danny. Posted 21 September 2011 Share Posted 21 September 2011 As a few people on here have Macs, I found an amazing app that speeds things up loads, esp. if it's an older machine. It's called iDefrag - http://www.coriolis-systems.com/iDefrag.php it's a bit like defrag programs for windows, it also moves all your OS X files and apps together on the hard drive which makes the boot time loads less and the apps much quicker to launch. I have zero affiliation with the company, but bought it the other week as my iMac was running slowly (it has a LOT of large files moving back and forth on it), it now boots in about 30 secs (used to take about 90) and most apps are opening in 1/2 - 1 bounce, where they were 5-6 bounces before. Also used it on my laptop and another iMac and it's massively sped them all up - complete bargain for 20 odd quid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AjcW Posted 21 September 2011 Share Posted 21 September 2011 Your an absolute life saver mate... Mine is close to 3 and a half years old now and its starting to groan a little . Ive been looking for something like this for a while and will invest on payday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny. Posted 30 September 2011 Author Share Posted 30 September 2011 well this thread is a raging sucess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themotivator Posted 30 September 2011 Share Posted 30 September 2011 might look into this. my macbook is about 6 years old. sounds like a steam engine most of the time. i am currently looking at getting a 15"macbook pro, but seeing as i am a long way off being able to afford that yet, this may be a viable option. i dont know why i keep saying might... probably because in reality i wont... im highly suspicious of software like this for some reason. can you vouch for it being safe and everything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny. Posted 30 September 2011 Author Share Posted 30 September 2011 probably because in reality i wont... im highly suspicious of software like this for some reason. can you vouch for it being safe and everything? I've used it on 6 macs at work, about 10-12k worth of kit, not a single problem, in fact some of the problems like one of the iMacs not going to sleep properly were fixed. It's a great bit of software! Also recommended to 4 other people who have tried it and they have had great results too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko Posted 30 September 2011 Share Posted 30 September 2011 My Macbook Pro is only a year old, but i'll definitely keep this in mind if it starts to struggle. Cheers, young Danny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudge Posted 1 October 2011 Share Posted 1 October 2011 As a few people on here have Macs, I found an amazing app that speeds things up loads, esp. if it's an older machine. It's called iDefrag - http://www.coriolis-...com/iDefrag.php it's a bit like defrag programs for windows, it also moves all your OS X files and apps together on the hard drive which makes the boot time loads less and the apps much quicker to launch. I have zero affiliation with the company, but bought it the other week as my iMac was running slowly (it has a LOT of large files moving back and forth on it), it now boots in about 30 secs (used to take about 90) and most apps are opening in 1/2 - 1 bounce, where they were 5-6 bounces before. Also used it on my laptop and another iMac and it's massively sped them all up - complete bargain for 20 odd quid. Hey Danny how ya doing, it's been a while. What's a bounce? I was thinking about buying CleanMyMac do you use that as well as the defrag program? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexikokopops Posted 1 October 2011 Share Posted 1 October 2011 Hey Danny how ya doing, it's been a while. What's a bounce? I was thinking about buying CleanMyMac do you use that as well as the defrag program? I think he's referring to the number of times the icon bounces on the dock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudge Posted 1 October 2011 Share Posted 1 October 2011 I think he's referring to the number of times the icon bounces on the dock. Tha lives and learns dunt thee? Thanks Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudge Posted 2 October 2011 Share Posted 2 October 2011 WARNING! I bought this yesterday and after I installed it, the app tried to restart but all I got was the chime a grey screen then a black one with a flashing cursor. As you can imagine I was not best pleased. Fortunately I was able to get it going by using my Snow Leopard disk. I repaired the volumes and permissions and it restarted in Lion after that. No idea what was going on. So if you don't have a repair disk I'd recommend you leave this app alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggers Posted 3 October 2011 Share Posted 3 October 2011 WARNING! I bought this yesterday Which? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudge Posted 3 October 2011 Share Posted 3 October 2011 Which? I was referring to iDefrag, sorry for the confusion. You cannot use your computer while it is defragging as it restarts in iDefrag only so best to do it over night. I ran it yesterday and it took about 6 hours. Earlier in the week I bought 8GB of ram which helped a lot with running VMWare (only $50 from Crucial ), then 'CleanMY Mac', which wasn't that noticeable other than made some space on the hard drive. iDefrag has made a significant difference to the operating speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny. Posted 3 October 2011 Author Share Posted 3 October 2011 WARNING! I bought this yesterday and after I installed it, the app tried to restart but all I got was the chime a grey screen then a black one with a flashing cursor. As you can imagine I was not best pleased. Fortunately I was able to get it going by using my Snow Leopard disk. I repaired the volumes and permissions and it restarted in Lion after that. No idea what was going on. So if you don't have a repair disk I'd recommend you leave this app alone. that's weird, I haven't ran into that - to be fair though I have always ran it within OS X first just to analyse the disk and on a couple of machines it's said the disc/volume needs repairing, which I have done with disk utility before using iDefrag. Had no other problems with the rebooting part though. As you say, it takes ages so run overnight as you can't use your mac while it's running. edit: if you have lion you dont need a repair disk, hold down alt/option when it chimes when booting up then select recovery HD and within 20-30 secs it boots into the lion equiv of booting off the snow leopard DVD only about 20 times faster, and you can use disk utility there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny. Posted 3 October 2011 Author Share Posted 3 October 2011 Hey Danny how ya doing, it's been a while. What's a bounce? I was thinking about buying CleanMyMac do you use that as well as the defrag program? Never tried cleanmymac - I do use Onyx ( http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11582/onyx ) though which looks like it does the same kind of things. Also, since you mentioned you use VMware, I bought the VM optimiser from same co that do iDefrag as I have about 4-5 VMs, seems to have sped a couple of them up dramatically too. Think it's about a tenner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggers Posted 3 October 2011 Share Posted 3 October 2011 I've noticed a considerable upturn in speed in VM since the last couple of updates, Bruce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudge Posted 3 October 2011 Share Posted 3 October 2011 Never tried cleanmymac - I do use Onyx ( http://www.macupdate.../mac/11582/onyx ) though which looks like it does the same kind of things. Also, since you mentioned you use VMware, I bought the VM optimiser from same co that do iDefrag as I have about 4-5 VMs, seems to have sped a couple of them up dramatically too. Think it's about a tenner. I use Deffragler (free) in Windows and that seemed to help with VMWare. I have wondered if I have it set up right. I didn't make a separate partition with Bootcamp and so just have it running as an app on the iMac. How are yours set up? Knowing how anal you are with your computers, I should just follow your methodology I wondered how Lion restored from the disk but I was in such a fug over the black screen, I just did what I knew best without further research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudge Posted 3 October 2011 Share Posted 3 October 2011 I've noticed a considerable upturn in speed in VM since the last couple of updates, Bruce. I didn't, I was about to reinstall Windows on Bootcamp to see if that made a difference. Getting extra memory and allocating a lot more to VM has made a substantial difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny. Posted 3 October 2011 Author Share Posted 3 October 2011 I use Deffragler (free) in Windows and that seemed to help with VMWare. I have wondered if I have it set up right. I didn't make a separate partition with Bootcamp and so just have it running as an app on the iMac. How are yours set up? Knowing how anal you are with your computers, I should just follow your methodology I wondered how Lion restored from the disk but I was in such a fug over the black screen, I just did what I knew best without further research. I just run VMware fusion 4 with 4-5 virtual machines - optimised with the VMoptimiser thingy from within os x - they are running very quickly now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudge Posted 4 October 2011 Share Posted 4 October 2011 I just run VMware fusion 4 with 4-5 virtual machines - optimised with the VMoptimiser thingy from within os x - they are running very quickly now Ah! BTW I sold the helicopter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexikokopops Posted 12 February 2012 Share Posted 12 February 2012 I've ran this and I'm having problems with sound. It doesn't recognise that I have internal speakers and is permanently on mute. I also can't even listen to anything through headphones. Also, when I shut my screen and go into standby it won't start up again. I didn't have any of these problems before running the defrag thingy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexikokopops Posted 12 February 2012 Share Posted 12 February 2012 I've ran this and I'm having problems with sound. It doesn't recognise that I have internal speakers and is permanently on mute. I also can't even listen to anything through headphones. Also, when I shut my screen and go into standby it won't start up again. I didn't have any of these problems before running the defrag thingy. Oh, and I can't open Mail because it says that it's "Not supported on this type of Mac" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggers Posted 18 February 2012 Share Posted 18 February 2012 Doesn't help you Alex - but I've had absolutely no reason to run a defrag program on my MBP since buying it in 2008. The only thing I need to do is strip it and clean the crap off the disk drive with an air can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yojoe36 Posted 18 February 2012 Share Posted 18 February 2012 To people with macs- You're a bunch of nob heads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggers Posted 20 February 2012 Share Posted 20 February 2012 To people with macs- You're a bunch of nob heads It must really burn that you can't afford one and have a smaller cock than all of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfc"weasel" Posted 6 April 2012 Share Posted 6 April 2012 You've proved his point then... I don't agree with him, but you don't help the stereotype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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