac Running Slow? Hung? Here's Another Helpful Video!
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net hflaxman001
Wed Dec 21, 2011 2:53 pm (PST)
Here's a great video showing techniques on fixing a slow or 'hung' Mac. It shows Activity Monitor and how to determine using AM, which applications may be causing a problem and how to resolve this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=TMsIljOHnig& feature=relmfu
Great stuff!
Harry
Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net
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