Catalog - 1.3.5

Good

• Advanced search (OK)

Bad

• Not properly displaying '/' in file name (displays as ':')
• Buggy: Double clicked folder (filtered search) and other folders appeared with expanded contents
• Unpredictable relationship between which volumes are selected in left column and which files are displayed. e.g. I have two volumes cataloged and select them both — only one volume's files are displayed when no filter applied, and yet when I add a filter, it displays from both volumes.
• No Findit import

Catalog's interface looks attractive upon startup — but that's where the fun ended for me.

My task was to find an OS X replacement for Iomega Findit, which has faithfully cataloged our large collection of CD archives over the years.

To test the speed of adding disks to the catalog, I used two disks from our archives.

Speed:

• Disk 1: approx 30 seconds? (second import 20 seconds)
• Disk 2: 12 seconds

I briefly tested the following software:

• DiskCatalogMaker
• DEVONthink
• CDFinder
• Catalog
• FileFinder
• Locator

Note: There are many others that I didn't test at all because they looked less promising, based on their descriptions and other people's reviews. I did try to install Tri CAT but it returned a 'Fatal error'. While I have tried to give a fair and honest appraisal of each product, I don't pretend that each review is particularly comprehensive. My main focus was finding the program best suited to our needs — not spending all week reviewing software. I offer this simple comparison to try and help others who might be on a similar search.

I ended up settling on DiskCatalogMaker.