Stellar Drive Defrag 3.0.0.3 MacOSX

Mac Disk Drive Defrag software improves data access speed and Mac’s performance by defragging files on hard drive including the Startup Disk.

- Logically groups scattered pieces of related data to improve data access speed
- Supports defragmentation of Encrypted hard drives and Mac volumes
- Defrags metadata like catalogs, allocation files, extent overflows, and attribute files
- Monitors temperature fluctuation of Mac hard drive during defragmentation
- Provides an option to create a bootable DMG to defrag startup disk
- Support macOS Sierra 10.12, 10.11, 10.10, 10.9, 10.8, 10.7, 10.6

Defragments Mac Hard Drive
As data is written, modified and deleted on the Mac hard drive, contiguous blocks of storage soon become occupied. Soon, memory allocation reaches a stage where large data files can no longer be stored at a single physical location. So they are divided into fragments and scattered all over Mac’s storage. This causes a lag in the system while accessing information resulting in a significant performance degrade. Mac Defrag software uses efficient algorithms to collect logically related pieces of scattered data and allocates them to neighboring or nearby locations to reduce drive fragmentation, therefore, making data access easier and smoother.

Mac Disk Defrag Modes
This intuitive product allows you to defrag a Mac through more than one mode. You can select if you wish to perform a ‘Quick Defragmentation’ or ‘Full Defragmentation'. The Quick version allows you only to defrag the Mac volume that you have selected. This is a fast process. However, with Full defrag you can defragment Mac hard drive as a whole. This process takes a little more time but yields a much better system performance. The 4 defrag algorithms are - Quick, Full, Metadata and Optimize perfectly works to optimize an internal Mac hard drive and an external drive. The software doesn't support defragging a SSD.

Identify & Colorfully Arranges Everything
The tool also defrags metadata and categorizes disk space into various attributes, such as Allocation, Overflow, Catalog, Attribute, Fragmented, Data, Unused Space, etc. Smart color schemes allow related memory blocks to be depicted through the same color. It even allows you to change the colors of memory blocks as per preference to help you plan Mac disk defrag better.

Graphically Monitors Drive Temperature
The Mac hard drive that is being defragmented can show temperature fluctuations during the process, typically, a steep rise in degrees. The software marks a maximum threshold level up to which temperature rise of the drive is acceptable. It depicts temperature fluctuations graphically on a scale to enable you to take action if it is nearing or about to cross the threshold level.

Free Space Optimization
While performing Mac disk defrag, this tool scrutinizes portions of free drive space and arranges them together to create one large block of free space on the hard drive. This allows the Mac to allocate this space to one large file if needed and helps to further boost data access speed and overall Mac performance. In the absence of free space optimization, the OS X will save the large file(s) to non-contiguous hard drive's memory location causing performance degradation; which is why Stellar Drive Defrag << Free Space Optimization feature is required to fill this gap.

Defrags Encrypted Mac Volumes
Mac Defrag software helps you to optimize encrypted and password-protected Mac hard drives. It prompts users to unlock the drive by entering the password, and once it has been unlocked, the software mounts the volume. Thereafter, users can select any of the four algorithms (Quick, Full, Metadata defrag, or Optimize) to improve their Mac’s internal or external encrypted hard disk drive performance.

View Location of File in a Block
When all data on the Mac has been categorized and arranged in different colored blocks, this product’s smart interface displays the full path of any file inside any block you place the mouse cursor on. Clicking on a particular block will display the file occupying that block as highlighted in the 'Files' view. This helps you quickly identify and trace all fragmented files on your hard drive.

Create Bootable USB
In addition to Mac Defrag operation, the Stellar Drive Defrag tool facilitates bootable Mac USB creation. The tool provides an option to create DMG file, which can be used to create a bootable USB to boot Mac machine and also perform boot volume defragmentation. Note: Creation of a bootable USB is only required to defrag Mac startup drive and not non-startup volumes.

Compatible: OS: Sierra 10.12, 10.11, 10.10, 10.9, 10.8, 10.7, 10.6

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