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Droffett - 1.0.1

flattens a folder moving all files out of sub folders

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All Time:	(4.5)
Version 1.0.1:	(4.5)
Selected Version:	1.0.1
Release Date:	2006-03-01
License:	Freeware
Downloads (version 1.0.1):	614
Downloads (all versions):	3,796

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Product Description:

Droffett is a drop application utility which "flattens" a folder, i.e. moves all files which are descendants of it so that they are directly inside it. You can also visualize this as all descendant files percolating up into the given folder.

Beware: The operation can not be undone unless you manually make a backup copy of the folder. Use at your own risk!

Please also note the following:

Application packages, bundles, etc. are condsidered folders, and their contents will also be moved.
The "emptied" folders are left intact.
Once a file is moved any other files with the same name are not moved.
Folders themselves are not moved.

How to use: Drag a folder on top of the Droffett application icon in the Finder or the main window. Droffett then prompts you to confirm you really want to flatten the folder because it can not reverse the action.

(By default Droffett quits when it's done. Use the "Preferences..." menu item in the Droffett menu to turn this option off.)

What's new in this version:

Built as Universal Binary.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Mac OS X 10.3.9
Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.2.8 or higher

Feedback Summary:

Version 1.0.1:
Overall Rating:	(4.5)	Features:	(3.0)	Support:	(4.0)
Ease of Use:	(4.0)	Quality / Stability:	(4.0)	Price:	(5.0)

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What a utility SHOULD be! - Version: 1.0.1, 9/24/2006 07:28PM PST

cinthiamac

Wow! Droffett does what it says simply and without problems. I have hard drives with files that have been stored for years, meaning many duplicates. Trouble is some of them are so far deep into sub folders, it take forever. Droffett solves all that. Thanks for a great app.

Initial assessment: A-OK! - Version: 1.0.1, 3/1/2006 11:54AM PST

pohld

I've only used Droffett a couple times, and it works as advertised just fine on my Mac OS X 10.2.8 machine. Seems to be one of those "do one thing and do it well" or at least "do it without crashing and causing immense annoyance" programs. Two additional features would make it more useful -- 1) if instead of just not moving files that have the same name as files already in the target location, it would rename the files in a user=configurable way, or even just by adding a number like a lot of other programs do in a similar situation; and 2) it would be great if it could optionally rename or add to filenames the name of each files enclosing folder. So if you've got a bunch of folders with, say, student names, and each contains a set of files with identical names like "test01", "test02", etc. it would be good if Droffett could add the folder names to those file names, so you would end up with the "flattened" collected files having names like "Smith test01", "Macy test 01", "Fritz test 01".

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Initial assessment: A-OK!