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thanks. &nbsp;I think I will try to hold off to the next osx this summer and do it then.
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thanks.  I think I will try to hold off to the next osx this summer and do it then.

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Is there any safe way to optimize and defrag a mac which I am using PGP WDE. &nbsp;I am running the latest OSX. &nbsp;I know I can decrypt, defrag, and encrypt, but that will take days. &nbsp;If that is the only way then I will do so, but I am hoping for a better way. &nbsp;Drive Genius now says I have 30% defragmentation and the system is not as snappy as it used to. 
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Is there any safe way to optimize and defrag a mac which I am using PGP WDE.  I am running the latest OSX.  I know I can decrypt, defrag, and encrypt, but that will take days.  If that is the only way then I will do so, but I am hoping for a better way.  Drive Genius now says I have 30% defragmentation and the system is not as snappy as it used to. 

defrag OSX WDE encrypted disk w/out decrypt/defrag/re-encrypt entire drive

Mac OS X is the desktop operating system from Apple Inc., found on Macintosh computers. OS X consists of a Mach/BSD-based kernel, operating system interfaces primarily based on FreeBSD and additional frameworks (written in C, C++ and Objective-C providing user interface and application-level services.

Mac OS X

Encryption is the process of encoding messages or information in such a way that only authorized parties can read it. In an encryption scheme, the intended communication information or message, referred to as plaintext, is encrypted using an encryption algorithm, generating ciphertext that can only be read if decrypted. For technical reasons, an encryption scheme usually uses a pseudo-random encryption key generated by an algorithm. An authorized recipient can easily decrypt the message with the key provided by the originator to recipients, but not to unauthorized interceptors.