( Fully automatic file cataloging program for the Macintosh )
• Introduction:
VirtualDisk™ adds a new disk volume on your desktop. This "virtual" disk contains entries for each file/folder cataloged. Search it as you do your SCSI disk, select the desired entry, and you are prompted to insert the appropriate disk, cartridge, CD, etc. This provides the most intuitive way to browse your disk collection and locate any desired file.
You can forget about inserting and searching each removable disk separately - search ALL your mounted and unmounted disks with one search command.
This program requires System 7 and a SCSI disk with at least 1 Meg of free space to hold the catalog. The accompanying file is an evaluation version of this commercial product. This evaluation program will restrict the catalog size to 2 Megabytes (enough for 10,000 files), and will function for 30 days.
• Description:
VirtualDisk™ will allow you to find and access ANY file you own, whether it is currently on your hard disk, on any of your floppy disks, cartridges, CDs, or remote on a networked volume for which you have access. VirtualDisk™ does this by cataloging any removable disk as you eject it - placing the appropriate entries in a catalog volume. Each file is represented by a 0 byte catalog file that contains all the functionality of a System 7 alias. This unlocks the power of System 7 aliases in a way you never dreamed possible.
Once cataloged, you are free to search your hard disk and VirtualDisk catalog volume with any file search means you choose - Finder, Find File, Get File dialog, for example. Simply select the desired file and you are prompted to insert the appropriate disk. This allows you to find a file from within that drawer full of floppies in a matter of seconds!
See MACWORLD, July 94 (pg 91) - for a 4 Star review: “Judged alone, VirtualDisk is perhaps the best solution to your disk-cataloging woes. When you add EasyLabels and DiskDup+ to the mix, it's an excellent value indeed and I highly recommend it.” - Gene Steinberg, editor.
“This is one of those software utilities that is not only a "must have", but I wonder how I worked without VirtualDisk™, Thank You.” - Ray Arthur Monigold, customer.
• Principal Features
1) VirtualDisk™ is always cataloging your disks as encountered.
No application to open, no effort on your part. Simply eject a disk - VirtualDisk™ does the rest for you.
2) Your catalog is always current.
VirtualDisk™ monitors changes to your floppies, and removables, and updates its visual catalog accordingly. You will know, with up-to-the-minute accuracy, the location of all your files.
3) Your catalog is always available on your Mac's desktop.
No application to open, nothing new to learn. VirtualDisk's icon resting on your desktop contains a visual catalog of all the files and floppies that you use. It is standard Macintosh volume, opens with a double click, looks and feels just like just another disk. Your cataloged files, zero bites in size each, act like compact aliases that, when double clicked on, remember where they came from and prompt you for the appropriate disk.
4) Catalogs StuffIt™, CompactPro™, DiskDoubler™ and others:
VirtualDisk will catalog files inside archives created by StuffIt, DiskDoubler, CompactPro, and NowCompress™, plus contents of disk image files from Copy Disk and DiskDup+, or backup directory files made with Retrospect™. Like other catalog entries, these items can be found with the same single "search" command, and accessed by double clicking with the finder.
5) Cataloged applications function like real applications.
You can even open a document that was created by an application that is in the catalog. The Finder will launch the cataloged application entry and you will then be asked to insert the disk containing the actual application.
• Installation:
Simply place a copy of VirtualDisk into your System 7 folder. Select the VirtualDisk control panel file and "Create" a catalog file. A new volume, the catalog, will appear on your desktop just under you disk volume icons. From now on, ejecting any removable media will cause its contents to be added to this catalog volume. You may access the contents of the catalog just as though it were another disk.
• To Purchase:
Get the ultimate media management tools now priced at $79.00. That's VirtualDisk Cataloging Software to easily find your files, the powerful EasyLabels utility to easily label your disks, and finally, DiskDup+, the best floppy disk duplicator program available.
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