For Mac OS:
- Disk Inventory X
For Windows:
- WinDirStat
- FolderSize
They are both pretty similar, in each case displaying filespace usage via a tree map looking like a patchwork of multicoloured PVC, each colour representing a different type of file (audio, video, application, document etc.). Their advantage over traditional browser trees is you can see all the largest files and folders simultaneously (as a plan-view). Tree maps (treemaps) are explained at http://w3.win.tue.nl/nl/onderzoek/onderzoek_informatica/visualization/sequoiaview/about_treemaps/ – they are formed by subdividing in alternate dimensions (horizontal/vertical), each time in proportion to relative size of item, be it folder or file. A variation on this, employed by the above tools, is a cushion treemap [http://www.win.tue.nl/~vanwijk/ctm.pdf], where shading reveals the directory structure. A further variation is the squarified treemap [http://www.win.tue.nl/~vanwijk/stm.pdf], where subdivision and grouping attempt (no guarantee of success) to make the rectangles as square as possible.First I did a Google search on [mac file space profile]Matt Roberts additionally drew my attention to FolderSize, a low-footprint utility that enhances Windows Explorer to display folder sizes on the fly, no need to run a special program to calculate them afresh every time:
- http://lifehacker.com/219058/geek-to-live–visualize-your-hard-drive-usage
- Article by Gina Trapani, Dec 2006
- For Windows
- WinDirStat
- Tree-map based. $Free.
- JDiskReport
- Pie-chart based. $Free.
- As of article date (Dec 2006), AVG (alone) reports it as a trojan.
- WinDirStat
- For unix
- To see just directory sizes: [du -h] The “-h” means “human-readable”.
- To see all files: [du * -h]
- To sort by size: [du -k | sort -nr]
- More at Disk usage analysis and cleanup tools
- For Mac OS
- For Windows
- Comment to article additionally recommended:
- Disk Inventory X
- Article by Gina Trapani, Dec 2006
- http://www.derlien.com/
- Disk Inventory X is a disk usage utility for Mac OS X 10.3 (and later). It shows the sizes of files and folders in a special graphical way called “treemaps”.
- It is absolutely free and released under the GPL.
- 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.”
Matt Roberts additionally drew my attention to FolderSize, a low-footprint utility that Matt Roberts additionally drew my attention to FolderSize, a low-footprint utility that enhances Windows Explorer to display folder sizes on the fly, no need to run a special program to calculate them afresh every time:
Disk Inventory X – Experiences
- I downloaded and installed Disk Inventory X.
- On first run, it requested to install ‘rosetta’. Not familiar to me, and wondered also if it was compatible with Mac OS Snow Leopard, so googled it
- Google: [mac rosetta “snow leopard”]
- [http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=4786]
- The impact of installing Rosetta on Snow Leopard (Spoiler: none) (August 28th, 2009)
- Rosetta is … required to install Office, (but) not (to) run it.
- Rosetta dynamically translates most of your PowerPC-based applications to work with your Intel-based Mac. Theres no emulation.
- “Needing Word for a book deadline, I bit the bullet and installed Rosetta and, to my surprise, I noticed no appreciable performance loss whatsoever. The good news is that Rosetta runs only when needed, otherwise it isnt even loaded. Its also pretty small, weighing in at only 2MB.”
- [http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=4786]
- Google: [mac rosetta “snow leopard”]
- I also “bit the bullet” and allowed its installation.
- Disk Inventory X ran OK. Pretty intuitive.
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