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DiskTracker is a powerful cataloging utility that helps you keep track of your offline files. If you have a number of removable media disks, DiskTracker is ideal. It will maintain a local directory of the files on the removable disks, and you can search for files without actually having to insert the removable media. The search result resembles the view you would see in the Finder.
What's New
Enhancements:
- Add Danish localization
- Use power-of-10 definition of kilo, mega, & gigabyte (not power of 2)
- Support right arrow to expand and left arrow to collapse in the view hierarchy, with or without the command key (consistent with Finder view-by-list)
- All items in catalog window now show their disk serial number
- Remove 31-character limit from Export As TEXT dialogs
- Use custom font/font size selection when printing from report window
- Label Template Editor UI improvements
- Smooth (anti-aliased) shapes in label template editor and when printing
- Smooth (anti-aliased) text in label template editor, label printing, dialog boxes, and other windows
- Label printing now uses rectangular label template, not round rectangle, since most labels are rectangular
- Fix "Memory corrupt" error while scanning multi-session optical media (CD-ROM/DVD-ROM)
- DiskTracker application can now be renamed and will still launch properly
- DiskTracker application now appears in spotlight searches
- Fix crash when dismissing rename box that was brought up by clicking
- Fix possible crash after hiding invisible items
- Fix crash when drilling out of empty folders
- Fix slow page-up/page-down performance with lots of selections
- Fix slow Select All performance
- Export as TEXT "All Items" now shows all items rooted in currently visible directory
- Fix failure when trying to open a catalog file with 444 permissions
- Correctly match disks when using "Update" on offline volume
- Fix crash after creating more than one folder in a directory using Item->New Folder
- Fix bug where item isn't moved within the catalog when dragging from the root of one disk catalog to the root of another
- Drag and drop between volumes now copies long file names
- Fix "corrupt catalog" errors when importing some DiskTracker 1.x files
- Fix overflowed file sizes when exporting to 1.x files
- Fix issue where status bar/column headers are not drawn properly when opening certain catalog files
- Properly show/hide second scroll bar when splitting/unsplitting catalog window
- Fix "get creator from file" feature in general preferences
- Fix "get creator/type from file" feature in search dialog box
- Fix bug causing double-click and context menu to stop working after dragging item from catalog window
- When exporting a report window with "all items" selected, do not export an empty list
- Fix "out of disk space" error when saving a previously-saved item filter
- Fix byte-flipped creator when saving exported as TEXT files
- When exporting the contents of the search results window, properly respect the "sizes in bytes" checkbox
- Fix redraw/visual glitches
- Label Template Editor: Fix indeterminate state ("-") checkbox when template borders are turned on in label template dimensions dialog box
- Fix bug that deletes contents of label template when using label template editor at the same time as label preview
Enhancements:
- Add Danish localization
- Use power-of-10 definition of kilo, mega, & gigabyte (not power of 2)
- Support right arrow to expand and left arrow to collapse in the view hierarchy, with or without the command key (consistent with Finder view-by-list)
- All items in catalog window now show their disk serial number
- Remove 31-character limit from Export As TEXT more...
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later
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| Downloads:100,910 |
| Version Downloads:1,440 |
| Type:Utilities : File Management |
| License:Shareware |
| Date:02 Aug 2011 |
| Platform:PPC / Intel |
| Price: $30.00 |
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DiskTracker is a powerful cataloging utility that helps you keep track of your offline files. If you have a number of removable media disks, DiskTracker is ideal. It will maintain a local directory of the files on the removable disks, and you can search for files without actually having to insert the removable media. The search result resembles the view you would see in the Finder.
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Bigboysdad reviewed on 25 May 2011
Last year I "upgraded" and imported my DT data to CD Finder but whilst CD Finder is regularly maintained and excellently supported, I still found myself coming back to DT as it eschews eye candy and focuses on just finding that all important file - it basically works the same as the excellent app Find Any File. I'm grateful the developers are continuing maintaining it and hope they continue to do so.
Olivier_herrbach reviewed on 09 May 2011
and what I just wrote to the developer :
"Dear "Portents, Llc" (Developer),
I deeply apologize for what I said on MacUpdate (PPC Application).
It's alright, your software is an Universal one
(I'll remove what's not Intel).
I'll correct it on MacUpdate.com (IT'S DONE NOW).
With my kind regards,
Olivier Herrbach
PS : I CAN'T (not possible here)
to give 5 to third and fourth. WHY ?
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Tozzo reviewed on 16 Apr 2011
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Host Name: tozzos-power-mac-g4
Date/Time: 2011-04-16 10:15:39.831 -0400
OS Version: 10.4.11 (Build 8S165)
Report Version: 4
Command: DiskTracker
Path: /Users/tozzo/Desktop/DiskTracker.app/Contents/MacOS/DiskTracker
Parent: WindowServer [60]
Version: 2.4.4b2 (2.4.4b2)
PID: 371
Thread: 0
Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000000
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9012cab0 _malloc_initialize + 1016
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90008998 calloc + 52
2 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90b9e8f8 InitGestalt + 72
3 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90b9e830 FindGestaltEntry + 60
4 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90b9e738 Gestalt + 68
5 com.portents.DiskTracker 0x0002184c CheckEnvirons + 48
6 com.portents.DiskTracker 0x000833d4 main + 20
7 com.portents.DiskTracker 0x00001d3c start + 68
Thread 0 crashed with PPC Thread State 64:
srr0: 0x000000009012cab0 srr1: 0x000000000000d030 vrsave: 0x0000000000000000
cr: 0x42000222 xer: 0x0000000000000004 lr: 0x000000009012c6ec ctr: 0x00000000900013a0
r0: 0x0000000000000002 r1: 0x00000000bffffa40 r2: 0x00000000a0001fa4 r3: 0x000000000009f964
r4: 0x00000000000bbcb0 r5: 0x00000000000bfc9c r6: 0x0000000000000001 r7: 0x00000000000bbcb0
r8: 0x0000000000000000 r9: 0x0000000000000000 r10: 0x00000000900010f0 r11: 0x00000000a00061ec
r12: 0x00000000900013a0 r13: 0x0000000000000000 r14: 0x0000000000000000 r15: 0x0000000000000000
r16: 0x0000000000000000 r17: 0x0000000000000000 r18: 0x0000000000000000 r19: 0x0000000000000000
r20: 0x0000000000000000 r21: 0x0000000000000000 r22: 0x0000000000000100 r23: 0x000000000000000a
r24: 0x000000009fffc6c0 r25: 0x0000000000000000 r26: 0x00000000bffffd50 r27: 0x0000000073797376
r28: 0x00000000a000896c r29: 0x00000000a000c6c0 r30: 0x0000000000000000 r31: 0x000000009012c6c0
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Darth Brooks reviewed on 17 Nov 2010
Also, DiskTracker 2.4.2 and 2.4.3 crash repeatedly when trying to drag a cataloged disk from one catalog window to another under Mac OS X 10.4.11 PPC. DiskTracker 2.4.1 handled the drag and drop with ease.
I've cataloged thousands of volumes with DiskTracker since 1998 and hope the dev addresses these two issues.
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I bought this years back, and have had several of my emailed questions & suggestions responded to and addressed.
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Bigboysdad reviewed on 11 Sep 2010
I have been using this application for years, have tried some newer alternative products and see no reason to change. If all you want to do is scan DMGs or DVDs as I do, search for old offsite archived files on your Mac and identify where those archived files are stored, this is all you need. Just gets on and does its thing predictably, effectively and reliably. Uses an effective and simple Finder like interface for searching files manually and its standalone search facility is as simple or complex as you want it to be and is as fast as any alternative product out there.
If you are looking for a disk cataloger want more than this, try the more expensive CDFinder. If not, buy this application - its the lack of 100s of features and pretty GUI that makes it less bloated and as a result, simpler, faster and more effective.
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Maybe a bit old-fashioned UI, but still easy, fast and accurate like every mac-tool should be.
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Itty reviewed on 07 Jul 2010
The developer seems to be too honest for the software industry. Most developers would call this an update, not a beta. I can find no bugs using this in my workflow. Mind, you, I have never used the disk labeling system, Sharpies have always worked fine for me.
I tried it on an old G4 Flat screen iMac running Tiger, and an even older iBook G3 running Tiger, and a recent top-of-the-line MacBookPro 64Bit SnowLeopard, and didn't run into a glitch. DiskTRacker runs as reliable as always. Which is critical with any database app. It still reads my old databases from the 90's, OS8, days.
Very happy to see this is fully supported, best-in-class.
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Itty reviewed on 22 Jun 2010
Please ignore the screenshot. I think it's from the OS 7 days. Maybe a SnowLeopard shot would be a good idea? It works fine on Snow Leopard on Intel Macs and still works fine on old G3 and G4 Macs running Tiger, as well. The competition cannot make that claim.
If you have a lot of archived DVD's, CD's, DVD Ram, MO's, Hard Disks, and, yes, Floppies, then you need this app.
Tried all the others, DiskCatalogMaker, CDFinder, etc.. But they all try to add too many features that slow the app down. If you need to catalog your media [image,video,graphics, etc] then use a dedicated media cataloger.
I use Toast for it's Disk Spanning feature, making archive disks and sets that are individually Finder-Readable. I use DiskTracker to catalog all my disks and can quickly find any file going back to the early '90's.
DiskTracker is dedicated to finding files in Finder-Like fashion, on all your off-line disks. It has the most powerful search engine of the bunch and that is by far the most important feature. Without a good find function, what's the point?
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Despite this DT remains an app I cannot do without. Yes its look is aged but, like an old VW Beetle, you'll still take care of it for its great strengths and capabilities carried out with aplomb.
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When applying Finder labels to disks in the catalog, some icons become labeled with a color as expected, then DiskTracker oddly asks for 1 of the cataloged CD-Rs to be inserted (for what purpose I have no idea since they are read only) and when I elect to "Skip" DiskTracker then fails to label -any- of the remaining items that were selected.
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This is why it is a very useful feature, and one that Disk Tracker had once decided to be important enough to design into the software.
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