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One of the handful of legacy applications that keeps me using Classic Mode in OS X is the old Mac OS NotePad -- a holdover from System 6 days. Sure, there are a gaggle of OS X native “NotePad replacement apps, some of which are great little (and in some cases not-so-little) programs, but non has matched the speed and minimalist simplicity of the original. At least until now. 
NotePad 1.0 fc1 is a prerelease beta of a little application that promises to faithfully continue the Classic Mac NotePad tradition -- just a quick and simple place to park snippets of text without being bogged down by a lot of excess featuritis and speed-killing complexity. So far, it looks pretty good. It works pretty much like the Classic Note pad. You can drag, copy or cut to and from it. Instead of the Classic NotePad’s flipping pages metaphor, this NotePad uses tabs (currently limited to eight), which is even more convenient as it allows you instant access to any page without having to flip pages. And it even supports OS X’s built-in spellchecker. Quitting the application saves entered data automatically. Data is saveed to ~/Library/NotePadData.ntp. This is a standard Plist file. This version of NotePad also allows you to remember both the last tab you used, and the window positions. 
I’m going to transfer the data from my trusty old Classic NotePad to this new one and try it out for a while. If all goes well, I’m one step closer to running all OS X native. System requirements: For more information, visit: Defragmenting unnecessary with OS X From Ben Galanti Charles, Here is another interesting message board thread about how and why defragmenting is not really necessary with OS X (or any modern, multitasking OS for that matter). It pretty much comes to the same conclusion. Defraging a drive probably won’t hurt anything, but it’s doubtful that it will particularly help anything either. Ben Galanti Thanks Ben. Charles
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