A Question on disk usage in Mac OSX.

[weeddigger]

I would like to see a breakdown of what is using the space on my hard drive.

I have a general idea where things are coming from, but would still like to see a graph maybe detailing what the hard drive is holding.

I dunno, maybe this should be much simpler to find, I just can't figure it out.

Thanks for any help.

[mkelly]

I would like to see a breakdown of what is using the space on my hard drive.

Disk Inventory X - I found it a little hard to figure out the results at first, but it makes sense to me now.



I lost a load of hard disk space unexpectedly once, and when I fire this app up I quickly saw a massive square and was able to track it down straight away.

[swishniak]

or check out daisydisk. killer gui.

[SubFunk]

why not using under view options.. calculate all sizes?

[DJ VAKIS]

why not using under view options.. calculate all sizes?

How?

[weeddigger]

Thanks for the info guys.

And Vakis,

open a finder window, look at whatever folders you want to calculate, hit apple + J, a window pops up. Seclect what you want to see in your finder window, then go from there. Some calculations take a while, depending on the size of the folders.

[SubFunk]

^^^ yup.

[bodhi71]

uhm.... where's the apple button

[steko]

Command

cmd

?

[arachnaut]

Grand Perspective is free and also does this.

http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/

[beats me]

Do any of these show what percentage of your drive is porn?

[Jekblad]

another simple one is "whatsize" makes it easy

[mkelly]

Thanks for the info guys.

And Vakis,

open a finder window, look at whatever folders you want to calculate, hit apple + J, a window pops up. Seclect what you want to see in your finder window, then go from there. Some calculations take a while, depending on the size of the folders.

Is this a Leopard thing? I don't get anything about folder size in Tiger.

[SubFunk]

It's in tiger as well, let's start lesson one... Learn OSX...

[mkelly]

It's in tiger as well, let's start lesson one... Learn OSX...

Hey there. Who took the jam out of your donut today?

I did some more investigating and it seems that the Calculate All Sizes option is only available if you use List View in Finder. I don't - and I'm betting there are other people in the world who might not either. So maybe you want to join me in lesson one.