We reviewed a software program to sort files and folders automatically just a few hours ago. This time we are reviewing another file management tool to move files automatically without having to initiate the transfer manually. Move Out is a portable software for the Windows operating system that will monitor specific folders in the operating [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Sort Files Folders Automatically
If you are a messy downloader – that is someone who likes to place all downloads into one folder which grows very large in size over time – you might need a tool to sort the files and folders in that download folder automatically. There are other scenarios where sorting files and folders might come [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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File Extensions Identification
Every computer user will eventually encounter files that cannot be opened with the programs installed on the computer system. Experienced users might try to open those files in a basic text editor or perform a search on the Internet to find a program that can open files with those extensions. Another possibility is the Open [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Pick Me Selects Random Files From Directories
If you got a large hard drive with all kind of multimedia files you might sometimes need someone else to tell you what to watch or listen to. We all have this moments of indecision where to much choice can make it harder to make a decision. Shall I watch 24, Lost or The IT [...]
Analyse your hard disk and stop wasting space
Your hard disk space may seem increasingly small but you may not be aware what is taking the space. I, for example, subscribed to dozens of podcasts but naively overlooked them when trying to clear space. In fact, they took up 5GB of space! Whilst disk space is no longer seen as a problem, considering [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 5
Is It Reasonable To Offer 1 Terabyte of Storage As A File Hoster?
Offering the biggest storage capacities of all the file hosts on the Internet will surely drive some traffic to a file hoster’s website. Oosah did just that with the announcement that they would offer 1 Terabyte – that is 1024 Gigabytes – to everyone signing up for their file hosting service. And while they surely [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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File Information
Files are added to a computer system continuously. Users install new software, create files, edit, copy and move old ones and the system adds to that by creating temporary files automatically all the time. Browsing the computer system might reveal files that cannot be identified by looking at its filename or folder. This can happen [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 5
DropBox Is Available For Everyone
The file syncing and hosting service DropBox was covered before at Ghacks and I recently had to check it out again because I needed a way to sync some files with a business partner of mine. Dropbox uses a combination of software client and web client which provide both access to the files unlike normal [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Compare Directories and Copy Unique Files
Third Dir is an interesting software created by the Slovakian software developer Robert Vašíček. The basic use of Third Dir it is to compare the files of one directory with another and move all unique files of the first directory to a third directory. The first thing that I noticed after downloading the application was [...]