You can use Directory Monitor for real-time surveillance of certain directories and will notify you of file changes, deletions, modifications, and new files. FREE features. Real-time monitoring of file changes, modifications, deletions, new files and file access. Monitor local directories or network shares (including hidden/private shares).
Balloon notifications whenever an event is detected. Options to detect all files in subdirectories and changes to file attributes. Optionally execute an application/script when an event occurs. Log all changes to a text file of your choice. Include and exclude filters per directory.
Extend functionality with your own custom plugins. Auto updating, import/export. PRO features. Run as a background Windows service. Attempt to log the user on the network that made the changes. Command-line version to run from the console.
Snapshots to determine changes even when a share is down or the machine was off. Run external applications/scripts without hidden and in the background. Full Specifications What's new in version 2.7.1.3 - Recover better from XML import errors. Better handling of access issues using the HTML editor control in the Emailer plugin. Critical fix to the Exceptionless component that crashes the application when multiple instances are open. General Publisher Publisher web site Release Date February 25, 2014 Date Added March 07, 2014 Version 2.7.1.3 Category Category Subcategory Operating Systems Operating Systems Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/Server 2008/7/8 Additional Requirements.NET Framework 4.0 Download Information File Size 3.59MB File Name DirectoryMonitor2Setup.exe Popularity Total Downloads 2,074 Downloads Last Week 1 Pricing License Model Free to try Limitations 21-day trial Price $99.
Activity Monitor, the utility that comes with Mac OS X, is a pretty solid system statistics monitor. You can see CPU, memory, network, and disk activity/usage, plus it breaks down everything by task.