Disc cleanup? Defragmentation?

Hello everyone, since I am very new to the mac universe I have a few basic probably stupid questions. Does the MBP have such a thing as a disc cleanup utility, like the PC, or a disc defragmentor? I have no idea how to manage or look at the stats of the hard drive, thanks.....

Rafcio,
While there are a couple defragmentaion utilities, they are completely unecessary. The Mac file system (HFS+, also known as "Mac OS Extended") handles files in a way that minimizes fragmentation in all but extreme circumstances.
Most of us will end up formatting (erasing) any drive for one reason or another long before fragmentation becomes a concern.
Like any other file system, HFS+ is susceptible to disk errors. This is especially true if a machine is improperly shut down, such as when a forced shutdown or sudden loss of power occurs. For this reason, whenever a Mac is started or restarted, the startup disk is first scanned for errors. If any are found, an attempt is made to correct the problem. In later versions of OS X, startup disks are "journaled" by default, further safeguarding against disk erros caused by improper shutdowns.
In other words, there is not much you need to do. In almost all cases, everything works, and works well, or they don't and a format is necessary.
Scott

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OSX is Unix based and it will take care of the hard disc management, virues aren't a concern unless you're using Boot Camp and running Windows (in which case it is vulnerable on that side). The ClamavX utility can be useful/set your mind at rest:
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15850
It's a good idea to run Applications/Utilities/Disc Utility before any new install or update and click the [Repair Permissions] button, otherwise you are risk and trouble free on Macs

In Elements 12 Organizer, View Full Screen images are not loading. Have already tried disc cleanup.

It was working a couple of days ago, now when I select several images to view full screen, the page comes up, but the images don't. I have a PC, and have already tried doing a disc cleanup and defragmentation.

I’ve found a work-round.
This is embarrassing (for Adobe), as the work-round is to set the CPU affinity to single cpu mode. With that PSE 10 has been running in slide show mode for 3 hours now. Looking good!
On a temporary basis, from the task manager, show the ‘processes’ tab, right click on the PhotoshopElementsOrganizer.exe *32 process, choose ‘Set Affinity …’ unselect ‘All’ and select (check) any one CPU. (Under W7 32 bit I guess you won’t get the *32)
For a more permanent fix, using the start command with the affinity option is needed. This is not compatible with the PSE 10 launcher though, if you use the launcher you will need to set the affinity as shown above.
To use the start command, from a command prompt type start /? for the syntax..
Try a google search of “how to set the processor affinity” for further advice.
Now, should Adobe be reading this thread I have some advice for them:
“It is NOT POSSIBLE to conduct a reliability test of a program using a virtualized environment”.
I made the error of assuming that after the PSE 6 fiasco in a multi-cpu environment Adobe would not make the same mistake again. Well, they have. Perhaps this time they will conduct a root cause analysis of what they are doing wrong with their test plans and FIX IT, because I object to doing their testing for them, again.

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I'm not sure exactly what you're asking, but note that Macs don't need regular "cleaning." See The myth of the dirty Mac.

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Also as far as malware and antivirus software, this is something you can also forget about with a Mac. OS X is incredibly secure and there are no viruses for OS X. Shocking but completely true. Using a little common sense such as never download from a site you are not familiar with or trust. If you get a popup telling you to download something then ignore it. Run Software Update at least once per month ( you will find it under the Apple Symbol in the upper left of your screen) and this will keep your system up-to-date.
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Mac 101
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mac book pro is running very slow. is there a way to do a disc cleanup?

First, back up all data immediately, as your boot drive might be failing.
Step 1
This diagnostic procedure will query the system log for messages that may indicate a hardware fault. It changes nothing, and therefore will not, in itself, solve your problem.
If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator. I've tested them only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, they may not work as described.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
syslog -k Sender kernel -k Message CReq 'Channel t|GPU D|I/O|n Cause: -' | tail | open -ef
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C).
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V).
The command may take a noticeable amount of time to run. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign (“$”) to appear.
A TextEdit window will open with the output of the command. Normally the command will produce no output, and the window will be empty. If the TextEdit window (not the Terminal window) has anything in it, stop here and post it — the text, please, not a screenshot. The title of the TextEdit window doesn't matter, and you don't need to post that.
Step 2
There are a few other possible causes of generalized slow performance that you can rule out easily.
Reset the System Management Controller.
If you have many image or video files on the Desktop with preview icons, move them to another folder.
If applicable, uncheck all boxes in the iCloud preference pane.
Disconnect all non-essential wired peripherals and remove aftermarket expansion cards, if any.
Check your keychains in Keychain Access for excessively duplicated items.
Boot into Recovery mode, launch Disk Utility, and run Repair Disk.
If you're booting from an aftermarket SSD, see whether there's a firmware update for it.
If you have a MacBook Pro with dual graphics, disable automatic graphics switching in the Energy Saverpreference pane for better performance at the cost of shorter battery life.
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When you notice the problem, launch the Activity Monitor application in any of the following ways:
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☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Activity Monitor in the icon grid.
Select the CPU tab of the Activity Monitor window.
Select All Processes from the menu in the toolbar, if not already selected.
Click the heading of the % CPU column in the process table to sort the entries by CPU usage. You may have to click it twice to get the highest value at the top. What is it, and what is the process? Also post the values for % User, % System, and % Idle at the bottom of the window.
Select the System Memory tab. What values are shown in the bottom part of the window for Page outs and Swap used?
Next, select the Disk Activity tab. Post the approximate values shown for Reads in/sec and Writes out/sec (not Reads in and Writes out.)
Step 4
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Launch the Console application in the same way you launched Activity Monitor. Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Select the 50 or so most recent entries in the log. Copy them to the Clipboard (command-C). Paste into a reply to this message (command-V). You're looking for entries at the end of the log, not at the beginning.
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APPCRASH disc cleanup wont work

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Katman wrote:
Baconbits,
If you mean a CD/DVD dri've, when that happens I click on MyComputer and right click my CD/DVD (or whatever storage device) and click eject. Or sometimes simply left clicking on the icon to bring up a directory will re-activate the dri've and it will open. I think maybe Windows has some unfinished business with the device and gets busy, or the device times out or... I don't know why the "open" request gets ignored (ask Bill Gates :-). After forcing an ejection like this, often I don't have the problem again for a long while.
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Wait.... where is the icon that shows the cd/dvd tray?

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I recently loaded about 45 songs onto my microphoto. I cannot find them in my player though. I have over 000 songs already and have not had this problem before. The songs are recognized through Windows Explorer, so I know they are on there. Would a disc cleanup help at all and does it do any damage to the songs that are on there already? I have current firmware installed. I think the WMP might have been an older version. Does that make a difference? Thanks for reading and any help you can offer!

coolguy2420,
Where are the files located folder wise on the player? Also, is there anything "different" about these files?
Cleanup will not damage any files, but if a file is already corrupted it may be removed. But then again, if it is corrupted the unit couldn't play it anyway so you are not really losing anything.
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Disc cleanup

New to Apple. I have OS X Snow Leopard. On my PC is was able to run both disc cleanup as well as defrag. I cannot find similar programs on Snow Leopard. I assume they are there but maybe under different name? Is it possible they dont exist as in Snow Leopard no need to clean up and/or defrag?
Thanks

I was under the impression, DW, which, fortunately, I've never had to purchase or use, was often effective -- numerous reports over the years here suggest -- at repairing directory corruption when Disk Utility failed.
That's undoubtedly true.
A backup as clone might be suffering from the same directory corruption, so don't see how that eliminates the need for something like DW.
A backup would only have the same directory corruption as the original volume if you backed up by doing a block copy with asr(8) or a similar tool -- which would be absurd. A file copy doesn't transfer the volume directory, so the backup would not be corrupted. It might not have all the files that were on the original volume, but Disk Warrior can't do anything about that.
Can you please explain why you think DW is worthless.
I didn't say it was worthless. Clearly, it isn't. It's a specialized recovery tool that you'll never need if you have redundant backups.
Directory damage should be a very rare event with journaled HFS. In particular, it does not result from forcible unmounting of a volume, as in a system crash or a power failure. You often see people saying, "Oh, your system crashed, so you have to run Disk Utility (or Disk Warrior) to repair the disk." Wrong. When the volume is remounted, the journal is replayed and the directory is restored to a consistent state (possibly with some loss of data.) Directory damage can only happen as the result of an I/O error.
I have zero tolerance for unrecoverable I/O errors. If the errors are so bad as to result in irreparable damage to a volume directory, then the device should be replaced immediately. Disk Warrior is of no use in that situation. Even if you choose (unwisely) not to replace the drive, you should erase it and restore from backup. That method is faster, cheaper, and more reliable than trying to fix it with Disk Warrior, and unlike Disk Warrior, it always works and never loses any data.

DISC CLEANUP AND RELOADING FIRMW

How long does disc cleanup suppose to take? Mine seems to freeze while doing it but not sure if it just takes time?How long does it take to erase firmware, it also seems to freeze up or does it just take forever?I have a creative zen micro 6gb

Take out your battery then when you are putting it back in hold power button. This should get you inot recovery mode option one is disc cleanup. If you do it tell me how long it takes!

Are there any utility programs like Defrag or disc cleanup

Topic.
Can't seem to find them in the utilities. New user here and things seem to be slowing down. I'm "hanging" a lot w/ QT.
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Hi Jeffrey,
Have a read of my update below, a digest of all our best Forums contributions and tips.
Follow those maintenance steps first, as a good start before troubleshooting.
There is not much to do to maintain Mac OS X, as pretty much everything is done automatically in the background, even most of the file defragmentation.
More than maintaining, it is about preventing file corruption, that doesn't happen too often anyway.
All You HaveTo Do:
- Back up.
- Keep enough free space on the boot volume (10-15% is fine).
- "Repair Permissions" with Disk Utility (in the Utilities folder), after you used Software Update or after you used an Apple application installer. Verify HD's S.M.A.R.T. status in the meantime.
- Run the three nightly Periodic tasks (AKA "cron scripts") — once a month is fine — as they are not yet completely automated (still the same "sleep delay" behaviour in 10.4.4). (Cocktail, OnyX, TinkerToolSystem, Yasu...)
More Prudent:
Before an OS Update or Upgrade,
- Disconnect all periphericals.
- Run a "Disk Repair" with Disk Utility from the install DVD.
- Much better: rebuild Directory with DiskWarrior.
- You can also clean all (each user separately) account's User, Browsers and Fonts caches (Cocktail, OnyX, TinkerToolSystem, Yasu...), and
- Check for corrupted Preferences (Preferential Treatment).
Software:
In theory we should not need any extra utility, as we already have Terminal and Disk Utility.
But some small applications like Yasu, TinkerTool System, OnyX or Cocktail for example, offer a nice, friendly GUI to many useful Terminal commands.
File defragmentation is not really needed in OS X
— Even (very rarely needed) free space defragmentation is more risky than a simple (and quite fast since Tiger) OS reinstallation —
but DiskWarrior has a very good approach of rebuilding the Directory.
- Read the Readme and Help files, and do not run a task if you don't know what it does.
- Do not install an application before you know how to uninstall it.
(example Anacron or Macaroni: they work well but redundant and about uninstall (???), or some Microsoft software that too often gets us used to unnecessarily give our admin password...)
- Software Updates: no hurry! Do not download too much at a time, install the OS updates separately, and note that there is (in menu Update) an option "Update and Keep Package" that can fit to your backup strategy.
See also those two other excellent approaches:
(Gulliver) Mac OS X 10.3/10.4: System maintenance
(The X Lab) Maintaining Mac OS X
Good luck!
Axl
iMac G4 (17-inch 1.25 GHz) Mac OS X (10.4.4); Mac OS X (10.3.9); 1 GB RAM

Is it neccessary to do a disc cleanup similar to a PC?

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No need.

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How to maintain a Mac
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2. Keep your software up to date. Software Update can be set to notify you automatically of updates to the Mac OS. Some third-party applications have a similar feature, if you don’t mind letting them phone home. Otherwise you have to check yourself on a regular basis.
3. Don't install crapware, such as “themes,” "haxies," “add-ons,” “toolbars,” “enhancers," “optimizers,” “accelerators,” “extenders,” “cleaners,” “defragmenters,” “firewalls,” “guardians,” “defenders,” “protectors,” most “plugins,” commercial "virus scanners,” or "utilities." With very few exceptions, this kind of material is useless, or worse than useless. The more actively promoted the product, the more likely it is to be garbage. The most extreme instance of this phenomenon is the “MacKeeper” scam.
The only software you should install is that which directly enables you to do the things you use a computer for — such as creating, communicating, and playing — and does not modify the way other software works. Never install any third-party software unless you know how to uninstall it.
The free anti-malware application ClamXav is not crap, and although it’s not routinely needed, it may be useful in some environments, such as a mixed Mac-Windows enterprise network.
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There is some built-in protection against downloading malware, but you can’t rely on it — the attackers are always at least one day ahead of the defense. You can’t rely on third-party protection either. What you can rely on is common-sense awareness — not paranoia, which only makes you more vulnerable.
Never install software from an untrustworthy or unknown source. If in doubt, do some research. Any website that prompts you to install a “codec” or “plugin” that comes from the same site, or an unknown site, is untrustworthy. Software with a known corporate brand, such as Adobe Flash, must be acquired directly from the developer. No intermediary is acceptable, and don’t trust links unless you know how to parse them. Any file that is automatically downloaded from a web page without your having requested it should go straight into the Trash. A website that claims you have a “virus,” or that anything else is wrong with your computer, is rogue.
Because of recurring security issues in Java, it’s best to disable it in your web browsers, if it’s installed. Few websites have Java content nowadays, so you won’t be missing much. This action is mandatory if you’re running any version of the Mac OS older than 10.6.8 with the latest Java update. Note: Java has nothing to do with JavaScript, despite the similar names.
5. Relax, don’t do it. Besides the above, no routine maintenance is necessary or beneficial for the vast majority of users; specifically not “cleaning caches,” “zapping the PRAM,” “rebuilding the directory,” “running periodic scripts,” “deleting log files,” “scanning for viruses,” or “repairing permissions.” Such measures are for solving problems as they arise, not for maintenance.
The very height of futility is running an expensive third-party application called “Disk Warrior” when nothing is wrong, or even when something is wrong and you have backups, which you must have. Don’t waste money on Disk Warrior or anything like it.

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However, within 2-3 weeks from getting it back its already acting up again
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Also in the last hour I can hear the hard disc scratching on the inside and i tried disc cleanup but found that it wont even go past the menue when I turn it on.
Any tips?

Contact support and get it replaced.

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Hi, this is my first posting I am glad that there are forums related to Creatives buggy software. Heres my problem:
my Nomad Jukebox 3 which I ve had for 2 years has all of a sudden stopped working, meaning when I start it up, it automatically goes into rescue mode. When I tried disc cleanup it does nothing, when I reload OS it says hard disc problem, and when I reboot it just brings me back to rescue mode as well as reseting the player through the back.
Today I tried to format, and I was at the point where I was willing to lose 3,000 songs just to get my player back to normal, well needless to say it also brought up those famous words "hard disc problem."
Ive scoured through Creatives website for any clues on how to fix this problem, which brings me here. Ive emailed them telling them the problem, and they suggest I pay 40 U.S. plus shipping and handling and then wait a month or so and pay through the nose to get it fixed. Well I li've in Canada, so its goign to cost me more, also, I am a student so I dont have that kinda cash lying around.
Is there anything I can do to solve this (at least to me) serious problem? or should I buy an IPod when money is available?
thanks.

Yeah, I have the same problem. This is definitely a problem Creative needs to address. Stupid hard disk. It sounds like a head crash, where the head is just smashing up against the metal palettes in the hard dri've. It kind of sucks. Really. Really. Hard. Mine is a Zen Touch, and I've only had it a month. BUT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WHATSOEVER CAN YOU SWITCH TO APPLE. I mean, just look at them, hoping to attract people with a screenless, music playing stick of gum. Phhhhh.

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