I had high hopes when I installed this and was keen to compare it with X1 and Lookeen. But there are a number of things I did not like really: a) the program immediately hogs 100% of CPU for hours without end. Ran the whole night and there is no indication when it is likely to finish b) there is no indication about progress it has made e.g. X many files indexed with Y files to go needing approx Z hours c) after 4 hours BLOB said it had encountered an error and has to close but the background indexing continued nevertheless and had to be stopped with the task manager d) it is unclear whether the app indexes pdf files and what other file types and whether it does some kind of recognition. Or whether it just indexes file names e) while it indexes, access to Outlook (part of MS Office) seems to be disabled. It is unclear whether it actually indexed Outlook pst files. Reluctantly I deinstalled and shall stay with Lookeen.

the giveaway is not working it say that the key cannot be activate this license key is invalid, so can you help don't now way it provides a key that is invalid, I try there website but there is no place to let dem now there is a problem or the key doesn't work, thank you

Search in the e-mail is not complete. I tried searching for certain emails received in last two days but instead, it is able to give me details of very old emails from the outlook that is in other .pst files. Also when I hover the mouse over the mail subject it is able to generate a quick view of the mail but is unable to open the mail. The quick view does not allow copy, select, reply or forward options.

We have received multiple requests to extend the giveaway, and have decided to extend the free giveaway of the Lite version (discount code GAOTD) by another day and the $9.99 promo for the Premium version (discount code GAOTDUpgrade) by a week.

These are my INITIAL comments only I might add more after the file indexing has completed).

Firstly, the Blob user interface window (UI) filled the entire primary monitor, so it became extremely difficult to see other jobs I was working on. Please change it to initially open the UI and not occupy the whole of the primary monitor (same for any secondary Blob windows). Also it should store the last-used UI size and location and subsequently open with these.

Secondly, I have something like 10 TB of storage (SSDs plus spinning disks) on my system, which Blob selects for indexing by default, not to mention several NAS systems which brings total storage to be indexed to 20 TB or more. When Blob started up it immediately took over all 16 threads of my AMD Ryzen 7 Model 1700 processor, and the system became very unresponsive. Luckily I use Process Lasso (PL), and after waiting patiently for about a minute for PL to respond, I was able to use PL to configure the CPU affinity for the Cataloger.exe task so that it was restricted to 3 or 4 of the Ryzen's threads. After a minute or two the system settled down and became responsive again.

These two initial shocks definitely should be removed!

I am looking forward to testing Blob thoroughly, it looks intriguing in what it's attempting to achieve compared with most other Windows-based catallllllg-and-search tools.

Hi.
I have a few questions:
a) I only saw this "You can buy the premium version today for $9.99 using the discount code GAOTDUpgrade during checkout." AFTER I had downloaded and installed the HOME LITE version. Is there any way I can pay the $9.99 to upgrade to PREMIUM please?

b) The program installed as expected, the license validated without any obvious errors, and the software is now happily indexing my drives and emails.
One thing I don't understand, is that it seems to be DOWNLOADING files from my OneDrive via "Cataloger.exe". Is it really going to download all the files I have in OneDrive (and that's a LOT of files) and where is it going to put them? I'm concerned my hard drive will fill up with duplicate files, and that my data allowance is gong to be horrendous.

c) When the program is "indexing" emails, is it reading the subject lines (and attachments) or is it reading the full email contents?

d) My email accounts contains probably hundreds of emails. How long does indexing take normally?

I think that's enough questions for now. I am keen to see how the program functions once the multiple indices are completed. Thanks for providing this chance to try the software out.

To the editor: Hi, The free version being the Lite one, it does not offer backup; do you confirm this information? Yes indeed, by paying 10$ (iinstead of 40$), I can get today the Premium version but ...!

To the interested persons: Note that the BlobInstaller (35.4 kB) is a first step; then, you choose which version you want to download; if you choose the "given" version, you choose HomeLite and it downloads 30 MB (in a location you cannot choose: C:\Users\"name"\Downloads\Blob.msi). After that, you are asked to enter the license code and installation starts (you may change the location). Then, you can launch the software.

Filled out form...clicked download....nothing happened, did not receive any download. Went back and repeated steps but notice popped up saying download already sent...nope! What do I do now? ....Cynthia S

Downloaded and was installing when it stated to install as "appdata". I instead put it in a 386 folder, as I wanted to test before deciding to keep it. After seeing how it ran, I went for uninstallation, only to discover it is incredibly hard to do! It did not show up under uninstallers (I've got three different ones) nor anywhere but the 386 program file I'd installed it to. I am glad I did put it there or I could never get rid of it! I finally had to do manual deletions of all fit's files, and had to use "Unlocker" to get rid of too many of them. Thanks gotd but no thanks. Caveat emptor people!

Product installed and registered ok. However, I'm unlikely to continue using this as CTRL-X has been commandeered as the show/hide keyboard shortcut. Now I am unable to cut and paste in any other application. This either needs removing altogether or at least provide a method to turn this off or/and allow the user to choose their own keys.

On trying the trial version install, I did not get completion as midway I got "can not continue another install in progress." But I have no other install in progress. Please feature on GAOTD when you straighten this out. Thanks.

I am anxious to try this but on two different machine I received:

Can not download file - an exception occurred during a webClient request.

Hi Datamaton - Looks like you are a responsive firm dealing well with a temporary glitch.

Question: Allowing your app that much access to my data, how do I know it doesn't 'phone home' and breach privacy?

Also, I have just seen someone's comment and I'm pretty sure that my key ends in the same digits as theirs.

Registered with two different email addresses (two different machines) and got the same licence key (ends 998G). Is there just the one key for all GAOTD users?

Keep getting error message. Invalid License Number. Already Been Used

We've received a large volume of emails and questions related to invalid license key errors. Unfortunately, our license server is getting worse, not better, with the continuing load on it. We'll work with our 3rd party license vendor, but it's unlikely the problem will be fixed today so most users with valid keys will not be able to activate their software today. The problems are all related to activating the license, not getting it for free. Once you get a free lifetime license today, you can activate it later too.

At time time, I recommend you don't even try to activate Blob today. Please get your free "Home Lite" license key but install the "Trial" version of Blob. This will not ask you to enter any license key and will enable all Blob functionality for 45 days. You can activate your "Home Lite" key anytime within this 45 day period (or even later). To change your license key from the "Trial" to "Lite" in future, please open Blob, click on Help (the "?" icon) and select the "Manage Installation" menu option. Select "Upgrade to a different or newer major release of Blob" and click on the "OK" button. Then select the "Install the Lite version of Blob" and follow the prompts to enter your license key.

I hope to start getting feedback about the product itself!

Thanks,
Rajesh (Datamaton Inc.)

Key says invalid or already installed. Key was cut and pasted from email.

I just purchased the premium edition with paypal but I was never provided a license. Paypal charged me (verified) but didn't return me to the datamon website. How do I get a license key?

To Vivek, Marcus, David and possibly others facing license activation problems: this is likely caused by the huge traffic surge we are seeing. I have a couple of suggestions:

1) Please send us an email at support@datamaton.com with your license key and we'll investigate.

2) As a temporary workaround, you can install the trial version of Blob. This will not ask you to enter a license key and will enable all Blob functionality for 45 days. You can retry activating the license later, when the traffic to our license server has become more manageable.

I apologize for this, and want to emphasize that once you have a license key you can activate it even after the 1-day giveaway has expired.

Rajesh (Datamaton Inc.)

Chose the Lite Option and then pasted in the key and also received the same error. Should we download the Premium version instead?

Tried to install with the provided download and did register however when entering the Home Lite version license key, advised that the key is "invalid or has already been used" ... please advise how to resolve?

Well, after all that, that was a waste of time! Got to the stage where I'm expected to put the key in, and got a message saying it was invalid or had already been used. Errrm. No it hadn't. Certainly not by me. At this moment in time I'll just stick to the Windows' search facility thankyou.

Same for me - licence key already used

The key is not working for me... It is saying its already used.