![]() The main downside is that it costs $50, which seems rather cheeky for software that isn’t being updated does Prairie Group think software improves by sitting, like wine?ĭiskTracker - For a thoroughly modern alternative that’s being updated regularly, you might try the $30 shareware DiskTracker, by Mark Pirri (Portents LLC). It opens files and folders, not through the scriptable Finder or other modern methods, but through the antiquated CE Toolbox extension (this rather hampered my system, and ultimately I elected to forego this functionality). It comes on a floppy! It’s not PowerPC-native. Indeed, much of DiskTop’s appeal, I have to admit, is that it’s such a blast from the past. In the past six years, DiskTop has been tweaked to ensure compatibility with Apple Menu Options and Y2K, but functionality remains unchanged. But carping, though easy, is pointless, since these issues will probably never be addressed. As you make an alias, you can’t dictate its name. For example, it lists invisible files, but it doesn’t tell you they’re invisible, nor does it let you search only for invisible files. ![]() You can also find by multiple criteria, quickly and easily. A Get Info dialog lets you get (and set) the sort of technical stuff for which you’d otherwise need ResEdit or Snitch. Supplementary modal dialogs let you delete or rename an item, pick a folder to copy or move an item to, create an item, learn a folder’s size, or copy a pathname. ![]() Navigation between folders (using always this single window), by mouse or keyboard, is lightning-fast you can also nominate favorite folders for direct access through a pop-up menu. Having bemoaned the frequent untimely death of good software, I was stunned and delighted to learn that DiskTop is still available – and still works, though the version number has increased only to 4.5.3.ĭiskTop is a single window displaying one folder’s contents, like a non-hierarchical version of the Finder’s List view, but including invisible files, and telling you type/creator codes and exact data/resource fork sizes. Over the years, DiskTop somehow fell off my radar screen, though I was dimly aware that CE Software had spun it off to the Prairie Group and TidBITS hadn’t reviewed it since 1994, when Stephen Camidge looked at DiskTop 4.5. Tools that Never Died: DiskTop and DiskTrackerīack in the hoary days of System 6, the Finder badly needed help, and DiskTop was one of my favorite helpers. #1655: 33 years of TidBITS, Twitter train wreck, tvOS 16.4.1, Apple Card Savings, Steve Jobs ebook.#1656: Passcode thieves lock iCloud accounts, the apps Adam uses, iPhoto and Aperture library conversion in Ventura.#1657: A deep dive into the innovative Arc Web browser.#1658: Rapid Security Responses, NYPD and industry standard AirTag news, Apple's Q2 2023 financials.#1659: Exposure notifications shut down, cookbook subscription service, alarm notification type proposal, Explain XKCD.As long as the level of the reservoir is close to the filter, you'll find it is very effective. As to the actual operation, I have a lot of CDs and relish the chance for cleaning and drying to be done with the press of a single button. To avoid evaporation, keep in a cool place and avoid exposing the unit for extended periods in sunlight or unshielded heat. I don't think the issue is much different than the cleaning fluid in, say, a Nitty Gritty Record Cleaning Machine. The manual does expect you can clean up to 100 discs in a single session, which would correspond to one mostly "draining" the reservoir, even manually doing this with any remaining fluid by using the underlying removable plastic plug.) However one may risk damaging the system by excessive cleaning of discs in a single session. To fill the "reservoir" you do need quite a lot of the fluid. (In fact the instructions are somewhat misleading. Probably the main area of caution (as pointed out by a fellow SNA member) is not to clean too many discs in a single session. Having had this unit for over a month, I'd tentatively recommend it.
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