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Ghost Hunter 1.6 ($10 Shareware) The Mac OS, like many other operating systems, embraces the concept of invisible files. Files are usually invisible for a good reason, in that they were never meant to be accessed by the user. But there are times when things may go awry, and you'd like to clear out some of these files and start fresh. Or you may just be nosy. Ghost Hunter can help. Once you start Ghost Hunter, you'll be presented with a dialog that will let you select the drive you'd like to scan. Double-click on the drive, and Ghost Hunter will do its thing. Once it is done, you'll see a directory listing of the drive. A 'Kind' column in the listing will show if any files at this level are invisible. The Results of a Search Shows Invisible Files and Folders You can do several things from this window. A double-click on a folder will reveal files in that folder. Double-clicking on a file will reveal an info window, showing such statistics as the file name, size, creation date and modification date. There is a checkbox for the visible/invisible state of the file.
Detailed File Information Back to the search result window, it also has Up, Root, Delete, Visible and Refresh buttons. The Up and Root buttons are for navigation. The Delete button will delete a file (be careful!) and the Visible button will toggle the visibility of the file or folder. Could be useful for keeping certain files or folders away from causal inspection. The Refresh button will update the window contents in case files or volumes have been added or deleted. Finally, there is a checkbox to Show Visible Files. This option can really slow down scanning time, but will offer the opportunity to make visible files invisible. To clear out unwanted or unused invisible files, or to find out exactly what files are invisible, be sure to give Ghost Hunter a shot. Have any other Mac OS Gadgets you'd like us to look at? Let John know via e-mail, or share it with the rest of us in the Mac Gadget Forum. Useful Link |
