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DESCRIPTION
WhatsOpen is a quick utility that came out of an MMUG meeting. Someone posed a question regarding how to tell what application has a volume open so they could quit out of it and eject the removable media.

It is a common error, and the program started simply. It has formed into more of a process management utility at this point, allowing control over processes (pause/play), state information, and more.

WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.5:
  • Changed superuser glyph to an open padlock to keep it uniform with icons.
  • Enabled killing processes as the super user.
  • Reworked authentication system so that it is a single authenticator to prevent repeated auth requests.
  • Enabled pause/resume as super user.
  • Enabled superuser kill in force eject.
  • updated buttons to reflect super-user killing to help prevent accidental program death.
  • Added support for PathFinder. When showing an item in the finder, if PathFinder is running and the preferences are set for it, pathfinder will be used instead of the finder.
  • Fixed a bug when sorting columns with a file type filter enabled that caused all files to be displayed after sorting (Thanks JBirkenmaier).
  • Fixed a bug where when columns are sorted selecting a file type causes sorting to be reset but leaves the column header showing it as sorted (Thanks JBirkenmaier).
  • Re-aligned main window to trim up the bottom status bar.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.5 or later


SCREENSHOT

Developer:AgaSupport
Downloads:9,284
  - Version d/l:488
Utilities:File Management
License:Free
Date:30 Jun 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
DEVELOPER POLL
Q: Are there additional features you'd like to see in WhatsOpen?
Yes, make it do ______
No
Yes, but i don't know what they are
No, it is perfect the way it is
Maybe, if people want them
Make some other utility that does ______
OTHER PEOPLE SUGGEST
Suggest something else:
WhatsOpen User Reviews (11 posts)Write A Review
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Jul 2 2009

AGATHEZOL  If you answer an option in the poll that has a blank in it please fill in the blank by e-mailing me or posting here with your idea/request. Development is user driven. Your input dictates my development.  
(Version 2.5)

praisebury
0
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Jun 17 2009

AGATHEZOL  After looking at the poll results and answering some e-mail super-user kill will be available in the next release. Thanks to all who discussed it with me.

For those who didn't understand the poll, WhatsOpen currently will not kill a process as the super user. This means you cannot kill anything your user is not the owner of. In the next release this behavior will be changed so if you kill an application when super user mode is enabled it will kill the application as the super user.   
(Version 2.4)

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Jun 10 2009
*****

LVWOLFMAN  Wow! As stated, almost too much information. But I see features that folks here have asked about. That is service, especially for a free app. And yes, it's a free app that I'll be able to get a lot of use from.

Thank You!  
(Version 2.4)

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0
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May 7 2009
*****

BILL CLINTON  Holy crap--this is way better than it needs to be.  
(Version 2.1)

praisebury
+5
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May 8 2009

AGATHEZOL  Thanks!  
(Version 2.2)

praisebury
+2

Sep 21 2008
*****

BJUNE  bomb app.

forming, quite possibly into The app i ignite when managing unruly programs. i can't decide if the developer is giving my little brain too much info. ;) i know it's for a little different task, but i like it for a few different reasons.

i mean, this is the most thorough application informant i've ever seen. it tells me so much about wWhat's oOpen that i wanna shut all my programs down and regulate what they do with my junk.

i mean, shoot, stickies had like 20-30 things open and ill i had that punk doing was acting as a background.

and yeah, the processor allocation per app is what's really important performance-wise, i know. but this serves up the info that cues me into all sorts of directions.

and the developer is behind it 100%. it should be a prime competitor real soon. maybe number 2-3 on my list, which is really good.

tightening up the look/feel is big for me. i hate booty lookin apps. i want quartz in every empty box and field! probably barf, but those kinda options rule. like what homeboy did at unsanity, adding quartz to all of my gui menu drop downs! that's what the mac community seems like it would love.

download this. but listen you pair-downers. you know. you cats who have one app running and every-single bell and whistle turned off - much respect - more like performance-tweakers. i'd stay clear as all hell from this app. you're gunna get so much info about stuff you didn't know was cracked under the hood that you might miss some ZZZs at night or need to up that riddlin prescip. ignorance is bliss . ;)

gave it 4 below cuz i think there's still room for a little more tinkerability.

bbby  
(Version 1.9)

praisebury
+6
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Sep 30 2008

AGATHEZOL  Thanks for the kind words. I've been digging through the sysctl() function set to try and figure out how to grab the per-program cpu utilization. Not having a lot of luck figuring out out as most of the values I look at turn out 0 even though there clearly is usage on the test programs...

Anyone out there know what MIB queries / response fields I'd find this type of data in while using a sysctl() call?  
(Version 1.9)

praisebury
+2
Oct 9 2008

AGATHEZOL  Ok, I've found how to obtain the CPU statistic information on processes. This requires root level access to the system, but that isn't a problem since that level of access is already granted if you enable full file listings. I will work this into a new release in the near future.  
(Version 1.9)

praisebury
+2

Sep 5 2008

TEKL  Strange, I tried WhatsOpen and I got a kernal panic. Dropping files from finder does not work.  
(Version 1.7)

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0
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Sep 11 2008

AGATHEZOL  What do you mean by "dropping files from finder"? Are you attempting to drop a file from the finder and see what has it open? That is a feature I never considered...  
(Version 1.7)

praisebury
+1

Aug 8 2008

AIKOUSHA  A version that would work with 10.4 would be very handy, as I cannot move to 10.5 because of several feature removals and inconsistencies with older software (being a cross platform/system expert is getting harder everyday... ^_^ ).

---Thanks  
(Version 1.5)

praisebury
-2
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Aug 11 2008

AGATHEZOL  A 10.4 compatible version will require a rewrite of a fair amount of code. I can do this if there are enough 10.4 users out there who want the tool. I will add a poll to see how many people want to see a 10.4 backport.  
(Version 1.5)

praisebury
+1
Aug 21 2008

KIDDAILEY  I second this idea :)  
(Version 1.7)

praisebury
0
Sep 17 2008

PETER DA SILVA  I have a small script I wrote called "MountWatch" that does some of the same things... at least lets you see what's got mounted devices open, so you know what to close. It's not polished but DOES run on 10.4. If there's interest I could see about putting it up somewhere after I get power back at home (stupid hurricane).  
(Version 1.8)

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0
Sep 17 2008

AGATHEZOL  That might be good. After looking at the amount of code change required to make WhatsOpen work on 10.4 I've decided not to undertake it. WhatsKeepingMe works on 10.4 and facilitates the core functionality I'm using for WhatsOpen for those who want something now.  
(Version 1.8)

praisebury
0

Jul 30 2008
***..

POKIDOKI  Please add a widget (dropdown, menubutton etc) to offer the volumes which are attached to the computer and some progs have access to.

Very often you decide to eject a specific volume, so it would be helpful to just select the volume to find out which program has open files.

Thx.  
(Version 1.1)

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0
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Jul 30 2008

AGATHEZOL  Done. This will be in the next release.  
(Version 1.1)

praisebury
+2

Jun 28 2008

NAOH  This type of utility looks like it will be particularly useful for anyone who works with server volumes.

I have frequently experienced that I am prevented from unmounting server volumes because some application has a file open. (Or so I'm told, by the error message that appears.)

My main suspect is Spotlight. It seems that Spotlight will not always quit its search agent cleanly after a search. This is particularly when searching Windows servers.  
(Version 1.0)

praisebury
+2
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Jun 29 2008

AGATHEZOL  You are listing one of the exact reasons I wrote this utility. I would run into this when using external media devices, or in many cases an sshfs mounted file system. Quite irritating!  
(Version 1.0)

praisebury
+1
Jul 29 2008

ZANGIEF  This happens to me every so often when I'm running an app or using files off a USB drive. The light's not on (because no read or write attempts are being made), but some file on it is still in memory. Quite the frustrating experience, and then I'm forced to unplug it (when the light's off, with no danger of corrupting data) and get the “Device Removal” error message. Bleh.  
(Version 1.1)

praisebury
0
May 9 2009

BILL.BOAK  10.5 has been out for a sufficient amount of time to be as bug free as 10.4. And Snow Leopard will be released before long. It's about time to retire your 10.4 system and update to the latest. If I were the developer, I would not waste my time redoing this app for 10.4.  
(Version 2.2)

praisebury
0

Jun 28 2008

MITCH_DE  Please :

- avoid double/tripple file listing

- make App name / Filepath /size name sortable

- add size of file (as an extra, may takes time)

- add processbar (apps working on generating the list - slow macs may "hang" for lot of seconds)

Thanks !!!  
(Version 1.0)

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0
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Jun 29 2008

AGATHEZOL  The double file listings that some people are reporting are the results of misreading the output. Each application has a list of files that it has open, some applications share files, especially library files. So these files will show up more than one time. The application will show up more than once because each application has many files open and there is one file per line.

I will add file sizes to the display. It shouldn't be terribly hard, I just didn't realize people would want it.

The search routines need work. Right now all it is doing is filtering the output and rerunning the listing. It should instead be storing a full listing of open files and then filtering that list for display (much faster).

Thanks for your comments!  
(Version 1.0)

praisebury
+1

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