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I don't know of any on-the-fly, background defragmenting utility for OS X, except OS X itself (see messages above for how this works). Alsoft has a fine background defrag util for pre-OS X, called DiskExpress Pro, but there's no OS X version--in fact, there's no HFS Plus version, even though HFS Plus was introduced with OS 8.1. For several years, Alsoft has had a running "gag" on their web site, in which they've been promising "The version that will optimize HFS Plus disks is currently under development". When OS X was released, they started promising an OS X version. Several years ago, I stopped by their booth at the San Francisco Macworld show, and asked them if they were ever really going to release an HFS Plus version. The two guys in the booth first laughed as if they'd been caught in the act, pointed at each other to try to get the other guy to answer the question, and then one of them responded that it would be available in about a half-year. That was several years ago. I'd say it's safe to say they have no plans to release this, so when you still read on their web site that it's "currently under development", well, they have an odd sense of humor.
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Intech Software Speed Tools has a disk defragmenter as part of it's suite. Works with 10.3.x
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Yes, but doesn't it require that you launch the Intech utility to start the defrag process? I don't think it operates on the fly, in the background. If it allows you to do other things while it's running, that would be close to the same, but not quite.
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No, it doesn't run on the Fly, but it does a good job defragmenting drives. I use it a lot to defragment my Audio drive for recording. It's a great little tool. |
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