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June 24, 2011 04:45 PM

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Raj

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Where does Pogoplug for Mac save it's index file? Does it cache any of the media files?

Since installing Pogoplug on my Mac, 10GB of my hard-drive space seems to have disappeared!

I would appreciate any thoughts.

Thanks

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June 24, 2011 7:07 PM

I'd like to know the answer to this question also... even though I have my iMac set not to index, it seems to have done it anyway!

JRB

June 30, 2011 11:41 AM

is a hidden folder that is created in each folder you have decided to get into de pogoplug.

is called .cedata folder.

June 30, 2011 12:43 PM

Is there anyway to check how much space the indexes are eating up on the hard drive?

June 30, 2011 2:25 PM

Ah yes, thanks to Gerardo for pointing that out... I had forgotten long ago I had an issue on my dedicated Pogoplug drive that required deleting that invisible file.

Raj, you can download TinkerTool which will show hidden files on your drives and let you remove them:

http://www.bresink.com/osx/TinkerTool.html

JRB

June 30, 2011 3:08 PM

FYI, I just deleted the .cedata folders on my iMac (they're located in each of the shared directories that Pogoplug uses) and reclaimed nearly 4GB of hard disk space! I don't want or need these indexes, which I've already turned off on the Pogoplug web portal. Hopefully in the future they'll give us a software-based method for opting out or removing these hidden cache files...

JRB

July 1, 2011 10:29 AM

JRBTempe said: FYI, I just deleted the .cedata folders on my iMac (they're located in each of the shared directories that Pogoplug uses) and reclaimed nearly 4GB of hard disk space! I don't want or need these indexes, which I've already turned off on the Pogoplug web portal. Hopefully in the future they'll give us a software-based method for opting out or removing these hidden cache files... JRB
Where do you turn off indexing on the Pogoplug portal? I couldn't find it under settings.

July 1, 2011 10:30 AM

@JRB Thanks for the location of the index file(s). They were taking up a lot of space on my HD.

July 1, 2011 1:06 PM

Hey Raj... you have to turn off indexing from the web portal... with all of your Pogoplug-enabled computers awake, log in, go to Settings > Media Settings, select the computer or device you want to change and make sure the four optimize/metadata/thumbnail settings there are all set to Never. Make sure to click "Apply changes" to make it stick, then repeat for any other devices. Then you can delete the .cedata folders and be assured they won't return. ;-)

JRB

July 1, 2011 2:36 PM

Thanks. I couldn't find it with my Remote Sharing off. Once I turned it on, I saw the settings.

Do these two settings also create indexes?
- Optimize your videos for remote playback
- Use optimized videos for local playback

July 1, 2011 7:42 PM

Raj said: Thanks. I couldn't find it with my Remote Sharing off. Once I turned it on, I saw the settings. Do these two settings also create indexes? - Optimize your videos for remote playback - Use optimized videos for local playback

I don't think the "optimized videos" settings create indexes (maybe someone can tell us for sure), but they will eat up your hard drive space with smaller copies of all your videos, which is why I turned them off...

JRB

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