FreeSpace! is a utility I wrote to find out how much space is free on the volumes mounted on my desktop. I find it very useful to monitor this information when I am on-line trying to download files or when I am moving and copying files from one partition of my hard disk to another. It is also helpful to make sure I don’t inadvertently run out of storage space for my work.
It needs only 40 KB of disk space and around 100 KB of RAM ( depending on the depth and amount of monitors you have; see Note near end of this file ).
It was designed to be launched and then used in the background with System 7 (7.1).
This program displays a bar at the bottom of a screen ( or anywhere you choose ) which lists the volumes mounted along with their amount of free space expressed in megs or kilobytes ( whichever suits you best ). This information is updated automatically in the background whenever a volume is mounted or removed and when the space on any volume changes.
If you have a lot of partitions or network hook-ups mounted, the information might take several lengths of the bar to display; you can page forward with the ‘Next Page’ command in the window menu (activated by command-]) and you can page back with the ‘Previous Page’ command (activated by command-[). Note: if you want to page through the bar, the application must be brought to the front by clicking in its window or using the application selection menu on the top right of your screen.
You can change the font, size and style of the text in the display window by using the corresponding menus. You can also change the colors of the window through the preferences menu.
The warning color corresponds to the color of the text that appears in the bar when the amount of free space in your volume falls below the threshold you set in the warning preferences dialog.
The Notify option lets FreeSpace! issue a dialog when the threshold of free space is passed by any volume, actively letting the computer users know that a volume is low on space ( this comes in handy in networks to let you know the server is filling up and prompt you to delete any files not needed, like old mail messages ). The warning displayed when this occurs is customizable by you. To avoid being notified when inserting floppies, check the exclude floppies option.
If you’d like to use FreeSpace! as a start-up application ( recommended ) in the Start-up items folder, check the ‘Switch to Finder on launch’ option in the display preferences to make FreeSpace! go to the background when it’s launched.
You can also choose different information to be displayed about your volumes like their names and capacities from this display preferences dialog.
FreeSpace! 2.1.2 is Shareware. You may use it free for one week. After one week you must register your copy by sending $5 cash or check payable to Hugo Diaz at:
Hugo Diaz
32 Whites Ave. #6608
Watertown, MA 02172-4305
USA.
Please include your name and a way to contact you (mail or E-mail).
FreeSpace! is provided “As is” with no warranty or guarantee of any kind. The use you give this program is at your own risk.
You may distribute unaltered copies of FreeSpace! to your local BBS, friends and co-workers as long as you keep the entire documentation with it (please use the original Self-Expanding Archive for this). You may NOT distribute copies of FreeSpace! for profit. If you wish to distribute FreeSpace! for profit as part of a shareware bundle or otherwise, you must get my approval first.
Be advised that if you intend to use FreeSpace! in a shared file environment you must pay one shareware fee for every three machines on your network using it. As an individual, you are also entitled to use it on up to 3 machines (i.e. home, office, portable).
Once you pay your registration fees you do not have to pay again to use newer Shareware versions of FreeSpace!.
If you find any bugs or if you have any comments or suggestions please E-Mail me at screen name HugoD on America Online or CompuServe Id #71461,1754. Let me know how you’re using FreeSpace!.
I hope this proves useful to you.
Go crazy,
Hugo.
••NOTE•• If you are using 16 or 24 bit color FreeSpace! might need more memory to show the Color Picker and work properly. If a dialog tells you there is not enough memory to open the Color Picker then quit FreeSpace! and allocate a little more memory by changing the ‘Preferred’ setting in the Get Info… box.
Re-wrote the whole program. Added multiple features like color, notification and warnings. Made all options available to the user so the program’s feel can be customized to their taste. Added support for multiple monitors.
