Utilities | Service Scrubber | Finds applications on a Time Machine backup drive

Service Scrubber

Restructure services menu and change service keyboard.

Version: 1.1.5

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Finds applications on a Time Machine backup drive

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Contributed by: Ward44 Thursday, January 03 2008 @ 10:09 AM PST

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: Less than a month

When I first used Service Scrubber to trim my Services menu a couple of days ago, I was puzzled by some applications appearing more than once in the list. Today there are even more. Looking more closely, I now see that Service Scrubber is scanning my Time Machine backup drive and finding extraneous copies of applications (e.g., Dictionary, Font Book, Mail, Preview, Safari).

I hope Service Scrubber has not adversely affected my Time Machine backups.

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Scan only the boot volume - Ward44

I just discovered a Service Scrubber Preference that blocks scanning my Time Machine disk:

"Only list service providers that are located on the boot volume"

That does the trick for my current Mac Pro configuration. It would not have worked in my former G4, where applications were on the smallish boot volume and another internal drive.

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