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unkey monkey - Mar 5, 2007 - 1:00 am

I have roughly 75GBytes of disk space, but am almost full (about 4G free). I have been told that it would be wise to free up some space.

I would like to start by looking for files that are big and old. Are there any tools that will assist me in locating files that I might want to consider deleting?

stottm - Mar 5, 2007 - 7:38 am

Here is what you seek...

GrandPerspective is a small utility application for Mac OS X that graphically shows the disk usage within a file system. It can help you to manage your disk, as you can easily spot which files and folders take up the most space. It uses a so called tree map for visualisation. Each file is shown as a rectangle with an area proportional to the file's size. Files in the same folder appear together, but their placement is otherwise arbitrary. http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/

I would also recommend that you find yourself an external Firewire hard disk. Then go download SuperDuper! It's a disk duplicating tool that is extremely useful for backups. http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/

unkey monkey - Mar 5, 2007 - 2:16 pm

EXACTLY what I was looking for. I have recovered 20% of my disk space thanks to grandperspective. What a fantastic program.

Thanks for your help.

stottm - Mar 5, 2007 - 7:34 pm

Thank the authors by helping to support their efforts.
http://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?group_id=148156

unkey monkey - Mar 5, 2007 - 7:45 pm

Good suggestion. I will.

Thanks again.

Sheldon