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1. Presents the standard save file dialog allowing the catalog file to be saved to a particular location e Revert Returns the disk catalog file to its last saved state Quit Q Closes all windows asking to save all that have not been saved and then quits back to the Finder Printing catalog files Naturally the contents of a DiskTracker catalog window can be printed e Printing a catalog listing 1 Choose Page Setup from the File menu and verify the settings for the printer and paper type 2 Select Print from the File menu or press P 3 Select print copies page ranges print quality etc from the upper section of the print dialog box 4 If there is a pop up menu in the upper left corner of the print dialog box select DiskTracker from this menu 5 Select either to print All Items or only the Visible Items by choosing the appropriate radio button If All Items is set all of the items in the current hierarchy will be expanded and printed If Visible Items is set only the items that are currently visible in the catalog window will be printed Printing Visible items most closely resembles the Finders Print Window command 6 Click Print to start printing or Cancel to abort NOTE If Print All Items is selected the current file sorting options will be ignored see chapter 3 for more information on file sorting volume sorting optio
2. empty filter 2 Select whether DiskTracker should search all disks the current hierarchy within selected items or selected items only from the Search menu within the dialog 3 Select an item filter from the filter pop up menu or choose the lt untitled filter gt more on editing item filters below 4 From the Show menu select how DiskTracker should display the found items Choose between having the first item selected all of the items selected DiskTracker User Manual Page 35 or the items displayed in the search result window for more on the search result window see the next chapter 5 Click the Find button to start the search or Cancel to cancel NOTE The untitled filter is a temporary item filter which will be lost when DiskTracker quits You can use the untitled filter for item filters that you do not wish to be saved on the disk If you would like to save the untitled filter to disk you can use the Save As filter management button see below Managing item filters Any of the following steps can be issued from a dialog box which has the item filter management controls This includes the Find Using Filter dialog the Find Duplicate Files dialog or the File List Filter dialog described later e Creating a new filter 1 Within the filter management dialog click on the New button 2 Enter a name for the filter into the name dia
3. DiskTracker The complete disk cataloging and labeling system Welcome to DiskTracker Thank you for using DiskTracker the complete disk cataloging and labeling system for the Macintosh This application has been in development for quite some time now and it is our intention to make it the best program of its type available If you have any suggestions for or questions about DiskTracker please don t hesitate to contact us at Support portents com Also be sure to visit the DiskTracker World Wide Web page at http www disktracker com for DiskTracker news support files and information about new releases Introduction What is DiskTracker DiskTracker is a multipurpose application dedicated to a single task keeping track of the contents of your disk volumes be they hard disks CD ROM s file servers or removable media Classically such applications have been dubbed disk catalogers DiskTracker s usefulness goes far beyond simply cataloging disks though DiskTracker allows you to view the contents of your cataloged disks in an intuitive Mac OS Finder style view by list window In addition the application has the ability to print custom disk labels templates for which can be designed in an advanced object oriented MacDraw like environment DiskTracker can quickly locate files which match any combination of over twenty separate criteria with a flexible multi criteria Boolean search system and can
4. Select Unlabeled Disks from the Label menu Use Add to Label List to mark these disks to be labeled DiskTracker User Manual Page 46 e Selecting disks with obsolete labels 1 Choose Select Obsolete Labels from the Label menu You can then use Add to Label List to mark these disks to be labeled Selecting a label sheet layout Label sheet layouts contain information about the sheet of labels that printing will occur on They contain such information as the size of the page number of labels on the page margins and spacing e Selecting a label sheet layout to print onto 1 Select the desired layout from the Use Label Sheet Layout submenu of the Label menu The default label sheet layout set through the Defaults Preferences dialog box is set as the current label sheet layout each time DiskTracker is run Creating and editing label sheet layouts It is possible to edit a label sheet layout so that it more accurately represents the sheet being printed on And if special disk labels are being printed onto it will become necessary to create a label sheet layout for the sheet e Creating a new label sheet layout 1 Select New from the Use Label Sheet Layout submenu of the Label menu 2 Enter a name for the new label sheet layout and click OK to save or Cancel to abort 3 The label sheet layout dialog box described below will be presented Click OK
5. from the Search menu The Duplicate Item Criteria dialog will be presented 2 Check the criteria to have matched for a file to be considered the duplicate of another 3 Click OK to commit the settings or Cancel to abort e To search for duplicate files 1 Select Find Duplicate Items from the Search menu The Find Duplicate Items dialog will be presented Find Duplicate Items Search on all disks for duplicate items hq Check only items which match the filter lt untitled filter 2 sempty filter DiskTracker User Manual Page 40 2 Select whether DiskTracker should search all disks the current hierarchy within selected items or selected items only from the Search menu within the dialog 3 To use an item filter to reduce the number of items examined click the Check only items which match the filter checkbox and then select the filter from the pop up menu Use the filter management controls to create new filters edit filters save filters and delete filters as described above 4 Click the Find button to start the search or Cancel to cancel DiskTracker User Manual Page 41 CHAPTER FIVE The search result window After a search has been completed the search result window will be shown assuming that the search was set up to show the window and not select the first or all of the items The disks to be labeled window described in chapter seven is ve
6. DiskTracker will announce this and the disk will not be scanned 4b If a non current catalog exists for a disk DiskTracker will ask permission to update the catalog 4c If there is no catalog for a disk the disk will be scanned into the catalog window s disk list Update Volume Catalo The Update Volume Catalog command in the Scan menu allows a disk s catalog to be quickly updated from the catalog window e Updating volume catalogs 1 Select a volume in the disk list of a catalog window See chapter two for more information on selecting items 2 Select Update Volume Catalog from the Scan menu 3 DiskTracker will prompt for the insertion of the disk if it is not already mounted See chapter two for more information on the disk locator dialog box 4a If the catalog for the disk is up to date the application will announce this and the disk will not be updated 4b If a non current catalog exists for a disk DiskTracker will update the disk catalog DiskTracker User Manual Page 9 DiskTracker application auto scanner When the DiskTracker application auto scanner is enabled there is no need to specifically tell DiskTracker when it is time to scan disks Instead if the automatic options are set and a catalog file window is front most in DiskTracker any disks that are inserted or mounted will automatically be scanned into that catalog file NOTE This is not the same as the DiskTracker Extension
7. All of the configuration for the DiskTracker Extension is done through the DiskTracker Extension Preferences dialog box accessed by selecting DiskTracker Extension from the Preferences submenu of the Edit menu Enabling the DiskTracker Extension 1 Click the Enable DiskTracker Extension auto scanner in the DiskTracker Extension Preferences dialog box When the DiskTracker Extension encounters a new uncataloged disk it can optionally scan it into a user specified catalog file If the disk is already contained in this catalog file it will not be scanned again Setting the catalog file into which new catalogs are scanned 1a If it is not already set click the Scan new volumes into the catalog file checkbox in the DiskTracker Extension Preferences dialog box Select the file to scan new disk catalogs into 1b If the Scan new volumes into the catalog file checkbox is already checked click the Set button next to the name of the currently selected catalog file Select the file to scan new disk catalogs into DiskTracker User Manual Page 60 When a volume is ejected and the DiskTracker Extension auto scanner has disk updating enabled a chain of catalog files will be searched for a catalog of the volume being ejected Only the first occurrence of the catalog for the volume will be updated however That is if a catalog for the volume is found in several files
8. CHAPTER TWO The catalog window Once disks are scanned into a disk list it is easy to browse the contents of those disks in the catalog window This window behaves much like the file lists in the MacOS Finder The list may be expanded to show the contents of a folder while still keeping accessible all of the other items that were previously visible In addition folders may be opened normally so that folder s contents are the only items visible When a catalog file is first opened or created a list of all the disks which have been scanned is presented This is the All Disks view as indicated by the window s title bar and a box in the upper left hand corner of the window Adjusting view hierarchies To show the contents of one disk or folder in the catalog window select the disk or folder in the catalog window and choose Open from the Item menu Alternatively double click on the item press command down arrow or press 0 To go up a level in the hierarchy click on the up hierarchy button in the control bar at the bottom of the window Alternatively press command up arrow In the upper left hand of the window is a box displaying the name of the folder or disk whose contents are being viewed in that window If the view is of the entire disk list the box reads All Disks Clicking on this box pops up a menu showing the current path of the folder whose contents are being viewed Selecting one of the items from the p
9. after editing to save the new layout or Cancel to abort Editing a label sheet layout 1 Select the label sheet layout to be edited in the Use Label Sheet Layout submenu of the Label menu 2 Select Edit Label Sheet Layout from the Label menu 3 The label sheet layout editor dialog described below will be presented Click OK after editing to save the new settings or Cancel to abort DiskTracker User Manual Page 47 e Deleting a label sheet layout 1 In the Finder find the DiskTracker folder and open the Label Sheet Layouts folder within it Drag the appropriate layout to the trash The label sheet editor The label sheet editor is used to set the dimensions of a label sheet Page dimensions are entered into the fields each of which is identified by a letter The page dimensions include number of labels horizontally and vertically left right top and bottom margins horizontal and vertical spacing between labels and the label size These measurements can be edited in either inches or centimeters as set by the radio buttons in the dialog On the right side of the dialog is a diagram that shows each dimension identified by its letter Choosing which label to start printing on To conserve sheets of disk labels which are quite expensive DiskTracker allows printing to start on any label on the label sheet e Choosing the label to start printing on 1 Select Start Prin
10. e Update Volume Catalog e DiskTracker Application Auto Scanner e The DiskTracker Extension more on this in chapter nine of this manual Batch scanning disks When a batch scan is started DiskTracker prompts for the insertion of a disk to be scanned The disk may be any form of removable media Zip floppy CD ROM etc As soon as a disk is inserted a catalog is created from its contents and is then added to the current disk list If the disk has more than one partition session all of the partitions will be scanned After the disk is scanned it is ejected Others may be inserted to be added to the list If the disk inserted is already in the catalog its contents will be updated as necessary e Batch scanning disks 1 Select Batch Scan Disks from the Scan menu or hit B DiskTracker will prompt for a disk to be inserted 2 Insert a disk into a disk drive 3a If an up to date catalog for this disk is already in the disk list of the front most window DiskTracker will announce this No scanning or updating is necessary and the disk will be ejected 3b If the disk is already in the catalog file but its catalog is not current DiskTracker will ask permission to update the disk s catalog If instructed the application will update the catalog Afterwards the disk will be ejected 3c If there is no catalog for the disk the disk will be scanned into the current disk list and is ejected when the scan is complet
11. e Creating a new label template 1 Click on the New Template button within the editor window e Saving a label template 1 If the label template has not been saved or it is to be saved under a different name click on the Save As button Enter a name under which to save the file when prompted If the template has been already been saved at least once click the Save button or press to save the template DiskTracker User Manual Page 50 NOTE Starting with version 1 1 DiskTracker used a new label template file format that supports much larger templates than previous versions These older versions of DiskTracker cannot read the new template format However it is possible to save 1 1 templates in the 1 0 x format for backwards compatibility To do this check the Save as 1 0 x box in the Template Save As dialog box This check box is disabled when saving a label template that is larger than what DiskTracker 1 0 x can open e Reverting a label template to its last saved state 1 Click on the Revert button Confirm the choice in the resulting alert box e Deleting a label template 1 Open the label template to be deleted choose it from the Open Label Template pop up menu 2 Click the Delete button Confirm the choice in the resulting alert box Label template dimensions The dimensions of a label template can be set easily through the editor The size of a label
12. even locate duplicate files across multiple disks and within Stufflt and Compact Pro archives All of these features plus many more are packaged together in a fast intuitive environment that is fun to use Why use DiskTracker DiskTracker offers the ability to have in a single compact file a record of the contents of all of your disks This includes hard drives removable media CD ROMs and even those floppy disks DiskTracker User Manual Page 1 which are gathering dust in the back of some disk box This makes finding lost files really easy Never again ask Where the heck did put that file with DiskTracker you need only open the catalog file and the file s location is just a search away DiskTracker can access its catalog data far faster than the MacOS can read directory information off a floppy file server or CD ROM This makes browsing lightning quick and searching even faster And because the application s environment resembles the Finder so much you won t be left with the question How the heck do use this program Add to that DiskTracker s built in virtual memory scheme which allows even the largest volumes to be scanned in a minimum memory partition and still be able to be accessed quickly and you have a truly indispensable file management tool DiskTracker can even produce gorgeous disk labels This helps to avoid the third inevitable question encountered when dealing with software librari
13. location Items from the label template editor can also be copied as PICT graphics Cutting or copying items from DiskTracker 1 Select the items to be copied 2 Select Copy C or Cut X from the Edit menu 3 The object can then be pasted back into DiskTracker as a label template item or into another program as a PICT graphic Editing text items To enter text into a static text field that is one that does not change from disk to disk use the text entry box e Using the text entry box 1 Double click on the static text item to be changed 2 Enter or edit the text in the Field Text dialog box 3 Click OK to change the text or Cancel to abort The font size style and alignment of the text may also be altered Text may be rotated in 90 increments DiskTracker User Manual Page 55 Altering the text style of items 1 Select the items 2 Select the new text font size style alignment or rotation from the font style pop up menu Fi pa Item information fields Item information fields are where the real business of label templates take place These fields which vary from disk to disk can contain such information as the disk s name size serial number creation dates and so forth A file list field is a special information field that can produce a list of the items on the disk e Creating an item information field this does not apply to file lists 1 Select the k
14. matched e g contains is equal to is less than etc from the menu on the right 5 Enter the search value or select it from the menu in the center method depends on the search criteria See above for more information 6 Click OK to commit the changes to the filter or Cancel to abort Removing an item from the criteria list 1 Select the criteria to be removed Shift click to select more than one item 2 Click the Delete button The items will be removed from the list About binary operators A binary operator takes two true false values and combines them into a single true false value The combination method depends on the operator Binary operators are necessary within item filters because they define how the individual criteria combine to determine whether an item is matched by the item filter The three binary operators offered by DiskTracker item filters are AND returns true only if the two criteria being compared are both true OR returns true if either or both of the two criteria being compared are true XOR exclusive OR returns true if either one of the two criteria being compared are true but not if both are true Whenever a new criteria is created it uses the AND operator by default e To changing the binary operator for filter criteria 1 Select the item on the line which contains the operator to be changed 2 Select a new operator from the pop up menu Grouping DiskTrac
15. name of disk label template being used to print the label DiskTracker User Manual Page 45 e Printing multiple copies of a label 1 Select the disk or disks in the catalog window for which multiple label copies are to be printed 2 Select Number of Label Copies from the Label menu 3 Enter the number of copies to be printed for the each of the disks 4 Click OK to commit the new value or Cancel to abort Assigning disks to be labeled DiskTracker maintains for each catalog file a list of disks to be labeled Each of the disks on this list has a label produced for it when the Print Labels command is issued e Adding a disk or several disks to the label list 1 Select the disk or disks in the catalog window to be added to the label list 2 Select Add to Label List from the Label menu Removing disks from the label list To remove a disk from the label list utilize the disks to be labeled window described in depth in Chapter 5 e Removing disks from the to be labeled list 1 Select Show Label List from the Label menu 2 Select the disks to remove from the list 3 Select Remove from Label List from the Label menu Finding disks which need to be labeled DiskTracker can automatically find disks which need to be labeled either because they have obsolete labels or because they have never been labeled e Selecting disks which have never been labeled 1 Choose
16. splash screen will make DiskTracker launch faster on by default Warn before emptying trash If this checkbox is set DiskTracker will ask for verification before emptying the trash when the Empty Trash command is selected from the Item menu on by default Open catalog files read only by default If this checkbox is set DiskTracker will by default open files read only This is useful for situations where multiple DiskTracker users are opening catalog files from file servers but are not modifying them If the files are opened read only by default the files will still be able to be opened by other users Holding the shift key down while selecting Open from the File menu will open a file normally when this option is set off by default DiskTracker User Manual Page 29 Defaults Preferences DiskTracker s default behaviors are controlled from the Defaults Preferences dialog box This dialog box is brought up by selecting Defaults from the Preferences submenu of the Edit menu Default catalog window size The two popup menus under this section control the window size for new catalog windows The height of the window can be set to small medium or full screen The width can be small medium or large Note that this setting represents a maximum bound for the width of the window however A catalog window will never by default be wider than the data being displayed in it D
17. template need not be the same as the size of the label sheet layout for the disk label If these measurements differ the template will be centered within and clipped to the size of the label sheet label It is also possible to switch on a border which prints around the template to help if the label needs to be cut out e Editing the size of label template 1 Click the Template Dimensions button within the editor 2 In the dialog which appears set the horizontal size and the front back and edge sizes of the disk label These sizes can be shown and edited in either inches or centimeters depending on the setting of the dialog s radio buttons 3 To print a border around the label to aid in cutting out the label check the Show borders in printout check box 4 Click OK to commit the new settings or Cancel to abort Drawing label templates The label template editor offers several tools with which to draw label templates DiskTracker User Manual Page 51 The arrow Use to select items in the label template The information field tool Use to incorporate fields in the template which change from disk to disk to reflect the characteristics of the disk including such things as name size serial number etc gt The text tool Use to create simple text fields that do not change from disk to disk also called static text fields The line tool Use to draw straight lines H 45 li
18. where the window is to be split An additional vertical scroll bar will appear to allow scrolling of the second pane e Restoring the catalog window to one pane 1 Click on the thick black bar between the two vertical scroll bars and drag it to the top of the window The information header The information header is a strip that DiskTracker shows across the top of the catalog window It contains such useful pieces of information as the number of volumes files and archives in the catalog as well as the number of items visible and the amount of free storage on the disk on which the catalog is saved if it has been saved e Hiding the catalog header or showing it once it is hidden 1 Select Show Info Header from the View menu Selecting list views It is possible to choose which pieces of information DiskTracker shows in the catalog window By default the name size kind and modification date fields are shown but there are quite a few other information columns that can be shown DiskTracker User Manual Page 26 e Altering the list views 1 Select List Views from the View menu List Views Show Name O Items Ej Size _ Serial Number FA Kind O Locked O Type O Path Lj Creator O Finder Label O Created Date O Disk Label Modified Date O Item Notes O Free Space O Version O Scanned Date O Comments Cancel 0K 2 Check the column views to make visible and uncheck those to hide 3 Click th
19. 2 Click the File List Preferences button 3 Adjust the settings as necessary The Select Item Filter button presents the standard item filter edit dialog as described in chapter four 4 Click OK to commit the new preferences or Cancel to abort DiskTracker User Manual Page 57 CHAPTER EIGHT Exporting the contents of catalog files DiskTracker can easily export the contents of a catalog file to a text file The application offers several choices for exporting data Export to a Text File with or without the column headers export visible items export all items export selected items Export selected items to the clipboard with or without the column headers Exporting to a text file Exporting to a text file 1 Select Export as TEXT from the File menu 2 Move to the folder where the text file is to be saved and give the file a name 3 Select whether only visible items all items or only selected items are to be included in the text file 4 To include the titles of the data columns the column headers make sure the Include column headers box is checked 5 The have the names of the files indented according to how deep the file is be sure that the Indent files according to depth box is checked 6 Click Save to save the document or Cancel to abort Exporting to the clipboard e Exporting to the clipboard 1 Select the items to
20. DiskTracker will use the words Today and Yesterday in place of appropriate dates on by default DiskTracker User Manual Page 31 CHAPTER FOUR Searching catalog files DiskTracker offers several methods of searching for items Searches can be performed using either the Find or Find Using Filter search mechanisms Both of these mechanisms allow multiple criteria searches rather than simply searching for items using a single criteria e g Name is Fruit Salad these searches allow multiple search terms e g Name contains Egg Nog AND attribute is alias AND OR and XOR Boolean operators offer flexibility in how search parameters are combined DiskTracker offers searches on over twenty different types of criteria The individual hits found items can be shown either individually in the catalog window all at once in the catalog window or in a search result window described in chapter five DiskTracker can perform even more advanced multi parameter searches using item filters Essentially an item filter is a collection of criteria which describe an item Item filters can contain as many criteria as needed and can group criteria Item filters can be saved to disk so filters for common searches only need to be made once DiskTracker also contains a powerful duplicate item finding facility Choose which item criteria determine a duplicate file specify an optional item filter to reduce t
21. a built in virtual memory system but the default partition size is set to 4 0 megabyte to ensure optimum performance od Optional Stufflt Engine version 5 1 or later This is necessary for copying items out of and into Stufflt archives What s in the DiskTracker package The following items are included in the DiskTracker 2 package If any items are missing it likely means that the DiskTracker package has been tampered with Please visit the DiskTracker web site to acquire a new fresh version DiskTracker 2 application DiskTracker Extension the installer will place this in the Extensions folder of your System Folder DiskTracker user manual this file Read Me First other information that for some reason wasn t or couldn t be included in this manual Item Filters folder this folder contains several item filters Label Sheet Layouts folder this folder contains several label sheet layouts od Label Templates folder this folder contains a number of label templates for different types of media DiskTracker registration this folder contains the Register DiskTracker application and the Registration Read Me DiskTracker User Manual Page 4 Please make sure that all of these items are present before you upload unregistered copies of the program to online services or internet FTP sites We would be most grateful however if you would simply distribute the DiskTracker Installer as you might download it from t
22. ath displayed in this menu will show the contents of that item in the window This menu may also be displayed by holding down the command key and then clicking on the title bar of the catalog window To expand or collapse the hierarchy of a folder or disk click on the triangle next to its name A triangle pointing to the right indicates a collapsed hierarchy while one pointing downwards indicates an expanded hierarchy Option clicking the triangle expands or collapses the hierarchies of the selected item as well as the hierarchies of all items within it gt CL folder 7 S folder closed opened DiskTracker User Manual Page 15 Alternatively click on an item and press commanda right arrow to expand a hierarchy or command left arrow to collapse a hierarchy Pressing option command right arrow expands the hierarchy of the selected item as well as the hierarchies of all items within it Option command left arrow collapses the hierarchy of the selected item as well as the hierarchies of all items within it NOTE Stufflt and Compact Pro archives and self extracting archives behave just like disks or folders These archives are most easily identified by a file or application icon with the expansion control triangle next to it Items contained within archives are identified by a C clamp icon next to the item s type in the Kind column Selecting items Because DiskTracker s catalog window is so similar to the Find
23. be copied in the catalog window 2a To copy without the column titles select Copy from the Edit menu or Copy Disk if only disks are selected or press XC 2b To copy with the column titles select Copy from the Edit menu or Copy Disk if only disks are selected while holding down the shift key Alternatively press Shift 3C DiskTracker User Manual Page 58 NOTE The fields copied to the clipboard will be delimited by either tabs or commas as determined by the setting in the Preferences dialog box see above DiskTracker User Manual Page 59 CHAPTER NINE The DiskTracker Extension Classic Mac OS only The DiskTracker Extension once installed and activated will automatically scan or update disks as they are ejected or unmounted All of this can occur even when DiskTracker is not running When the system is shutdown DiskTracker will scan all of the disks connected to the computer as they are unmounted To configure the DiskTracker extension perform these steps e Set up a catalog file into which unknown disks are to be scanned e Set up a list of catalog files containing disks which are to be updated e Set a volume filter similar to an item filter to specify which disks are to be scanned or updated e Set a key or series of keys to override the DiskTracker Extension Each of these steps is optional and each is described in more detail below Configuring the DiskTracker Extension
24. cate button or hit the return key Clicking Cancel will exit the dialog 4 For each selected disk DiskTracker will try to locate the disk in the current disk list If DiskTracker can find it it will select the disk and show it in the catalog window Setting the first disk serial number assigned It is possible to change the first serial number assigned by DiskTracker This ability is useful in order to avoid duplicate disk serial numbers across multiple catalog files e Setting the first disk serial number assigned 1 Choose Assign Serial Numbers From from the Scan menu DiskTracker User Manual Page 12 2 Enter the value of the first disk serial number to be assigned 3 Click OK to set the new value Cancel leaves the value unchanged Customizing the disk scanner DiskTracker s disk scanner offers several customizations accessed through the Disk Scanner dialog box under the Preferences submenu of the Edit menu Scan Checkboxes under this subheading control which special case items will be scanned when DiskTracker scans or updates a disk These include Aliases Determines whether alias files should be scanned on by default Desktop database files Determines whether the special Desktop Desktop DB and Desktop DF files should be scanned off by default Items on desktop Determines whether items appearing on the desktop s
25. copies of DiskTracker to friends and associates as well as upload it to bulletin board on line services and internet FTP sites If you choose to pass around copies of DiskTracker be sure you include all of the documentation and support files which were originally included with the program We would certainly prefer that you distribute the DiskTracker Installer as it appears on the DiskTracker web site however it s just simpler that way Please get our permission before distributing DiskTracker on CD ROMs or on other collections by sending email to support portents com Note that we have not disabled features in unregistered copies of DiskTracker We feel that it is important as it allows you to get more acquainted with all of a program s features and it builds a trusting relationship between you the user and us the software developers However IN NO WAY does this free you from your obligation to register the software So send off those checks DiskTracker User Manual Page 2 Support the shareware system Register DiskTracker Portions of this software are copyright 1990 96 Aladdin Systems Inc graphic work by Quartz lt quartz sneakertech com gt lt http www sneakertech com gt Stufflt 5 file format courtesy of Norbert M Doerner author of CDFinder http www cdfinder de The installer for this product was created using Installer VISE from MindVision Software For more information on Installer VISE contact M
26. d folders 1 From the Sort Files By submenu in the View menu select the sort criteria to be used for sorting the files and folders 2 From this same menu choose whether to sort the files and folders in ascending or descending order The file folder and volume sorting order may be also changed by clicking on the title of the column to sort by DiskTracker User Manual Page 28 General Preferences DiskTracker s general settings can be adjusted through the General Preferences dialog box This dialog box is invoked by selecting General from the Preferences submenu of the Edit menu Text export settings Items under this section determine the behavior of DiskTracker s Export As TEXT functionality See chapter eight for more information on this feature Text file creator Set this to the four letter creator code of the desired application to be launched when the saved text files are double clicked Use the Get From File button to select the application or a document created by the application to fill this field in automatically Indent lines with Select the character to be used to indent lines That is DiskTracker will use this character to signify how deep an item is in the catalog hierarchy Choose Other from the menu to bring up a dialog where other indent characters up to four may be entered Delimit fields with This character is used to s
27. disk The disk locator box will appear if the disk is not currently mounted Editing item notes A short 250 characters or so note can be associated with each item in a disk catalog This note appears in the Get Info box and can appear on a disk label see chapter six The item notes are preserved across disk updates e Editing an item note 1 Select the item whose item note is to be changed 2 Select Set Item Note from the Item menu DiskTracker User Manual Page 21 3 Type a note for the item 4 Click OK or hit Enter to commit to the new disk note or click Cancel to abort Making new folders DiskTracker can create new folders on disks that are cataloged If the disk on which the folder is to be created is not mounted when a new folder is created the disk locator dialog box will prompt for its insertion e Creating a new folder 1 Double click on the folder in which the new folder is to be created 2 Select New Folder from the Item menu or press X N 3 Type a name for the new folder and press return when done 4 DiskTracker will prompt for the insertion of the original disk with the disk locator dialog box if necessary The contextual menu Like the Finder DiskTracker has a contextual menu that can be invoked for a specific item This menu contains all of the operations that can be performed on the item For instance many of the commands in the Edit and Item menus are als
28. e DiskTracker User Manual Page 7 4 Repeat step 2 for all additional disks to be scanned or updated 5 Click Done when finished TIP By default the Faster Batch Scanning option is enabled in the DiskTracker General Preferences dialog This option provides a much faster batch scanning mechanism In turn setting this option does not allow a scan to be canceled once it has been started and does allow switching into the background during the scan To disable fast batch scanning see the section describing the General Preferences dialog box Scanning mounted volumes e Scanning mounted volumes 1 Select Scan Mounted Volume from the Scan menu XM A dialog with a list of all mounted volumes will appear 2 Select the volumes to be scanned Command click to select more than one shift click to select a range or use the arrow keys Use the Eject button to remove mounted removable media disks from their drives 3 Click the Scan button or hit the return key Clicking Cancel will exit the dialog without doing any scanning or updating 4a If an up to date catalog for a selected disk already exists in the current disk list DiskTracker will announce this and no scanning or updating will occur 4b If there is a non current catalog for a selected disk DiskTracker will ask for permission to update the catalog 4c If there is no catalog for a selected disk th
29. e OK button to commit to the new settings or click Cancel to abort Rearranging data columns The individual columns of data can be reordered by moving them around e Moving a column 1 Move the mouse pointer over the title of the column to be moved The cursor will become a hand Hame 2 Holding down the mouse button drag the column to its new location When the mouse button is released the column will move to its new location being placed before whichever column was previously there DiskTracker User Manual Page 27 Resizing data columns Individual columns of data can also be resized e Resizing a column 1 Move the mouse pointer over the column divider line to the right of the title of the column to be resized When the cursor is over this divider line it will become the resize cursor SizeeLki nd art I Ae 2 Holding down the mouse button drag the column to its new width Release the mouse button and the new size will be locked in Sorting files and volumes DiskTracker allows different sorting methods to be selected for both volumes and files folders By default both of these are set to be sorted ascending by name Alter the sorting method used For volumes 1 From the Sort Volumes By submenu in the View menu select the sort criteria to be used for sorting the disk list 2 From this same menu choose whether to sort the volumes in ascending or descending order For files an
30. e disk will be scanned into the current disk list Drag and Drop scan The Drag and Drop scanner allows disk icons to be dragged directly into a DiskTracker catalog window The disk will be scanned into that window e Scanning disks by dragging them to a catalog window 1 Drag the icons of one or more disks to be scanned from the Finder onto a DiskTracker catalog window 2a If an up to date catalog for a disk already exists in the catalog window s disk list the application will announce this and the disk will not be scanned DiskTracker User Manual Page 8 2b If a non current catalog exists for a disk DiskTracker will ask to update the catalog 2c If there is no catalog for a disk the disk will be scanned into catalog window s disk list An alternative way to use the Drag and Drop scanner is to drag a disk s icon to DiskTracker s icon This will scan the disk into the front most window If there is no front most window or the front most window is not a catalog window a new catalog window will be created e Scanning disks by dropping them on DiskTracker s icon 1 Make sure that the Finder is the frontmost application 2 Drag the icon of a disk to be scanned to DiskTracker s icon 3 If no front most window is open or the front most window is not a catalog window a new catalog window will be created 4a If an up to date catalog for a disk already exists in the front most catalog window s disk list
31. e from the popup menu scanned date The date that a disk was last scanned This will never find folders or files Click on the month day and year then use arrow buttons to select the date labeled date The date that a disk was last labeled This will never find folders or files Click on the month day and year then use arrow buttons to select the date free space The free space on a disk This will never find folders or files Fill in the size in kilobytes DiskTracker User Manual Page 34 serial number The disk s serial number This will never find folders or files Fill in the serial number field parent name The name of an item s parent This will never find volumes Fill in the name field ancestor name The name of an item s ancestor This will never find volumes Fill in the name field Searching with item filters For more complex searches DiskTracker offers an extremely powerful multiple parameter item filter searching system To use this system define an item filter to use or select a saved filter Item filters can contain unlimited criteria and offers grouping as well as the AND OR and XOR binary combination operators e Finding items using item filters 1 Select Find Using Filter from the Search menu or press SF DiskTracker will present the Find Using Filter dialog Find Using Filter Search on all disks 4 on all disks disks for items matching the filter lt untitled filters 2
32. efault label template This is the label template that is assigned to disks as they are scanned For more on label templates see chapter six Default label sheet layout This is the label sheet layout that is selected as the current label sheet layout whenever DiskTracker is started For more on label sheet layouts see chapter six Replace settings The two buttons contained within this section copy default settings between the application and the current front most catalog window These settings include sort orders data column positions and other catalog window specific settings Application Settings Replaces the default application catalog window settings with the settings of the front most window Catalog Settings Replaces the settings of the front most catalog window with the application defaults View Preferences To change the fonts sizes and icons that DiskTracker to draw and print the catalog list use the View Preferences dialog box accessed from the View item under the Preferences submenu of the Edit menu Catalog display style Choose the font text size and icon size to draw the catalog display window The sample will change to demonstrate what an item might look like drawn in the styles selected Catalog printing style Choose the font text size and icon size in which to print a catalog listing The sample will change to demonstrate what an item might l
33. eparate the fields in a row of exported data for an item Store scratch data on DiskTracker will use drive space on the selected hard drive to save its virtual memory scratch files By default this is set to the startup volume but it can be changed if there is insufficient drive space on that volume Gave catalog window positions If this checkbox is set catalog window locations and positions will be saved Thus catalog windows will remember where they were when they were last saved and will open in the same place off by default Faster batch scanning disables Stop button This checkbox activates the fast batch scanner Fast batch scanning prevents the Finder from ever mounting a disk but disables the Stop button and also the ability to put DiskTracker in the background during a batch scan Turn this option when using the batch scanner to scan a number of small volumes e g floppy disks to improve scanning speed drastically on by default Open last used files when DiskTracker is run When this checkbox is set DiskTracker will on startup reopen the files that were last open when DiskTracker was last quit If the files were manually closed before quitting the application however they will not be reopened on by default Show DiskTracker splash screen Turning this checkbox off disables the DiskTracker splash screen which is shown whenever the program starts up Disabling the
34. er Options dialog box e To set the automatic filter generator options 1 Select Auto Filter Options from the Search menu The Auto Filter Options dialog will be presented 2 Check the criteria for the filter to include 3 Choose whether the generator should save the filter as the untitled filter or as a new filter 4 Click OK to commit the settings or Cancel to abort e To produce an item filter automatically 1 Select the one item to base the filter on 2 Select Make Filter From Item from the Search menu or press 7 An item filter containing the specified criteria will be created and saved into DiskTracker User Manual Page 39 either the untitled filter or into a filter with the same name as the item as chosen in the Auto Filter Options dialog Finding duplicate items DiskTracker includes a powerful duplicate item search system This system will search for all files which are identical in several different user specifiable criteria For instance if the duplicate file locator is set to locate files by name and size any two or more files which have the same name and size will be found In addition an item filter can be used to reduce the pool of files which are to be examined for duplicates to make results more manageable and searching faster e To set the criteria which must be matched for a file to be considered the duplicate of another 1 Select Duplicate Item Criteria
35. er comment DiskTracker User Manual Page 20 Setting item names from the catalog window It is possible to quickly change the name of an item from the catalog window After changing the item s name DiskTracker will prompt for the insertion of the original disk if necessary The name of the actual item will then be changed When changing volume names this way the catalog name will be changed not the actual disk name Use Set Item Attributes described above to change the actual disk name e Changing an item s name 1a Select an item disk in the catalog window using the mouse click on it Leave the mouse stationary for a brief moment after the click A text box will appear in place of the item s name 1b Alternatively select the item using any method and then press the return key 2 Type the new item name 3 Press the return key to commit to the new item name Press the escape key to cancel the name change 4 DiskTracker will change the name of the item in the catalog and on the original disk The disk locator box will appear if the disk is not currently mounted Setting Finder labels from the catalog window Classic Mac OS only Changing an item s Finder label 1 Select items in the catalog window whose Finder labels are to be altered 2 Choose a new Finder label from the Finder Label submenu of the Item menu 3 DiskTracker will set the label of the item in the catalog and on the original
36. ers windows most of the shortcuts which work for selecting an item in the Finder will also work in DiskTracker These include e Click on the item to select it Shift click selects more than one item e Start typing the name of the item DiskTracker will select the item with closest name to that typed e Click in the empty space surrounding the items and drag the mouse over the items to select e Choose Select All or hit XA from the Edit menu to select all visible items in the catalog window Once an item is selected there are several ways to select another e Use the up and down arrows to select the previous or next items in the list e Use the Tab key to select the next item alphabetically in the list Shift Tab selects the previous item alphabetically in the list Selection size indicator At the bottom left of the window is an indicator that shows how many items are selected and their total size This indicator will not appear if the catalog window is too narrow NOTE The size of the folder is equal to the size of all of the files within it Thus if an expanded folder and its all of its contents are selected the indicator will show the selected size to be twice the size of the contents of the folder DiskTracker User Manual Page 16 Getting item information For any selected item s DiskTracker can show a detailed information window similar to the Finder s Get Info To get information for a particular item o
37. es What the heck is on this disk Although it is possible to simply put a little sticky label on the disk and write down the contents on that this is too much trouble for many of us as once we do label a disk we forget to re label it later This leaves us with piles of disks labeled Important files and such that actually contain a bunch of useless old Hypercard games DiskTracker keeps track of whether the contents of a disk have been updated since the last time the disk was labeled Just one menu command and the program will show all of your disk labels in need of update There are many other ways in which you will find DiskTracker indispensable for some other great ideas check out the DiskTracker web page What is shareware Shareware is a software distribution system under which you are free to try out a piece of software without obligation for a period of time usually on the order of 30 days or so for evaluation purposes If you decide that you would like to continue using the software you are required to send a small fee in the case of DiskTracker 2 30 to the author for the continued usage of the program or else delete the software from your system If you choose to register the authors will in return give you notice of any future updates and provide low cost free upgrades when requested And they ll give you their eternal gratitude Really You may and we certainly encourage it freely distribute UNREGISTERED
38. file Scanning a Disk The process by which a disk or volume is examined and a disk catalog is created from its file structure DiskTracker User Manual Page 5 Updating a Disk The process by which an existing disk catalog is updated when the contents of a disk are changed Item Generally refers to either a file a folder or a volume od Item Class An item s type i e file folder or volume Not to be confused with a file type the four character code that identifies a file s kind Item Filter A collection of criteria which describe an item Item filters often used in searches can contain Boolean operations and grouped criteria e Label Template Defines how a label will look when it is printed Label templates can contain both static text items do not change from label to label and disk information fields which show information about the disk such as name size kind etc Label Sheet Layout Defines the characteristics for the type of sheet that DiskTracker is printing disk labels onto Contains such information as the number of labels per page the margins the label size and the spacing between labels About this manual Because of the number of features in DiskTracker that must be documented and the fact that we would like to keep the entire DiskTracker package fairly reasonably sized this manual while demonstrating each feature of the program step by step assumes some familiarity with usi
39. h label to preview The page indicator on the right side of the window shows the position on the page of the label being previewed Printing labels Once everything is set correctly it is time to print the labels e Printing a set of labels 1 Ensure that the Page Setup options are set correctly choose Page Setup from the File menu 2 Select Print Labels from the Label menu 3 Select the number of copies the print range the print quality etc from the print dialog box 4 Make sure that the label sheets are loaded into the printer 5 Choose Print to start printing or Cancel to abort DiskTracker User Manual Page 49 CHAPTER SEVEN The label template editor DiskTracker provides a powerful editing environment for creating label templates This environment which functions much like an object oriented draw program such as MacDraw simplifies the creation of original creative and functional disk labels Using the label template editor Activating the label template editor 1 Select Label Template Editor from the Label menu 2 The editor window and a new untitled template will be presented Label filing Filing Open label template untitled template Hew Template save Revert Delete Opening a saved label template 1 Select a label template to open from the Open Label Template pop up menu within the editor window
40. h of which are covered in depth below For each disk choose a label template to use When the disk is scanned the default label template is assigned to every disk Add the disks to the disks to be labeled list There are automatic methods of doing this if so desired Select a label sheet layout Label sheet layouts contain the dimensions and formatting of the sheet that the labels will be printed on od Choose the label on the sheet where printing should start Preview the labels to make sure that everything looks okay Print and affix labels to disks Choosing a label template Each disk can be assigned its own label template so each disk can have a unique appearance Assigning a label template to disks 1 Select the disks in the catalog window to be assigned templates 2 Choose a label template from the Assign Label Template submenu within the Label menu When a disk is first scanned the default label template is assigned to the disk more on the default label template below Choosing how many copies to print of a label It is possible to print more than one copy of a given disk label This is useful for situations where several identical labels need to be printed for identical disks Scan one of the disks once and have DiskTracker print out however many copies of the label are needed Disks that will have multiple label copies printed will show a multiplier e g x4 attached to the end of the
41. he Preferences submenu of the Edit menu Removing ID files from disks DiskTracker provides a facility for easily removing ID files from disks NOTE If a disk appears in more than one catalog file the identification information for both of those files is stored in the same ID file Stripping this file will remove the ID s for both catalog files This could cause identification problems for one or more of those catalog files ID files may be either batch stripped from disks or from mounted volumes Batch stripping ID files from disks 1 Select Batch Strip ID Files From Disks from the Scan menu DiskTracker will prompt for a disk to be inserted 2 Insert a disk into a disk drive 3 If the disk contains a DiskTracker ID file the file will be removed If not nothing will be changed In either case the disk will be ejected when the operation is complete 4 Repeat step 2 for any additional disks 5 Click Done when finished Stripping ID files from mounted volumes 1 Select Strip ID File From Mounted Volume from the Scan menu A dialog with a list containing all of the on line volumes will appear 2 Select the volumes to be stripped of their ID files Command click to select more than one or shift click to select a range Use the eject button to remove mounted removable media volumes from their drives DiskTracker User Manual Page 11 3 Click the Strip button or h
42. he DiskTracker web site Installing DiskTracker Installing DiskTracker 2 is really very simple run the DiskTracker Installer and making sure that Easy Install is selected in the pop up menu choose a drive for install and click Install If you would like to install only the DiskTracker application or extension choose Custom Install from the pop up menu click the appropriate check boxes choose a drive for install and click Install If you choose to install the extension Classic Mac OS only you will need to reboot your Mac Running DiskTracker et Classic Mac OS Mac OS X To run DiskTracker simply double click on the program icon Shortly thereafter the program will present an empty catalog window into which disks can be scanned Registering DiskTracker For instructions on how to register DiskTracker please see the Registration read me file in the Register DiskTracker folder Please support shareware and register DiskTracker Some important terms Before using DiskTracker there are some terms that need to be defined Disk Catalog An image of the directory structure of a disk hard drive CD ROM file server removable media disk etc Disk catalogs are the primary focus of DiskTracker which creates searches and manages disk catalogs s Catalog File A file which contains disk catalogs of one or more disks Disk List The collection of disk catalogs contained in a catalog
43. he number of items examined and DiskTracker will quickly find all of the files which are duplicated elsewhere in the disk catalog DiskTracker User Manual Page 32 The Find dialog box DiskTracker features a simple searching engine which most users will find sufficient for their searches Up to six criteria may be checked at a time and over twenty different kinds of criteria are offered e Executing a single criteria search 1 Select Find from the Search menu or press F The Find dialog box will be presented Search on all disks for items whose E ona O Match Case Show search result window 2 _ Fewer Choices 2 Select whether DiskTracker should search all disks the current hierarchy within selected items or selected items only from the Search menu within the dialog 3 Select the criteria to search on from the menu on the left For a list of the criteria and what they do see below 4 Select the how the criteria should be matched e g contains is equal to is less than and so forth from the menu on the right 5 Enter the search value or select it from the menu in the center method depends on the search criteria Click the Match Case checkbox to ensure case sensitive searches See below for more information 5a To search on more than one criteria click the More Choices button This will add a search term to the search The button is grayed out if there are already s
44. hould be scanned If this box is checked items on the desktop will be placed in a folder called Desktop folder at the root level of the disk catalog on by default Items in trash Determines whether items which have been dragged to the trash but not permanently erased by emptying the trash should be scanned If this box is checked the items in the trash will be placed in a folder called Trash at the root level of the disk catalog off by default Invisible items Determines whether items which are invisible i e not shown in the Finder should be scanned on by default Make initially hidden Determines whether invisible items should be hidden in the DiskTracker catalog Hidden items are described in the next chapter on by default Icon mosaics Determines whether those files or folders which make up icon mosaics should be scanned Icon mosaics are frequently used to create pictures that appear in disk s window in the Finder off by default Alert before updating catalogs This checkbox on by default configures DiskTracker to ask whether a disk should be updated This option has no effect on the application auto scanner or the DiskTracker Extension neither of which ever asks for confirmation for disk updates Don t Create ID files This checkbox on by default prevents DiskTracker from creating ID files on disks being scanned This setting is described in more deta
45. iers is held down as disks are ejected or unmounted This is convenient when restarting when the DiskTracker Extension might make the shutdown process too long as it scans each disk as it is unmounted e Setting which modifier keys disable the DiskTracker Extension 1 Check the Don t scan update when these keys are down checkbox 2 Click the checkboxes next to the modifiers to hold down to disable the auto scanner DiskTracker User Manual Page 62
46. il earlier in this chapter DiskTracker User Manual Page 13 Scan into archives Checkboxes under this subheading control the scanning of Stufflt and Compact Pro archive contents Check the boxes next to the types of archives DiskTracker should scan into Switching these checkboxes on increases scan time Scan optional data Checkboxes under this subheading control the scanning of additional optional data If these options which by default are turned off are enabled the disk scanner will function more slowly and saved catalog files will require more disk space These include File version numbers If this checkbox is set file version numbers will be scanned Finder comments If this checkbox is set Finder comments will be scanned Match disks to catalogs with the same Checkboxes under this subheading set the criteria used to identify which disk catalog matches a physical disk By default disks will be matched by both name and creation date Either of these can be disabled if DiskTracker is incorrectly matching disks Scan size The radio buttons under this subheader set DiskTracker to scan either an item s physical size how much space the file uses on a disk or logical size the actual number of bytes used by a file These sizes differ due to allocation block issues a file may not necessarily use all of the disk space allocated for it DiskTracker User Manual Page 14
47. ind of information field to be created from the information fields pop up menu 2 Select the field tool 3 Draw the item 4 DiskTracker will present a dialog box to enter some text to precede the field with Typically this would be something like Name to indicate that the information following is the disk s name for instance 5 Click OK to create the field or Cancel to abort e Creating a file list 1 Select the File List item from the item field pop up menu 2 Select the field tool 3 Draw the file list within the editing area NOTE File lists cannot have preceding text If you wish to put text preceding a file list create a static text item next to the first line of the file list DiskTracker User Manual Page 56 There are several preferences which can be adjusted for file lists including an item filter that specifies which items should be included on the label In addition file lists can be shown in either one or two columns and can have the directories underlined File List Preferences File list columns columnes M4 Indent according to depth M4 Underline folder names Item filter Use Item Filter Select Item Filter NOTE If a disk label template has more than one file list all of the lists will have the same settings Each file list does not maintain its own set of file list preferences e Setting the file list preferences 1 Select a file list
48. indVision Software 7201 North 7th Street Lincoln NE 68521 8913 Voice 402 477 3269 Fax 402 477 1395 E mail mindvision mindvision com http www mindvision com Special thanks goes out to the DiskTracker beta squad those who have morally supported the DiskTracker endeavor and particularly those users who have registered DiskTracker DiskTracker is copyright 1995 2002 by Mark N Pirri and Portents LLC All rights reserved worldwide Disclaimer of warrantee THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED SHOULD THE PROGRAM BE FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE IN NO EVENT WILL THE PROGRAMMER BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING TO PERSON OR EQUIPMENT DiskTracker User Manual Page 3 Installation What do I need Before installing and running DiskTracker 2 be sure that the following minimum system requirements are met Macintosh computer with a 68020 or greater microprocessor This does not include the Mac 128K 512K KE Plus SE Portable or PowerBook 100 Users of these machines can still use DiskTracker 1 x DiskTracker is a fat binary so it runs on 680x0 Macs and in native mode on Power Macintosh computers for maximum performance and compatibility Minimum System Requirements System Mac OS 7 5 3 with CarbonLib 1 3 or Mac OS X 10 0 3 At least 1 5 megabytes of available memory DiskTracker is able to run in as little as 1 5 megabytes of memory utilizing
49. iskTracker check to see if the file in question is on a particular disk make sure that the disk is visible in the box and click OK e If the disk that DiskTracker is looking for is inserted while this dialog is visible the locator box will immediately go away and the operation is continued To abort the operation click Cancel Setting item attributes DiskTracker 2 has the ability to alter a cataloged item s attributes This includes the item s name Finder label Finder comment creation and modification dates and more When a cataloged item s attributes are modified DiskTracker will change the attributes for the actual DiskTracker User Manual Page 19 item as well If the disk containing the actual item is not available to DiskTracker it will prompt for the disk with the disk locator dialog If the disk is not found no modification to the item will take place in either the disk catalog or on the disk itself e Setting an item s attributes 1 Select the item whose attributes are to be altered 2 Choose Set Item Attributes from the Item menu 3 The dialog presented differs based on the class of the item being edited See below for a complete list of the attributes allowed for each class of item 4 Click OK to commit the changes DiskTracker will make the requested changes only if the disk containing the actual item can be found use the disk locator dialog box to choose the correct vo
50. it the return key Clicking Cancel will exit the dialog without making any changes 4 For each selected disk if an ID file is found on that disk it will be stripped away If not nothing will be changed on the disk Locating disks in a disk list Often when a disk list contains a large number of catalogs it can become difficult to match a physical disk to its catalog in the list To make this easier DiskTracker offers the ability to examine a physical disk and show the corresponding disk in the disk list Just like scanning a disk or removing an ID file from a disk there are two methods for specifying which physical disk to locate either locating disks or locating mounted volumes e Locating disks 1 Select Locate Disk in Catalog from the Scan menu DiskTracker will prompt for a disk to be inserted 2 Insert a removable media disk If DiskTracker can find the disk in the current disk list it will select it and show it in the catalog window The disk will be ejected To abort click the Cancel button e Locating mounted volume 1 Select Locate Mounted Volume in Catalog from the Scan menu A dialog with a list containing all of the on line volumes will appear 2 Select on the volumes to be located Command click to select more than one shift click to select a range or use the arrow keys Use the eject button to remove mounted removable media volumes from their drives 3 Click the Lo
51. ix search criteria visible Complete steps 3 5 for the new search criteria and choose either AND or OR from the pop up menu to indicate how the criteria should be combined 5b To remove the last criteria from the dialog box click the Fewer Choices button 6 From the Show menu select how DiskTracker should display the found items Choose between having the first item selected all of the items selected DiskTracker User Manual Page 33 or the items displayed in the search result window for more on the search result window see the next chapter 7 Click the Find button to start the search or the Cancel button to cancel The search criteria name An item s name Fill in the name field size An item s size For disks this is the amount of space used on the disk Fill in the size field in kilobytes kind An item s kind Fill in the kind field label An item s Finder label Select from list of labels type A file s four letter type code This will never find volumes or folders Fill in file type or click on the Get From File button and select a file from the open dialog creator A file s four letter creator code This will never find volumes or folders Fill in file creator or click on the Get From File button and select a file from the open dialog creation date The date on which an item was created Click on the month day and year then use arr
52. ker User Manual Page 38 In order to get certain criteria to be evaluated before others groups of criteria can be combined into a single criteria Groups are shown in the filter criteria list within a pair of brackets T and one at the beginning and one at the end of the group If no groups are present the criteria are evaluated and combined from the first to the last i e left to right If groups are present the groups are evaluated into one truth value first then the items are combined from first to last as if the group were a single criteria It is possible to nest groups i e have a group inside of another group Grouping two or more criteria 1 Select the criteria to be grouped Shift click to select more than one 2 If the Group button is enabled the items may be grouped Click on the Group button to group the criteria e Ungrouping criteria 1 Select the criteria within the list which make up a group 2 If the Ungroup button is enabled the items are indeed in a group and may be ungrouped Click on the Ungroup button to ungroup the items Automatic item filter creation DiskTracker has an automatic item filter generation system given a selected item the generator will produce an item filter based on the characteristics of that file Choose which criteria to base this filter on as well as where to store the filter either in a new filter or in the untitled filter in the Auto Filt
53. log 3 The filter editor dialog will be presented See below for information on the filter editor 4 Be sure to click OK to exit the editor or else the filter will not be saved e Saving a filter as a different name 1 With the appropriate filter selected in the filter management dialog s popup menu click on the Save As button 2 Enter the name to save the filter as 3 Click on the OK button to save the filter or Cancel to abort Deleting a filter 1 With the filter to be deleted selected in the filter management dialog s popup menu click on the Delete button 2 DiskTracker will ask to confirm the choice to delete the item Click Delete to delete the filter or Cancel to abort e Editing a filter 1 With the filter to be edited selected in the filter management dialog s popup menu click on the Edit button DiskTracker User Manual Page 36 2 The filter editor dialog will be presented See below for information on the filter editor 3 Be sure to click OK to exit the editor or else the filter will not be saved The filter editor After creating a new filter or editing a previously created one the filter editor dialog will be invoked This dialog has a large scrolling list of all of the criteria which make up the item filter This list will of course be empty if the filter is new Create group and set relations for criteria wi
54. log window e Hiding items 1 Select items to be hidden 2 Choose Hide Item from the Item menu or press XH option command H e Showing items 1 Make sure that all hidden items are being shown If they are not being shown select Show Hidden Items from the View menu 2 Select the items to be shown 3 Choose Show Item from the Item menu or press XXH DiskTracker User Manual Page 17 Launching displaying getting Finder information amp sharing privileges It is possible to launch display in the Finder get Finder information for and set sharing privileges for files applications and folders from DiskTracker e Launching items 1 Select items to be launched 2 Choose Launch from the Item menu or press L Alternatively double click on files and applications in the catalog window to launch them or select them and choose Open from the Item menu or press X0 3a If the disk which contains the items to be launched is mounted the items will be launched just as if it had been opened from the Finder 3b If not and DiskTracker cannot find the disk on its own the disk locator dialog box will be presented See below NOTE Launching a folder will open that folder in the Finder e Showing items in the Finder 1 Select items to be shown in the Finder 2 Choose Show in Finder from the Item menu or press XE 3a If the disk which contains the items to be sh
55. lume if necessary Cancel aborts the edit Item attributes that can be altered for files e File Name e Finder Label e File Type amp Creator e Creation Date amp Modification Date e Finder comment e File lock e File invisibility shows hides the file in the Finder e File hidden shows hides the file in DiskTracker Item attributes that can be altered for folders Folder Name e Finder Label e Creation Date amp Modification Date e Finder comment e Folder lock e Folder invisibility Shows hides the folder in the Finder e Folder hidden shows hides the folder in DiskTracker Item attributes that can be altered for volumes e Volume Name This is the real name assigned to a disk This can only be set if sharing is not enabled for the disk e Catalog name This name assigned to the disk catalog This name is shown in the DiskTracker catalog Change this name if there are several disks with the same name and a distinction must be made between the disks Changing the catalog name will not make any changes to the actual disk and DiskTracker will still be able to identify the actual disk e Serial Number e Finder Label e Disk Type When scanning a disk DiskTracker will make its best guess as to the type of the disk being scanned If the guess in incorrect set the actual disk type with this popup menu Changing the disk type will not make any changes to the actual disk e Creation Date amp Modification Date e Find
56. ms are to be moved They will be moved one pixel in that direction Hold down the shift key while pressing the arrow to move five pixels at a time Changing the layer of an item Within a template items can be in front of other items and behind others If an item is in the back parts of it may not be visible as they may be obscured by other items It is possible to move items forward and backward through the layers e Changing an item s layer 1 Select the item whose layer is to be changed 2 Select Move To Back Move Back One Item Move Forward One Item or Move To Front from the arrangement menu represented by this icon Deleting items e Deleting an item 1 Select the items to be deleted 2 Select Clear from the Edit menu or press the delete key on the keyboard DiskTracker User Manual Page 54 Copying and pasting items DiskTracker allows the pasting of PICT graphics into disk labels This allows you to incorporate color bitmapped graphics into your disk labels e Pasting a PICT graphic into DiskTracker 1 Copy the graphic to be pasted to the clipboard from a paint program or the scrapbook or other graphic source 2 Select Paste from the Edit menu or press XV 3 The graphic will appear at the middle of the editing area If the graphic is larger than the editing area it will be reduced in size until it fits Resize the graphic as necessary and place it in its final
57. n by clicking OK in the resulting alert box Emptying the Trash Emptying the trash from DiskTracker 1 Choose Empty Trash from the Item menu Confirm the command by clicking OK in the resulting alert box Moving disk catalogs To reduce disk rescanning disk catalogs can be moved from one catalog file to another DiskTracker supports standard cut copy and paste as well as drag and drop to allow this e Moving disks from one catalog to another using Cut Copy Paste 1 Select the disks to be moved in the catalog window make sure that only disks are selected 2 To keep acopy of the disk catalog in the original catalog file select Copy Disk from the Edit menu or press C Otherwise choose Cut Disk 3X from the Edit menu 3 Select the catalog window into which you would like to paste the disk DiskTracker User Manual Page 23 4 Choose Paste Disk 3V from the Edit menu Copying disks from one catalog to another using drag and drop 1 Select the disks to be moved in the catalog window make sure that only disks are selected 2 Drag the disks from their source catalog window to another catalog window The disks will be copied to the other catalog window NOTE If a disk being moved copied has the same serial number as one in the target catalog list DiskTracker will ask if it should assign a new serial number to the disk being moved copied Click Yes to as
58. ne tool Use to draw lines which are constrained to angles of 45 only a Q Rectangle tool Use to draw rectangles and boxes ol Rounded edge rectangle tool Use to draw rectangles with rounded corners o Oval tool Use to draw ovals and circles Line widths Use to choose the width of the lines used by the above tools Choose line widths from 1 to 8 pixels Foreground background color selectors Use to choose colors from the system s color picker for the foreground represented by the black pixels in the patterns and the background represented by the white pixels in the patterns DiskTracker User Manual Page 52 Line pattern indicator Shows the current pattern and colors used for drawing lines and edges of shapes If an upward pointing triangle is visible below this box all changes to the colors and patterns will alter the line patterns Area pattern indicator Shows the current pattern and colors used for drawing the inner areas of shapes If an upward pointing triangle is visible below this box all changes to the colors and patterns will alter the area patterns e ce lll i O minicar Pattern selector Choose from this palette for the line and area Santer An N represents a transparent pattern Drawing items To draw an item within the template editor be sure that the correct tool is selected on the left side of the window Click the mouse at one corner of the shape drag acros
59. ng a Macintosh The DiskTracker manual is available in several different formats The copy of the manual that comes with the DiskTracker distribution archive is either in self reading eDoc 2 1 1 format Classic Mac OS or PDF Mac OS X The manual is also available in either PDF or Microsoft Word 5 x format from the DiskTracker World Wide Web page http www disktracker com Other than the file format all of these manuals are identical DiskTracker User Manual Page 6 CHAPTER ONE Scanning and updating disks When DiskTracker scans a disk it creates a catalog for that volume That is it records the full directory structure but not the contents of the disk and various pieces of information about the individual files and folders including among others the creation date modification date size and type creator codes The process of scanning a disk can take anywhere from less than a second for a floppy disk to around a minute for a substantial hard disk to several minutes for a CD ROM or file server Once a disk is scanned the items on the disk can quickly be browsed launched or searched Once a disk is scanned into a catalog file it is useful to update its catalog occasionally as the contents of the disk change DiskTracker makes this simple by integrating the disk updater into the disk scanner DiskTracker allows several methods of disk scanning and updating e Batch Scan Disks e Scan Mounted Volumes e Drag and Drop Scan
60. ns will remain intact This frees DiskTracker from having to sort all of the files in a catalog file which can be a rather time consuming process whenever all items are printed If Visible Items is selected the list will appear just as it does in the window including the current file sort method TIP If you are willing to wait for DiskTracker to sort all of the items within the current hierarchy it is possible to print all items with the current file sort method To do this choose Select All from the Edit menu 3A and press option command right arrow This entirely expands the current hierarchy Now by printing visible items you can reproduce the effects of printing all but with file sorting intact DiskTracker User Manual Page 25 CHAPTER THREE Customizing DiskTracker The look and functionality of DiskTracker s catalog window can be customized as needed Customizations include fonts and sizes file and volume sort orders and pieces of information shown in the catalog window Other DiskTracker customizations are performed through the Preferences dialog boxes also described in this chapter Dividing the catalog window DiskTracker features a dual pane catalog window This allows viewing of two portions of the same catalog list even if they are opposite ends of the scroll bar e Dividing the catalog window into two panes 1 Click and drag the thick black bar at the top of the scroll bar downwards to the point
61. o offered in the contextual menu e Using the contextual menu 1 Hold down the Control key and click on the item whose contextual menu is to be invoked 2 Select a command from the menu that pops up from under the cursor Copying Moving items DiskTracker can be used to move or copy items Drag items to other folders in DiskTracker or the Finder to copy or move the items If the drag destination is on the same disk as the source item the item will be moved If it is not the item will be copied Copying or moving items from DiskTracker 1 Select the items to move copy 2 Drag the items to a folder in DiskTracker or in the Finder DiskTracker User Manual Page 22 3 If the destination is on the same disk as the source item the item will be moved Otherwise it will be copied When dragging to the same disk hold down the option key to force DiskTracker to copy the items Deleting items from catalogs Items can be moved to the trash or deleted directly from DiskTracker This can be done by dragging to the Finder s Trash icon or by using commands in the Item menu e Moving an item to the trash 1 Select the items to be trashed 2a Drag the items to the Finder s Trash icon 2b Alternatively choose Put In Trash from the Item menu e Deleting an item directly without moving it to the trash 1 Select the items to be deleted 2 Choose Delete from the Item menu Confirm the deletio
62. ook like drawn the styles selected NOTE The text style e g bold italic etc in which the file list is shown cannot be changed Disk names are always shown in bold and alias names are always shown in italics DiskTracker User Manual Page 30 Report windows use catalog font When this checkbox is set all report windows the search result window and disks to be labeled list described later are drawn using the same font as the catalog list This is useful when a font other than Geneva must be used to draw the report window for instance to draw localized text off by default Allow condensed text in catalog window Setting this checkbox will cause DiskTracker to if necessary use a condensed font to draw text into narrow data columns Since this condensed text is often difficult to read this can be switched off on by default Draw grid in catalog report window If this checkbox is set DiskTracker will draw the gray background grid into the background of catalog and report windows With the grid on DiskTracker looks more like the MacOS 8 x and later with it off MacOS 7 x on by default Show time with date in catalog report windows When this checkbox is set DiskTracker will include the time when drawing dates in the catalog or report window This requires more space and can cause extra clutter but provides more information off by default Use relative date When this checkbox is set
63. ow buttons to select the date modified date The date on which an item was last modified Click on the month day and year then use arrow buttons to select the date attribute Several different attributes including is the item locked is the item invisible an alias hidden a volume a folder an archive a file and does the item have an obsolete disk label Select the attribute from the popup menu depth How deep an item is within the hierarchy Volumes are of depth 1 Fill in the depth in the field item note An item s item note as entered through the Item Notes dialog Fill in the text field version A file s version number This will never find folders or volumes and will not find any files which do not have version numbers Fill in the version number field finder comment An item s Finder comment Fill in the comment field children items How many items there are within the first level of an folder or disk s hierarchy The only files that this will ever find are archives Fill in the number of children in the field total items How many items there are within the entire hierarchy of a folder or disk including the hierarchies within that folder or disk and the ones inside of that and so on The only files that this will ever find are archives Fill in the number of descendants in the field disk type A volume s disk type Select a typ
64. own is mounted the items will be shown in the Finder 3b If not and DiskTracker cannot find the disk on its own the disk locator box will be presented e Showing Finder Information for items 1 Select items to have the Finder Get Info window viewed 2 Choose Get Finder Info from the Item menu or press XXD 3a If the disk which contains the items to be shown is mounted the Get Info window for the items will be shown in the Finder 3b If not and DiskTracker cannot find the disk on its own the disk locator box will be presented e Showing sharing privileges for items 1 Select items for which the sharing privileges dialog box is to be viewed 2 Choose Sharing from the Item menu DiskTracker User Manual Page 18 3a If the disk which contains the items to be shown is mounted the sharing privileges dialog box for the items will be shown in the Finder 3b If not and DiskTracker cannot find the disk on its own the disk locator box will be presented The disk locator dialog box Locate Disk Please locate the disk updaters lex nutshell If DiskTracker is unsuccessful in locating the disk on which a file to be operated on is found it may present the disk locator dialog box older Classic Mac OS versions only Use this dialog to e Browse all of the on line disks use the lt lt and gt gt buttons e Eject a mounted disk the Eject button e Have D
65. r for a group of items select the items and then select Get Info from the Item menu or press XI The information window will appear If more than one item was selected use the scroll bar at the bottom of the window to show information for each of the individual items DiskTracker can also show an expanded information window which is capable for showing item information for two separate items allowing them to be compared side by side To enable this expanded information window select Split Info Window from the Item menu This menu item may be selected either when a catalog window is visible or when the information window is visible Selecting Split Info Window again will return the window to its more compact form When the information window is expanded two scroll bars will be accessible to choose items to be viewed in each pane NOTE If the Get Info command is issued when only one item is selected the window will always be shown in its compact form Showing and hiding all hidden items DiskTracker can be made to show all of the items marked as hidden To toggle showing hidden items use the Show Hidden Items item under the View menu By default hidden items are not shown Showing and hiding items DiskTracker can make a selected item hidden Hidden items do not appear in the disk catalog listing when DiskTracker has Show Hidden Items described above switched off This helps prevent clutter in the cata
66. round and the disk does not currently have a catalog in the disk catalog list of that window 3d If When DiskTracker is in the background Update existing catalogs is checked disks in the front most DiskTracker window will be updated as they are inserted This will only happen when DiskTracker is in the background and a non current catalog for the disk is contained in the disk list for that window 4 Click the OK button to commit the new settings or the Cancel button to abort DiskTracker User Manual Page 10 About ID files By default DiskTracker identifies a specific disk by a combination of its name and its creation date If a disk is found with an identical name or creation date as another DiskTracker will ask to verify that it is indeed the same disk Each disk scanned is assigned a unique serial number to help identify the disk In the event that DiskTracker is confusing disks perhaps because of a number of identically named disks Untitled for instance or a number of disks with identical creation dates preformatted disks often have the same creation date DiskTracker can be instructed to create ID files An ID file is a tiny invisible file created on a disk containing information that allows DiskTracker to positively identify the disk using its serial number To enable ID files disabled by default uncheck the Don t create ID files checkbox in the Disk Scanner dialog box found in t
67. ry similar to the search result window These two windows although used for different purposes behave similarly The main portion of the window is the scrolling list at the bottom of window This is where either the items found or the disks to be labeled are shown Select items from this list as you would from any other list by clicking on them Command click to select more than one item or shift click to select a range of items At the top of each window is a region which displays either information about an individual item or only one item is selected or about a group of selected items Information similar to the Get Info window is shown when only one item is selected If more than one item is selected this window portion will show the number of items in the list the number of selected item and the total size of the items There are two ways of viewing the list of items One shows the item s icon name size kind creation date and modification date The other shows the item s icon name containing disk s serial number and either path or disk label depending on whether the window is a search result window or a disks to be labeled window respectively To switch the window s mode click on the mode switch box above the scroll bar Sorting the item list The item list may be sorted by icon name size kind modification date creation date containing disk s serial number or path disk label The current me
68. s and release at the opposite corner For lines click at one end of the line drag across and release at the other end of the line Shapes will be drawn with the default line and pattern settings the settings that are visible when nothing is selected Text will be drawn using the area color line color and area line patterns will be ignored Selecting items To select an item to change its attributes or to delete it make sure that the arrow tool is selected from the tool palette Click on a visible portion of the item i e not on a part of the shape that is using a transparent pattern If you hold down the shift key while you click on the item you can select without clearing the previous selections In addition you can also click on an unoccupied area of the editing area and drag over the items you wish to select You can select all of the items by selecting Select All from the Edit menu or press XA Resizing items e Resizing an item 1 Select the item to be resized 2 Drag the resize handles the little black squares on the corners of the item until the item is the correct size DiskTracker User Manual Page 53 Moving items e Moving items 1 Click the items to be moved as if selecting them However don t let go of the mouse button and then drag the items to their new location e Moving items using the keyboard 1 Select the items to be moved 2 Press the arrow key that corresponds to the direction that ite
69. sign a new serial number to the disk No to prevent the disk from being moved or Cancel to stop the entire operation Removing disk catalogs Removing disks from the catalog list 1 Select the disks to be deleted in the catalog window make sure that only disks are selected 2a Choose Clear Disk from the Edit menu or hit the delete key 2b Alternatively drag the disk catalog icon to the Finder s Trash icon NOTE It is possible to undo a disk clear choose Undo Clear Disk from the Edit menu Saving and opening catalog files DiskTracker has the standard Macintosh New Open Close Save Save As Revert and Quit commands for dealing with files e New 3 N Creates a new empty catalog file All of the file preferences are set to the application defaults e Open 0 Presents the standard open file dialog allowing a catalog file to be opened If they shift key is held down this option becomes Open read only allowing users to open files read only Opening files this way allows multiple copies of DiskTracker on different machines to have the same catalog file opened e Close W Closes the current front most window If the window has not been saved since the catalog has been changed DiskTracker will ask if the file should be saved DiskTracker User Manual Page 24 e Save 5 Saves the file or performs a Save As if the file has never been saved e Save As
70. st 1 Select the catalog file which is to have its search priority increased 2 Click the Higher Priority button located under the list e Decreasing the priority of a catalog file in the chain of files to be searched list DiskTracker User Manual Page 61 1 Select the catalog file which is to have its search priority decreased 2 Click the Lower Priority button located under the list A volume filter very similar to an item filter can be set to specify which volumes the DiskTracker Extension should examine when they are ejected or unmounted This volume filter can for instance filter out slow scanning volumes such as CD ROMs and file servers or can eliminate constantly changing disks like RAM disks from the catalog files e Setting or editing the DiskTracker Extension volume filter 1 If it is not checked set the Scan Update only volumes which match the filter checkbox 2a If no item filter is specified the edit volume filter dialog box will be presented after clicking the checkbox This dialog box works just like the edit item filter dialog box described in chapter four 2b If an item filter is already specified click the Edit button The edit volume filter dialog box will be presented This dialog box works just like the edit item filter dialog box described in chapter four The DiskTracker Extension can be configured to ignore all disks being ejected if a combination of modif
71. thin this dialog box to make an item filter Edit Item Filter Find items whose Type is APPL OR AND Type is cedew OF Label is Cool OF Edit Attribute is wolume Delete Grou Ungroup Cx Creating a new filter criteria 1 Click the Insert button within the item filter editor A dialog which resembles the top half of the single criteria search dialog will be presented 2 Select the criteria to search on from the menu on the left For a list of the criteria and what they do see the list above 3 Select how the criteria should be matched e g contains is equal to is less than etc from the menu on the right 4 Enter the search value or select it from the menu in the center method depends on the search criteria See above for more information 5 Click OK to add item to filter or Cancel to abort If a criteria was selected when Insert was clicked the new criteria will be added before that one Otherwise the new criteria will be added to the end of the criteria list DiskTracker User Manual Page 37 Editing a criteria once it is in the list 1 Select the item to edit 2 Click on the Edit button Alternatively double click on the item to edit 3 Select the criteria to search on from the menu on the left For a list of the criteria and what they do see the list above 4 Select the how the criteria should be
72. thod used for sorting the items is shown by the underlined column header Changing the item sort method 1 Click on the column header representing the method to sort the data by Manipulating items It is possible to view a given item from the search result label list window in the appropriate catalog window e Viewing an item in its catalog window 1 Double click on the item DiskTracker User Manual Page 42 Many of the item operations that can be used in the DiskTracker catalog window see chapter two can also be performed in the search result window For instance Getting information on an item or group of items in the search result window label list 1 Select the items to get information for 2 Select Get Info from the Item menu or press e Launching an item or group of items from the search result window label list 1 Select the items to be launched 2 Select Launch from the Item menu or press L e Displaying an item or group of items in the Finder from the search result window label list 1 Select the item or group of items to be shown 2 Select Show in Finder from the Item menu Printing and exporting The contents of the search result window label list window may be printed e To print the contents of the search result window label list 1 To print only certain items select those items 2 Make sure that the page setup settings are correct select Page Set
73. ting From from the Label menu The Start Printing From dialog box will appear 2 Click on the label position to start from 3 Click OK to commit the new setting or Cancel to abort Tweaking printing position Many printers have different and often erroneous concepts of where the edges of a sheet of paper is As a result it is often necessary to tweak the overall page position to get it to line up with the actual edge of the labels DiskTracker allows both vertical and horizontal offset dimensions to be specified These dimensions will always be added to the top and left margins of a label sheet printout Setting up offset values 1 Choose Tweak Printing Position from the Label menu The Tweak Printing Position dialog box will be presented 2 Enter the amount by which all of the labels should be moved up or down decrease or increase the top margin respectively and moved to the left or right decrease or increase the left margin These values will be stored in DiskTracker User Manual Page 48 the DiskTracker preferences file and apply to all catalog files and label sheet layouts Previewing labels It is wise to preview the labels before printing them just to make sure that the labels printed are the labels expected e Previewing disk labels 1 Choose Preview Labels from the Label menu The label preview window has a scroll bar across the bottom to switch between whic
74. up from the File menu 3 Select Print from the File menu 4 Make sure that the settings within the print dialog box are correct 5 Select either to print all of the items or just the selected ones 6 Click Print to start printing or Cancel to abort To export the contents of the search result window label list to a text file 1 To export only certain items select those items 2 Select Export as TEXT from the File Menu DiskTracker User Manual Page 43 3 Choose a name and location for the file 4 Choose whether to export all of the items or just the selected ones 5 Click Save to save the text file or Cancel to abort NOTE Exported text files will use the formatting settings including delimiting characters and file creators that were set in the General Preferences dialog box for exporting catalog files see chapter three DiskTracker User Manual Page 44 CHAPTER SIX Labeling disks DiskTracker has a built in disk labeling system that allows fully customizable high quality disk labels to be printed Any number of disks can be selected to be labeled each with a different label template if desired The labeling system even knows which disks have never been labeled or need to be relabeled The built in MacDraw style label template editor described in chapter seven makes designing custom labels a snap There are several steps to printing labels eac
75. which performs a similar function The Application Auto Scanner only functions when the DiskTracker application is running and will scan disks as they are inserted The DiskTracker Extension will scan disks as they are ejected or unmounted and does not require DiskTracker to be running See chapter nine for more information on the DiskTracker Extension e Enabling the application auto scanner 1 Select Application Auto Scanner from the Preferences submenu of the Edit menu DiskTracker will present the Application Auto Scanner Preferences dialog box 2 Click the checkboxes to set the automatic disk scanning and updating behavior while DiskTracker is running 3a If When DiskTracker is in the foreground Scan new disks is checked disks will be scanned into the front most window This will only happen when DiskTracker is the front most application and the disk does not currently have a catalog in the disk catalog list of that window 3b If When DiskTracker is in the foreground Update existing catalogs is checked disks in the front most window will be updated as they are inserted This will only happen when DiskTracker is in the foreground and a non current catalog is contained in the disk list of that window 3c If When DiskTracker is in the background Scan new disks is checked disks will be scanned into the front most DiskTracker window This will only happen when DiskTracker is in the backg
76. within the chain of files only first found catalog will be updated e Enabling the DiskTracker Extension disk updater 1 Click the Update volumes contained in the catalog file s checkbox 2 If there are no catalog files listed in the list below a dialog box will appear to select a catalog file to add to the list e Adding a catalog file to the chain of files to be searched 1 Click the Add button next to the list of catalog files to be searched 2 Select a catalog file to add in the resulting dialog box Removing a catalog file from the chain of files to be searched 1 Select the catalog to be removed in the list of catalog files to be searched 2 Click the Remove button next to the list e Editing a entry in the chain of files to be searched list 1 Select the entry to be edited in the list of catalog files to be searched 2 Click the Edit button next to the list 3 Select a catalog file in the resulting dialog box 4 The file specified by the selected entry will change to the one picked Increasing the priority of a catalog file in the chain of catalog files to be searched will result in that catalog file being searched for disk catalogs to update earlier Conversely decreasing the priority of a catalog file in the chain of files to be searched will result in that file being searched later e Increasing the priority of a catalog file in the chain of files to be searched li

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