Posted on 4/22/11

MacMost Forum / question about "bitrot" from non-techie

someone mentioned that I might have something called “bitrot” on my imac (my imac is not even a year old). How do I get rid of this?
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Pat

5 Responses to “question about “bitrot” from non-techie”

  1. Gary Rosenzweig says:
    4/22/11 at 10:26 am

    Bitrot isn’t something you should be concerned about. Especially with a new computer.
    You can see the Wikipedia page for it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_rot
    Bitrot would be something to maybe worry about if storing data CDs/DVDs or hard drives for 10+ years or some such.
    Why did someone tell you that you may have bitrot? Is there a problem that you are experiencing?

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  2. Pat says:
    4/22/11 at 12:19 pm

    I mac consultant recently looked at my computer. He had suggested bitrot since I had some really old files/photos on my computer that I had transferred over from a Dell. He suggested that my imac was running very sloooooooow

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  3. Pat says:
    4/22/11 at 3:33 pm

    OK. How do I tell if my imac is running up to speed? Is there a program I can run?

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