Getting started with iCat is simple. If you're reading this help document, you've already installed the application. Congratulations!
When you first started the application, you will see an empty list of items with some controls above it. The buttons have the following meaning:
add - The button with the plus sign adds an empty row abbove the currently selected row, and selects it. You can now start changing the default content from unknown to whatever the you feel the values should be. There is no limit on the format from the fields, so you could name the carrier #12 or MYDISC, iCat does not pose any restriction.
del - The button with the minus sign deletes the currently selected rows, after you have confirmed this action
scan - The button with the downwards pointing arrow scans a carrier (or folder) which you are asked to select. Be patient as this may take some time. It is programmed to scan for new discs, so it will try to match the carrier id with the directory name you have selected and scan the contents. The name field is filled with the name of the item found. iCat will also fill the type field with the kind of item you have, based on this field it will try to sort the item in one of the default categories: application, archive, audio, document, image, movie or else unknown.
inspect - If you click on the inspector button you can filter the results displayed in the item view by filtering on certain carriers, categories or types. The filters impact eachother as well:
If a carrier is selected, the categories filter is updated to reflect only the categories really present on this carrier. Like wise if a category is selected the types filter is updated to show only the types applicable for the selected carrier and selected category.
search - The search field is a special filter that limits the item view by showing only the items that are a contain the word typed in the search field in either the carrier, name, category or type. Also the filters in inspector are adapted to reflect the displayed situation.
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