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Whether we should defrag our Mac hard drive or not – is always a matter of discussion among Mac users. Many say that defragging Mac optimizes its performance while others say that it is just a hypothetical remedy produced by professional utilities. However, Apple too is not very definite about this subject as in one of its article it says, ‘you probably won’t need to optimize your machine at all, if you are using Mac OS X’. After that, it provides the remedies to defragment Mac. Moreover, it also explains some safeguards that prevent its hard drive from getting fragmented and as well says that if you encounter any of the below mentioned scenarios, then defragging your hard drive may get back your machine’s speed:
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Whether we should defrag our Mac hard drive or not – is always a matter of discussion among Mac users. Many say that defragging Mac optimizes its performance while others say that it is just a hypothetical remedy produced by professional utilities. However, Apple too is not very definite about this subject as in one of its article it says, ‘you probably won’t need to optimize your machine at all, if you are using Mac OS X’. After that, it provides the remedies to defragment Mac. Moreover, it also explains some safeguards that prevent its hard drive from getting fragmented and as well says that if you encounter any of the below mentioned scenarios, then defragging your hard drive may get back your machine’s speed:
- If there are several large files on your hard drive (large files can include video files).
- Or if the hard drive of your computer is nearly full. That means it has less than 10% free space.
