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DiskCatalogMaker alternative? Free or cheaper?

u/artfelligMay 23, 2026r/macapps

This app is $39 from the web site, $79 for some reason from the app store. Anyone know of other mac apps for cataloging offline disks? To search them without mounting...

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This app is $39 from the web site, $79 for some reason from the app store. Anyone know of other mac apps for cataloging offline disks? To search them without mounting...

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u/artfelligOP

Thanks; can it quickly catalog all files and folders of external discs, do you know?

u/Only_Bullfrog_2185

Yes i use it.

u/Beneficial-Mind-5932

NeoFinder is the other long-standing app for this, also paid (around $40). If you don't mind doing it manually, you can ls -laR /Volumes/drivename > drive.txt per drive and grep across the text files later. Works, just no UI.

u/Cosy_Concrete

Waiting for metadata editing to be added. Essential feature.

u/cmac-212

It’s in beta now if you’d like to try it. More details on my blog.

u/artfelligOP

Thanks, but I don't think that's what I'm looking for--I just need a simple list of files and folders for multiple discs, like this: https://diskcatalogmaker.com/

u/Only_Bullfrog_2185

FileList Export is great.

u/cmac-212

I’ve designed this for visual artists, but you can allow any extension you want when building reference catalogs. https://pixlpath.com If you’d like, reach out directly and I’ll message you a link to try it out.

u/frustball

As others have said, I've heard a lot of good things about NeoFinder. If you do want to have the ability to back up to multiple drives (3-2-1 backup) and search the files/know where everything is even when those drives are plugged out, I'm building Tusk at the moment and the beta starts on Monday: tuskbackup.com But, if it's just for the file catalog, you won't go wrong with NeoFinder :)

u/Elegant_Mobile4311

DriveVault - Hard Drives Unplugged Disk Manager-manage all disks NeoFinder – The Digital Asset Manager for macOS and iOS What do you think about this area? I am using Drive Vault.

u/dvdweyer

I've used NeoFinder for years. It handles this scenario pretty well. I recently looked at Offline Files (https://robertpaulkothe.gumroad.com/l/offlinefiles) which made a good first impression.

u/behridingle

Apple takes 30% for software sold on the AppStore, which probably explains the price difference.