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wfriedwald

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Jan 1, 2017
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I have about 20-30 external hard drives.

some of them contain numerous "volumes" (ie, partitions).

I have a terrible time keeping track of what is where.

is there any app that can help with this, help me keep track of what volume / partition is on every hard drive?

anyhow, thanks for your feedback ... Happy Thanksgiving!
 

wfriedwald

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Jan 1, 2017
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yes! that's what I use to create the partitions to begin with. But still, is there something that can keep a running catalog of what partitions are on which drive? (As far as I know, disk util only can show you what is on a drive when that drive is connected or mounted. I would love something that keeps track of drives that are not currently connected and powered up.)

thanks as always for the feedback,

W
 

Fishrrman

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Feb 20, 2009
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You probably need to create your own "database" of drives.

If you have Pages, you could create a document with a "table format" and enter the info there...
 
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Ben J.

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Neofinder is a very powerful disk catalogue maker that I used to use. For indexing/cataloging/searching multiple types of media. CDs, DVDs, HDs, SSDs etc. Not free, but a serious tool for big amounts of data. There's a 30 day fully functional demo.
 

Bigwaff

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Sep 20, 2013
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There is also the eponymously named...
 

pipo2

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Jan 24, 2023
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I have about 20-30 external hard drives.

some of them contain numerous "volumes" (ie, partitions).

I have a terrible time keeping track of what is where.

is there any app that can help with this, help me keep track of what volume / partition is on every hard drive?

anyhow, thanks for your feedback ... Happy Thanksgiving!
Thank you very much for asking this question!

It triggered me to find a solution usable in my work environment which is somewhat similar to your situation wrt drives and sticks. I do not use a database application or any of the applications suggested by others. No doubt all great and very useful stuff. But I opted for simple Finder usage and a handful of Terminal commands. It seems to work. Nothing fancy, nothing sophisticated, but hopefully usable for my co-worker(s).
Cheers!
 
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