I agree there are problems to be resolved. Unfortunately Woo Hoo did not do all that i had hoped it would do.
It is a matter of good housekeeping just as in the game a sim could suffer a slow Death by Flies, our Macs could suffer a slow Death by Files - so any tool to keep the download folder tidy is useful. The Sims 2 did seem to run more smoothly after getting rid of a large number of files from the download folder but I changed my mind and prefer to recover what I had before. Having deleted all the files that Woo Hoo identified as corrupt I decided to reload the back up copy (made by the finder).
Another tool is the DBPF Reader - it reads the .package file in the Sims 2. It is available from Atelier Quebec.
http://pages.infinit.net/origami/Atelier_Quebec/From the home screen select the program button and go to the program screen.
Here you will find three programs. IFF.Snooper is for The Sims 1 IFF files, Skn2UV looks at the maps inside SKN files - I think. On the right hand side is the DBPF Reader.
Below the icons are three rows. The top row is for PCs and links more information - I think, the second row is for Mac OSX, the last row is for Mac OS 9.
The explanations there are very good, even I can understand them.
Back to Woo Hoo. The browse button works OK. When I use the Backup button in Woo Hoo (doe that sound bad?) A button New Smart Backup on the lower right right hand side should appear to initiate the back up. A small window should appear to Rename the Back up folder. This will take a while but you can have fun watching a blue bar gradually extend across the lower part of the big window.
The back up seems to work only if there are not any bad corrupt files. But there are two kinds of corrupt files: those that work (good corrupt files) and those that don't (bad corrupt files). The ones that work I think are from the more recent EPs which were released after Woo Hoo was made and not recognised by Woo Hoo as good files. The DBPF reader identifies these good files as Version 1.2.
I am still happy with the funcionality that it offers but it reads Version 1 and 1.1 only. the later Version. 1.2 files are considered corrupt and these files are files I want to keep. I think I will use Woo Hoo in conjunction with the DBPF reader to identify and remove files which are no longer required.
Phew! Basically what I am trying to say is that in my opinion Woo Hoo is a small step in the right direction but has to be used with care.