Cataloging drives and folders
Reconnect is the moment an inventory becomes an openable source again.
When a known drive mounts, Catalog matches its identity and marks the source online. The offline label clears, and the coordinator can rescan the catalog to incorporate changes. If the disk changed substantially or was replaced, verify the source before trusting an old path and create a new catalog when the identity is genuinely different.
Open Catalog… from Everywhere’s menu bar item and add the drive or folder that matters. Let the first catalogue finish, then search by filename and browse the recorded folder tree. When the source is disconnected, the catalogue remains available and results are labelled offline so you know why opening the file requires reconnecting the drive.
Keep the original drive unchanged, use a clear catalogue name, and rescan after a large round of changes. Catalogues are for the places you choose; they do not silently turn a whole-Mac search into a second scan.
Known-drive coordination can keep a catalog current; use Rescan when you need an explicit completed update.
A changed mount name does not by itself prevent identity matching.
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