Re: How much HD space needed for memory swapping

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject	Re: How much HD space needed for memory swapping
Date	2025-01-19 21:00 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2025-01-19, Dudley Brooks <dbrooks@runforyourlife.org> wrote:
>
> And Thank You to both of you.
>
>>>>     Do Mac hard drives need to be defragmented?
>>>>     macOS does not include a built-in defragmentation tool
>>>>     because it is deemed unnecessary. macOS is designed to
>>>>     handle file fragmentation automatically, especially for
>>>>     small files. Using an external defragmentation tool on
>>>>     a Mac is not recommended.
>>>>     <https://www.crucial.com/articles/mac-users/how-to-defragment-a-mac

That's correct. Since HFS+, Apple's Mac-native file systems
automatically defragment themselves, and using third-party
defragmentation utilities isn't recommended. Lots of detail here about
it, for anyone interested:

<https://blog.delx.au/2008/11/hfs-auto-defragmentation-of-files-under-mac-os-x/>

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How much HD space needed for memory swapping Dudley Brooks <dbrooks@runforyourlife.org> - 2025-01-15 23:10 -0800
  Re: How much HD space needed for memory swapping Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2025-01-16 19:16 +0000
    Re: How much HD space needed for memory swapping Dudley Brooks <dbrooks@runforyourlife.org> - 2025-01-16 13:44 -0800
      Re: How much HD space needed for memory swapping Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2025-01-17 00:49 +0000
        Re: How much HD space needed for memory swapping Dudley Brooks <dbrooks@runforyourlife.org> - 2025-01-17 13:13 -0800
          Re: How much HD space needed for memory swapping Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2025-01-18 10:33 +1300
            Re: How much HD space needed for memory swapping Dudley Brooks <dbrooks@runforyourlife.org> - 2025-01-17 13:45 -0800
              Re: How much HD space needed for memory swapping Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2025-01-18 13:33 +1300
                Re: How much HD space needed for memory swapping Dudley Brooks <dbrooks@runforyourlife.org> - 2025-01-19 12:24 -0800
                Re: How much HD space needed for memory swapping Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2025-01-19 21:00 +0000
                Re: How much HD space needed for memory swapping Dudley Brooks <dbrooks@runforyourlife.org> - 2025-01-21 17:10 -0800
              Re: How much HD space needed for memory swapping Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2025-01-18 19:11 +0000
                Re: How much HD space needed for memory swapping Dudley Brooks <dbrooks@runforyourlife.org> - 2025-01-19 12:26 -0800
  Re: How much HD space needed for memory swapping Doc O'Leary ,   <droleary.usenet@2023.impossiblystupid.com> - 2025-01-17 15:29 +0000
    Re: How much HD space needed for memory swapping Dudley Brooks <dbrooks@runforyourlife.org> - 2025-01-17 13:55 -0800

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