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APFS defragment flag

DJSnow
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Hi guys,

While I was using diskutil thru the terminal, I notice that in APFS there's a flag for defragment.

I have a TimeMachine HDD that uses APFS so I turn it on.

Does that flag do anything ? Why is it so hidden, it seems like a pretty useful thing for someone who still uses HDDs.

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APFS was created and is optimized for the Flash/SSD storage. I think Apple assumes that you would use Mac OS Extended for an HDD as many of the speed and performance improvements of APFS do not work on a HDD.

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