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When I get that message, I just go to Project>Consolidate. It fixes it 99% of the time. On Nov 21, 2008, at 5:51 AM, Per Boysen wrote: > That "Disk too slow" error message in Logic usually doesn't mean a > disk IS too slow or even fragmented (see my other post for hints on > how to get rid of the annoying error mess). But as Olivier says you > can fragment a drive by recording long files. You can fix that with a > utility disk tool applications, but personally I think takes too long > time. My way is to keep two big external FireWire drives where I > record big files and keep my project folders. Now and then I format > one of them, just wiping everything and making the disk as newborn, > and then I copy all of the other drive's content to it. This is a very > quick process that fits better into a working day situation. Can be > done on the side as well by simply popping the FW drives into another > Mac. > > Per > > > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 10:44 AM, o. malhomme @ laposte. net > <o.malhomme@laposte.net> wrote: >> "supposedly, defragging a mac disk is unnecessary. not sure if >> that's true, >> but that's what i heard." >> >> >> Well you have to keep in mind several things >> >> 1) OSX defrags only small files. In case of audio and video files, >> you can >> have files too big for OSX to act >> 2) OSX defrag doesn't include pulling of free space like soft used >> to do. >> Basically free space becomes a mess. And anytime you use it, it >> becomes >> harder, especially if you filled your drive. >> That is partly why, among other reasons, it is often advised to not >> too fill >> your disk. With proper disk management, it wouldn't be necessary. >> >> This is why I would advise anyway still to use an utilitary soft to >> perform >> this. >> >> One may not agree with me though. >> >> Olivier >