How to know what's on an external HD when it's not connected?

[illjazz]

I frequently download stuff from the web. If it's something I think is worth keeping, I eventually dump it on an external HD to free up space on my MBP. I don't always have that HD with me and the amount of stuff that's on there has grown to a point where it's getting hard to keep track of what's on it and what isn't yet. Do you know of a utility that will, I don't know, index the external HD for me, letting me see what's on it even when it's not connected to my Mac?

Thanks!

 

[GGJstudios]

You can't see what's on a drive unless you can access it. Even a utility would need to access the drive to read its contents.

 

[illjazz]

You can't see what's on a drive unless you can access it. Even a utility would need to access the drive to read its contents.

Oh, of course. I meant a utility that would scan the drive and memorize what's on it once, so that I'll know what's on it UNTIL the next time I connect the HD to the Mac. Path Finder can give me directory listings.. but only for the current folder. A recursive directory/file listing for the whole drive would be just what I need.

 

[jackerin]

I use DiskTracker, mostly for CDs and DVDs, but it can do HDs too.