Hi, I remember about 10 years ago, there was an utility to show the size of each files/folders in graphical format. It was like bar chat in circular form. I could easily tell which files/folders occupied lots of disk space and decided if I wanted to move them to somewhere else. Any good utilities to do these?
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Which utility shows the fixe size in graphical format?
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I believe Disk Inventory X is what you’re looking for.
Daisy Disk perhaps:
daisydiskapp.com
Not sure what the difference is between the free and the paid versions.
I use Grand Perpsective:
grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net
DaisyDisk, the most popular disk space analyzer
Get a visual breakdown of your disk space in form of an interactive map, reveal the biggest space wasters, and remove them with a simple drag and drop.
Not sure what the difference is between the free and the paid versions.
I use Grand Perpsective:
GrandPerspective
Daisy Disk perhaps:
DaisyDisk, the most popular disk space analyzer
Get a visual breakdown of your disk space in form of an interactive map, reveal the biggest space wasters, and remove them with a simple drag and drop.
Not sure what the difference is between the free and the paid versions.
I use Grand Perpsective:
GrandPerspective
Thanks. I used something that looked like daisydisk. It was free.
OK, that one is not graphical, but you get a list of your biggest files:
Apple Menue, choose:
- About This Mac
- Storage
- Manage ...
- Optimize Storage
Once done (give it some time), it will list major/big directories and give you a list of the biggest files in each of these locations.
Build in, so it's for free.
Apple Menue, choose:
- About This Mac
- Storage
- Manage ...
- Optimize Storage
Once done (give it some time), it will list major/big directories and give you a list of the biggest files in each of these locations.
Build in, so it's for free.
Another vote for Disk Inventory X - good to see its still being maintained.
It doesn't do the fancy "flower" graphs but, frankly, I've never quite seen the value of those, whereas the rectangular "treemap" format used by Disk Inventory X (originally from KDirStat) is intuitively obvious and rather brilliant.
(Feel free to explain what subtle elegance I'm missing from the 'flower' plots, but bending stuff into a circle immediately raises all sorts of unnecessary questions about the significance of area, so it's starting off on the wrong side of "form over function" for me... For something I only use a few times a year, not having to learn to interpret the representation is a good thing...)