[No Thirst Software] Re: Scans of Receipts

2009-01-03 Thread Jaysen
Most scanned formats are already compressed. A second round of compression will actually make the files larger. How about this: 1. Create a local repository for all receipts. New scans go here. 2. Use rsync to keep the NAS/file server in sync. This is basically what time machines does, but it

[No Thirst Software] Re: Scans of Receipts

2009-01-03 Thread Blair Watkinson
Kevin, I can send you a copy of my ReceiptWallet file if you want to see a sample implementation of a package format. Receipt Wallet uses a document/library that is a singular file but includes the receipts in its package. You can actually view every receipt if you choose to view

[No Thirst Software] Re: Scans of Receipts

2009-01-03 Thread Jaysen
MoneyWell uses an Apple database technology called Core Data and it   doesn't like being in a package. An OS X package is nothing more than   a folder with a special flag that keeps you from looking into it by   accident. Hmm... I wonder it this might be why time machine is failing when I

[No Thirst Software] Re: Scans of Receipts

2009-01-03 Thread Kevin Hoctor
On Jan 3, 2009, at 6:45 PM, Jaysen wrote: MoneyWell uses an Apple database technology called Core Data and it doesn't like being in a package. An OS X package is nothing more than a folder with a special flag that keeps you from looking into it by accident. Hmm... I wonder it this might be

Fwd: [No Thirst Software] Re: Scans of Receipts

2009-01-03 Thread Kevin Hoctor
Begin forwarded message: Great point. I was wondering what would happen if I changed my folder structure, and I'm not sure I want to find out. I have seen some software that allow you to select whether or not the external files would be included in the actual database or if only the