iDefrag For Mac

Data fragmentation can lead to a longer start up time, both for your Mac and for specific applications. iDefrag is an easy to use defragmentation tool that analyzes your disk and helps you perform maintenance tasks.

Right off the bat, iDefrag will scan your disk drive in order to gather information about the state of each volume. Note that you might need to provide the admin password to be able to visualize the information.

iDefrag will generate a visual representation which you can understand by opening the Key panel: each color is representing a different type of file. Note that within the iDefrag main window you can also view details about the volume contents, compression information, or fragmentation data for specific files.

If you decide that your disk needs to be optimized, you must choose the defragmentation algorithm you want to apply: compact, metadata, optimize, quick, or full defrag. Once you press the “Go” button from the top toolbar, the app performs the maintenance process on its own. The best part is that you can run the task while using the disk.

Moreover, iDefrag will also monitor your system while defragmenting: if the procedure increases the disk temperature too much, the app will stop and continue when the disk has cooled down.

iDefrag is capable to identify fragmented data on your disk, but can also check for possible errors: this way you can easily verify if everything works properly both before and after the disk defragmentation.

Since iDefrag will rearrange the data so that the files will not be fragmented anymore, the disk reading time should increase noticeable. As a result, most task you want to perform on your Mac should go faster.