Enhance Mac Performance with Defragmentation Tool

Unlike Windows operating systems where users defrag different partitions of the hard drive to speed up their computer, Mac OS X users do not have any built-in defragmentation tool to fix such slowdown issues. So, what do you do when your Mac system slows down? In such moments, Disk Utility may strike your mind, but in vain. Although Disk Utility (i.e. built-in disk management tool) in Mac OS X facilitates performing several disk-related tasks but, you might feel jealous of Windows users as they are blessed with built-in 'disk defragmentation tool', to improve their system performance. If you really want to fill this gap, think of using some external software to defrag slow Mac.

Thinking about getting a Mac OS X defragmentation tool, you may wonder why your Mac machine is running slow. But, digging deep into the problem may help you to figure out the prime cause of Mac slowdowns, i.e. fragmentation.

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What are fragments in Mac?

Are you aware of how fragments get created in hard drive?

“Fragments are the empty memory locations produced on the hard drive due to improper memory allocation.”

When some files are moved from one memory location to another (file deletion or cut-paste) those emptied memory locations are kept unoccupied until some new files are saved. However, the new files will occupy these locations only if they can properly fit into them. When a slew of unoccupied locations are present in between the contiguous stored data stream, then OS X breaks the file down into fragments and store those multiple fragments all over the drive here and there in the available empty locations.

How Fragments affect System Performance?

When Operating system doesn't get the sufficient storage space to store a new file onto drive then OS X breaks that new file into multiple fragments to store into the available memory chunks. The repetition of this process makes the memory fragmented after a time. As a consequence, the memory becomes fragmented. Additionally, data access from this fragmented memory takes longer than usual time to respond, thereby minimizing the system’s performance.

Improving System Performance by Defragmentation

Defragmentation is the process of removing the fragments throughout the memory by rearranging the occupied physical memory blocks into a logical order.

Apple doesn't have any such tool to defrag slow Mac, At this point, you are recommended to download good drive defragmentation software in order to improve the slow Mac performance. Mac drive defragmentation tools first analyze the selected drive so that they can find out the currently employed data storage scheme. Once the analysis process is completed, the process of rearranging the memory is initiated, thereby putting all the emptied memory blocks together for further use.

Make your Mac Fast within Few Clicks

Stellar Drive Defrag is efficient software, compatible with Mavericks and other lower versions till OS X 10.3.9. This software defrags the entire hard drive and improves Mac performance. It locates all the large bulky fragmented files and defrags with in a click.

Mac boot volume can also be defragmented for which you need to create a bootable DVD for backing up data in advance before any defragmentation process initiates. That bootable DVD can be used to boot any Mac system, which has failed to boot.

Although, Mac drive defragmentation process give a rapid speed to slow Mac but process failure or interruption can cause a severe data loss. So, always go with reliable software.