How can I see the main documents if they are not showing up in system information?
Mac Mini 2020 M1; 256GB; 8GB RAM - MacOS 12.6 Monterey
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146GB in Documents but no large files?
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How can I see the main documents if they are not showing up in system information?
Mac Mini 2020 M1; 256GB; 8GB RAM - MacOS 12.6 Monterey
Check out Omni Disk Sweeper. It scans the your drive and provides a sort list of documents.
You get a complete result set if you run it as root if you type this in a terminal after copying it to your applications folder
Which means your system level folders will be included AND if items in your document folder has permissions list that your account doesn't have permission for.
You get a complete result set if you run it as root if you type this in a terminal after copying it to your applications folder
Code:
sudo /Applications/OmniDiskSweeper.app/Contents/MacOS/OmniDiskSweeperWhich means your system level folders will be included AND if items in your document folder has permissions list that your account doesn't have permission for.
Thanks for reply, maybe I'm doing something wrong but I get this:
zsh: no matches found: *
Download DiskWave from here:
It's small in size and free.
Open DiskWave and go to the preferences.
Put a checkmark in "show invisible files".
Close preferences.
The DiskWave window shows you all your volumes and drives in plain English (no ridiculous graphical formats).
Click on any item "on the left".
Now, you'll see what's ON the volume, listed in order of "largest to smallest".
You can easily locate what's eating up your space.
It's small in size and free.
Open DiskWave and go to the preferences.
Put a checkmark in "show invisible files".
Close preferences.
The DiskWave window shows you all your volumes and drives in plain English (no ridiculous graphical formats).
Click on any item "on the left".
Now, you'll see what's ON the volume, listed in order of "largest to smallest".
You can easily locate what's eating up your space.
Thanks, this has helped me find a huge file and I can now transfer it to external storage
Are your documents not in the Documents folder? If they are in iCloud you'll have to go hunting around ~/Library.
The key combination in finder also lets you show all hidden files and folders.
Cmd-shift-. (Yes the dot)
Cmd-shift-. (Yes the dot)
Click the other tabs to see where your storage is being consumed. Documents doesn't mean ~/Documents dir only.