somabc Posted August 9, 2008 Posted August 9, 2008 is there a piece of software like treesize for macs, my laptop HD is nearly full and I want to see where all the space is being used up!
SYNACK Posted August 9, 2008 Posted August 9, 2008 (edited) There is this application id-design, inc. | WhatSize shareware for up to 20gb or $12.99 for the full version. There are also some ideas on how to use the terminal to get a list which is simmilar here http://ask.metafilter.com/32028/Nested-folder-file-size-in-OSX Edited August 9, 2008 by SYNACK
adriant Posted August 10, 2008 Posted August 10, 2008 Open up a Terminal window cd [directory you want to check] du -sm * | sort -rn This will give you a list (biggest first, size in megabytes) of files/directories below where you run the command from.
MPorter Posted August 10, 2008 Posted August 10, 2008 Graphically, hard drive usage can be analysed using Disk Inventory X. Maria
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