Good program to visualize file system usage on Mac? [closed]
Based on this question, I would like to know if there are any good programs to visualize file system usage on OS X?
I used to have SpaceMonger when I was using a PC and would love to find some alternatives for my Mac.
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Based on this question, I would like to know if there are any good programs to visualize file system usage on OS X?
I used to have SpaceMonger when I was using a PC and would love to find some alternatives for my Mac.
macos mac file-management disk-space
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In Ask Different, some useful additional answers under How can I figure out what's slowly eating my HD space?
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Based on this question, I would like to know if there are any good programs to visualize file system usage on OS X?
I used to have SpaceMonger when I was using a PC and would love to find some alternatives for my Mac.
macos mac file-management disk-space
Based on this question, I would like to know if there are any good programs to visualize file system usage on OS X?
I used to have SpaceMonger when I was using a PC and would love to find some alternatives for my Mac.
macos mac file-management disk-space
macos mac file-management disk-space
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In Ask Different, some useful additional answers under How can I figure out what's slowly eating my HD space?
– Graham Perrin
Aug 5 '11 at 9:04
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related: apple.stackexchange.com/questions/5353/…
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Sep 11 '11 at 13:25
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In Ask Different, some useful additional answers under How can I figure out what's slowly eating my HD space?
– Graham Perrin
Aug 5 '11 at 9:04
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related: apple.stackexchange.com/questions/5353/…
– cregox
Sep 11 '11 at 13:25
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In Ask Different, some useful additional answers under How can I figure out what's slowly eating my HD space?
– Graham Perrin
Aug 5 '11 at 9:04
In Ask Different, some useful additional answers under How can I figure out what's slowly eating my HD space?
– Graham Perrin
Aug 5 '11 at 9:04
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1
related: apple.stackexchange.com/questions/5353/…
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Have a look at
- Daisy Disk
With DaisyDisk you can free up disk
space by quickly finding and deleting
big, useless files. The program scans
any mounted disk and displays it on
the sunburst map, where segments mean
files and folders, proportionally to
their sizes. The map is easy to read
and navigate. You can also quickly
preview any file and reveal it in
Finder to delete.

OmniDiskSweeper is also another alternative.
OmniDiskSweeper presents you with a
list of disks attached to your
machine. Double-click on one, and a
new window opens with a “column” view
listing every folder and file you can
access, which it sorts by size as you
watch.
You then simply browse through the
folders and files and delete the large
ones which you are no longer using. If
a file is part of the system, it'll
say so on the panel (in the list of
Packages the file belongs to), so you
won't accidentally get rid of
something that would make your system
stop working. The free space on the
disk and the ordering of the folders
are automatically recalculated.

OmniDiskSweeper is freeware.
Looks like Baseline's dead :(
– ᔕᖺᘎᕊ
Dec 26 '14 at 21:06
DaisyDisk is a paid app — the answer fails to mention it.
– ccpizza
Sep 2 '15 at 6:27
What Size Mac is another (paid) alternative whatsizemac.com
– Bryce
Sep 19 '16 at 15:51
add a comment |
You want Disk Inventory X.
from the site:
The layout algorithm is based on
KDirStat. The idea to develop this
program came to me when a fellow of
mine showed me his creation
WinDirStat.

Disk Inventory X is freeware.
1
Disk Inventory X is very buggy on Mavericks and Yosemite, and the app appears to be abandoned. Source code is freely available but it has external dependencies so it's tricky to compile on your own. Not recommended unless you use a version of OSX for which it was originally compiled.
– ccpizza
Oct 22 '15 at 18:44
add a comment |
JDiskReport is available as a JAR file. It will run anywhere that a JRE is installed, including your Mac.

JDiskReport is handy for any Java-capable OS
– deddebme
Dec 22 '09 at 13:30
add a comment |
GrandPerspective is an Open Source app that will do what you're asking.

mmmh, this one seems to show only "blocks" while I actually like to be able to navigate through folders and files.
– Damien Varron
Dec 21 '09 at 19:17
add a comment |
WhatSize ($13) and Baseline ($20) both show you a view of all folders sorted by size which you can drill down into (among other view options). It is a little hard to describe, but much more useful than the graphical view of many of the other apps that have been listed. Baseline has more features such as making snapshots of your disk usage to compare to your current usage, but it is the more expensive of the two.
add a comment |
5 Answers
5
active
oldest
votes
5 Answers
5
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
Have a look at
- Daisy Disk
With DaisyDisk you can free up disk
space by quickly finding and deleting
big, useless files. The program scans
any mounted disk and displays it on
the sunburst map, where segments mean
files and folders, proportionally to
their sizes. The map is easy to read
and navigate. You can also quickly
preview any file and reveal it in
Finder to delete.

OmniDiskSweeper is also another alternative.
OmniDiskSweeper presents you with a
list of disks attached to your
machine. Double-click on one, and a
new window opens with a “column” view
listing every folder and file you can
access, which it sorts by size as you
watch.
You then simply browse through the
folders and files and delete the large
ones which you are no longer using. If
a file is part of the system, it'll
say so on the panel (in the list of
Packages the file belongs to), so you
won't accidentally get rid of
something that would make your system
stop working. The free space on the
disk and the ordering of the folders
are automatically recalculated.

OmniDiskSweeper is freeware.
Looks like Baseline's dead :(
– ᔕᖺᘎᕊ
Dec 26 '14 at 21:06
DaisyDisk is a paid app — the answer fails to mention it.
– ccpizza
Sep 2 '15 at 6:27
What Size Mac is another (paid) alternative whatsizemac.com
– Bryce
Sep 19 '16 at 15:51
add a comment |
Have a look at
- Daisy Disk
With DaisyDisk you can free up disk
space by quickly finding and deleting
big, useless files. The program scans
any mounted disk and displays it on
the sunburst map, where segments mean
files and folders, proportionally to
their sizes. The map is easy to read
and navigate. You can also quickly
preview any file and reveal it in
Finder to delete.

OmniDiskSweeper is also another alternative.
OmniDiskSweeper presents you with a
list of disks attached to your
machine. Double-click on one, and a
new window opens with a “column” view
listing every folder and file you can
access, which it sorts by size as you
watch.
You then simply browse through the
folders and files and delete the large
ones which you are no longer using. If
a file is part of the system, it'll
say so on the panel (in the list of
Packages the file belongs to), so you
won't accidentally get rid of
something that would make your system
stop working. The free space on the
disk and the ordering of the folders
are automatically recalculated.

OmniDiskSweeper is freeware.
Looks like Baseline's dead :(
– ᔕᖺᘎᕊ
Dec 26 '14 at 21:06
DaisyDisk is a paid app — the answer fails to mention it.
– ccpizza
Sep 2 '15 at 6:27
What Size Mac is another (paid) alternative whatsizemac.com
– Bryce
Sep 19 '16 at 15:51
add a comment |
Have a look at
- Daisy Disk
With DaisyDisk you can free up disk
space by quickly finding and deleting
big, useless files. The program scans
any mounted disk and displays it on
the sunburst map, where segments mean
files and folders, proportionally to
their sizes. The map is easy to read
and navigate. You can also quickly
preview any file and reveal it in
Finder to delete.

OmniDiskSweeper is also another alternative.
OmniDiskSweeper presents you with a
list of disks attached to your
machine. Double-click on one, and a
new window opens with a “column” view
listing every folder and file you can
access, which it sorts by size as you
watch.
You then simply browse through the
folders and files and delete the large
ones which you are no longer using. If
a file is part of the system, it'll
say so on the panel (in the list of
Packages the file belongs to), so you
won't accidentally get rid of
something that would make your system
stop working. The free space on the
disk and the ordering of the folders
are automatically recalculated.

OmniDiskSweeper is freeware.
Have a look at
- Daisy Disk
With DaisyDisk you can free up disk
space by quickly finding and deleting
big, useless files. The program scans
any mounted disk and displays it on
the sunburst map, where segments mean
files and folders, proportionally to
their sizes. The map is easy to read
and navigate. You can also quickly
preview any file and reveal it in
Finder to delete.

OmniDiskSweeper is also another alternative.
OmniDiskSweeper presents you with a
list of disks attached to your
machine. Double-click on one, and a
new window opens with a “column” view
listing every folder and file you can
access, which it sorts by size as you
watch.
You then simply browse through the
folders and files and delete the large
ones which you are no longer using. If
a file is part of the system, it'll
say so on the panel (in the list of
Packages the file belongs to), so you
won't accidentally get rid of
something that would make your system
stop working. The free space on the
disk and the ordering of the folders
are automatically recalculated.

OmniDiskSweeper is freeware.
edited Sep 2 '15 at 6:28
answered Dec 21 '09 at 19:34
Sathyajith Bhat♦Sathyajith Bhat
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Looks like Baseline's dead :(
– ᔕᖺᘎᕊ
Dec 26 '14 at 21:06
DaisyDisk is a paid app — the answer fails to mention it.
– ccpizza
Sep 2 '15 at 6:27
What Size Mac is another (paid) alternative whatsizemac.com
– Bryce
Sep 19 '16 at 15:51
add a comment |
Looks like Baseline's dead :(
– ᔕᖺᘎᕊ
Dec 26 '14 at 21:06
DaisyDisk is a paid app — the answer fails to mention it.
– ccpizza
Sep 2 '15 at 6:27
What Size Mac is another (paid) alternative whatsizemac.com
– Bryce
Sep 19 '16 at 15:51
Looks like Baseline's dead :(
– ᔕᖺᘎᕊ
Dec 26 '14 at 21:06
Looks like Baseline's dead :(
– ᔕᖺᘎᕊ
Dec 26 '14 at 21:06
DaisyDisk is a paid app — the answer fails to mention it.
– ccpizza
Sep 2 '15 at 6:27
DaisyDisk is a paid app — the answer fails to mention it.
– ccpizza
Sep 2 '15 at 6:27
What Size Mac is another (paid) alternative whatsizemac.com
– Bryce
Sep 19 '16 at 15:51
What Size Mac is another (paid) alternative whatsizemac.com
– Bryce
Sep 19 '16 at 15:51
add a comment |
You want Disk Inventory X.
from the site:
The layout algorithm is based on
KDirStat. The idea to develop this
program came to me when a fellow of
mine showed me his creation
WinDirStat.

Disk Inventory X is freeware.
1
Disk Inventory X is very buggy on Mavericks and Yosemite, and the app appears to be abandoned. Source code is freely available but it has external dependencies so it's tricky to compile on your own. Not recommended unless you use a version of OSX for which it was originally compiled.
– ccpizza
Oct 22 '15 at 18:44
add a comment |
You want Disk Inventory X.
from the site:
The layout algorithm is based on
KDirStat. The idea to develop this
program came to me when a fellow of
mine showed me his creation
WinDirStat.

Disk Inventory X is freeware.
1
Disk Inventory X is very buggy on Mavericks and Yosemite, and the app appears to be abandoned. Source code is freely available but it has external dependencies so it's tricky to compile on your own. Not recommended unless you use a version of OSX for which it was originally compiled.
– ccpizza
Oct 22 '15 at 18:44
add a comment |
You want Disk Inventory X.
from the site:
The layout algorithm is based on
KDirStat. The idea to develop this
program came to me when a fellow of
mine showed me his creation
WinDirStat.

Disk Inventory X is freeware.
You want Disk Inventory X.
from the site:
The layout algorithm is based on
KDirStat. The idea to develop this
program came to me when a fellow of
mine showed me his creation
WinDirStat.

Disk Inventory X is freeware.
edited Sep 1 '11 at 2:19
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Disk Inventory X is very buggy on Mavericks and Yosemite, and the app appears to be abandoned. Source code is freely available but it has external dependencies so it's tricky to compile on your own. Not recommended unless you use a version of OSX for which it was originally compiled.
– ccpizza
Oct 22 '15 at 18:44
add a comment |
1
Disk Inventory X is very buggy on Mavericks and Yosemite, and the app appears to be abandoned. Source code is freely available but it has external dependencies so it's tricky to compile on your own. Not recommended unless you use a version of OSX for which it was originally compiled.
– ccpizza
Oct 22 '15 at 18:44
1
1
Disk Inventory X is very buggy on Mavericks and Yosemite, and the app appears to be abandoned. Source code is freely available but it has external dependencies so it's tricky to compile on your own. Not recommended unless you use a version of OSX for which it was originally compiled.
– ccpizza
Oct 22 '15 at 18:44
Disk Inventory X is very buggy on Mavericks and Yosemite, and the app appears to be abandoned. Source code is freely available but it has external dependencies so it's tricky to compile on your own. Not recommended unless you use a version of OSX for which it was originally compiled.
– ccpizza
Oct 22 '15 at 18:44
add a comment |
JDiskReport is available as a JAR file. It will run anywhere that a JRE is installed, including your Mac.

JDiskReport is handy for any Java-capable OS
– deddebme
Dec 22 '09 at 13:30
add a comment |
JDiskReport is available as a JAR file. It will run anywhere that a JRE is installed, including your Mac.

JDiskReport is handy for any Java-capable OS
– deddebme
Dec 22 '09 at 13:30
add a comment |
JDiskReport is available as a JAR file. It will run anywhere that a JRE is installed, including your Mac.

JDiskReport is available as a JAR file. It will run anywhere that a JRE is installed, including your Mac.

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JDiskReport is handy for any Java-capable OS
– deddebme
Dec 22 '09 at 13:30
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JDiskReport is handy for any Java-capable OS
– deddebme
Dec 22 '09 at 13:30
JDiskReport is handy for any Java-capable OS
– deddebme
Dec 22 '09 at 13:30
JDiskReport is handy for any Java-capable OS
– deddebme
Dec 22 '09 at 13:30
add a comment |
GrandPerspective is an Open Source app that will do what you're asking.

mmmh, this one seems to show only "blocks" while I actually like to be able to navigate through folders and files.
– Damien Varron
Dec 21 '09 at 19:17
add a comment |
GrandPerspective is an Open Source app that will do what you're asking.

mmmh, this one seems to show only "blocks" while I actually like to be able to navigate through folders and files.
– Damien Varron
Dec 21 '09 at 19:17
add a comment |
GrandPerspective is an Open Source app that will do what you're asking.

GrandPerspective is an Open Source app that will do what you're asking.

edited Sep 1 '11 at 2:20
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mmmh, this one seems to show only "blocks" while I actually like to be able to navigate through folders and files.
– Damien Varron
Dec 21 '09 at 19:17
add a comment |
mmmh, this one seems to show only "blocks" while I actually like to be able to navigate through folders and files.
– Damien Varron
Dec 21 '09 at 19:17
mmmh, this one seems to show only "blocks" while I actually like to be able to navigate through folders and files.
– Damien Varron
Dec 21 '09 at 19:17
mmmh, this one seems to show only "blocks" while I actually like to be able to navigate through folders and files.
– Damien Varron
Dec 21 '09 at 19:17
add a comment |
WhatSize ($13) and Baseline ($20) both show you a view of all folders sorted by size which you can drill down into (among other view options). It is a little hard to describe, but much more useful than the graphical view of many of the other apps that have been listed. Baseline has more features such as making snapshots of your disk usage to compare to your current usage, but it is the more expensive of the two.
add a comment |
WhatSize ($13) and Baseline ($20) both show you a view of all folders sorted by size which you can drill down into (among other view options). It is a little hard to describe, but much more useful than the graphical view of many of the other apps that have been listed. Baseline has more features such as making snapshots of your disk usage to compare to your current usage, but it is the more expensive of the two.
add a comment |
WhatSize ($13) and Baseline ($20) both show you a view of all folders sorted by size which you can drill down into (among other view options). It is a little hard to describe, but much more useful than the graphical view of many of the other apps that have been listed. Baseline has more features such as making snapshots of your disk usage to compare to your current usage, but it is the more expensive of the two.
WhatSize ($13) and Baseline ($20) both show you a view of all folders sorted by size which you can drill down into (among other view options). It is a little hard to describe, but much more useful than the graphical view of many of the other apps that have been listed. Baseline has more features such as making snapshots of your disk usage to compare to your current usage, but it is the more expensive of the two.
answered Dec 21 '09 at 21:14
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1
In Ask Different, some useful additional answers under How can I figure out what's slowly eating my HD space?
– Graham Perrin
Aug 5 '11 at 9:04
1
related: apple.stackexchange.com/questions/5353/…
– cregox
Sep 11 '11 at 13:25