About iDefrag Disk Defragmenter
You must have noticed that your computer gets slow after some time. It is the clear indication of fragmentation. Due to various security updates the file fragmentation increases day by day as the replacing operating system components work. These not only fragment the files but also scatter the whole operating system over the time. The common signs of fragmentation are the longer start up time, slowness of the system and the longer time you get the work done in. iDefrag is the perfect remedy for the problem which defrags and optimizes your hard disk and file system.
Today people keep on adding the common files as music, video, games and graphics which even a best file system is not able to keep contiguous. And here you need the help of iDefrag which defragments and optimizes your disk for improved maximum performance. iDefrag has an upper hand to the rest of the defrag softwares as it also enables you with great information about your files. You'll be able to see the files which are most badly fragmented and also look where are they placed on the disk.
You would require Mac OS X 10.3 or later version, a 500 MHz Power PC G3 or better and 512 MB RAM.
Features of iDefrag:
- iDefrag supports Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. It is ideal to use even with the latest versions of Mac OS X and the latest hardware from Apple.
- iDefrag supports the journaled filesystems. It is aware of the journal and works accordingly automatically. You need not switch off the journaling to defragment and optimize the disk.
- iDefrag has four powerful defragmentation algorithms. You can optimize or compact your disk as per your need. It has a sophisticated programmable optimizing engine and if you are an advanced user you can even rearrange the contents of the disk yourself.
- iDefrag supports the Hot Zone. It is said to be the first defragmentation tool for the Mac that supports Hot Zone. The files that are frequently used are automatically placed in the area on the disk know as Hot Zone to improve the access time. iDefrag understands it well and itself places the files which should be there.
- iDefrag helps to pre-block and accurate whole-disk display. This enables you to see the individual blocks used by your files and also watch them move by iDefrag. This would help you get an overview of your disk spacing.
- iDefrag also monitors the temperature of your disk during defragmentation. If the temperature is getting much higher iDefrag would wait till the disk gets cooled off and then continue later on.
- iDefrag is also safe to use on Time Machine back up volumes. It works well here too.
- iDefrag supports case sensitive HFS+.
- It can defragment also when the disk is in use. It is useful in the cases where you just need to defragment a few files than to use the full power of the software.
- Moving all free space to one place i.e. compact data.
- iDefrag optimizes filesystem metadata.
- It offers detailed statistics to make you decide the need to optimize or not.
- iDefrag also has an auto-update feature for having the latest version.
So, need not worry of the disk fragmentation any more now. Just go for iDefrag!
