Author: admin
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Does SyncTime use checksums to compare files?
The default overwrite policy compares the modification date and size of a file to avoid comparing the actual file contents, which depending on the file size could take a long time. A checksum (or hash) is a short character sequence computed from a given input (e.g. a file). A checksum is, with high probability, unique…
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Why are all not downloaded cloud files shown?
By default, each file is shown by its virtual size. This means that cloud files, including iCloud Drive files, that are not downloaded locally are displayed by the size that they have in the cloud. To show cloud files by their physical size, or allocated size, you can change the Size mode from Size to…
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Can I use Disk Graph to visualize my custom data?
Disk Graph can not only scan directories, but also open snapshot files which contain hierarchical data. To learn how to create snapshot files, please read Snapshots.
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Snapshots
After scanning a directory, you can export a snapshot of it. A snapshot is a file that can be opened in Disk Graph later to show the graph as it was at the time of the export. A snapshot can not only show a directory as it was at a certain point in time, but…
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Why are my .iso games not listed?
Is the game extension actually .nkit.iso? Then the game is not supported by wit.
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Edit script
An edit script contains a list of find and replace operations that, when applied to an original file, produce a modified file. Since an edit script doesn’t modify the original file directly but allows you to export the result, there’s no risk of replacing many occurrences only to find out later that some replacements didn’t…
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Patch
A patch is a list of deletions, additions and changes that, when applied to an original file, produces a modified file. Patchword supports the default output format used by the diff command. If the original and modified files are big, instead of storing them both, you can compare them, export the patch file, and store…
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File sequence
A file sequence allows to open two or more directories or snapshots in a single graph and manually transition between them. While opening a single directory allows to see changes to that directory in real time, a file sequence allows to see changes between the different directories, which usually represent different points in time. In…