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There’s an amazing tool for this on Mac called DaisyDisk. It’s one of my all-time favorite Mac apps.

Nicksil 5y ago
https://daisydiskapp.com/ https://daisydiskapp.com/
Cockbrand 5y ago
DaisyDisk is very polished and nice, but I'd like to add GrandPerspective [1] to the discussion - it's not as pretty, but it's free and does a very good job as well. If you don't mind spending $9.99, DaisyDisk is definitely worth it, though. [1] https://sourceforge.net/projects/grandperspectiv/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/grandperspectiv/
- lelandbatey 5y ago
  GrandPerspective is a quite delightful disk space visualizer, and was the app I used to replace the delightful workhorse 'Disk Inventory X'[0] since Disk Inventory X was infrequently updated and would routinely become incompatible on new OS X versions (this was almost 10 years ago). [0] - http://www.derlien.com/ http://www.derlien.com/
- alana314 5y ago
  DasiyDisk is insanely faster than the rest, it can scan my HD in about 30 seconds
nerdponx 5y ago
I guess is this the subthread where we list other disk space analyzer tools. I've been using TreeSize Free/Pro on Windows since as long as I can remember. Solid program, nice "old school" interface that I really enjoy using. Not open source, but worth paying for.
- Melatonic 5y ago
  Yea TreeSize is great - I may have to check out this new one though I do wonder how they compare because I always found ( I think? ) TreeSize to be much faster than WinDirStat
- ack_complete 5y ago
  TreeSize is a good alternative to WizTree now that it also has MFT scanning. It's a bit slower than WizTree but has more relaxed licensing/pricing.
emmelaich 5y ago
"Disk Inventory X" is free, linked from the windirstat site. Great program, however not on the appstore, and possibly does not work with latest versions of MacOS.
- jffry 5y ago
  The homepage and download page haven't been updated, but I can confirm that Disk Inventory X works just fine for me in MacOS Monterey (12.3, Intel machine)
alanbernstein 5y ago
I've never liked this nested pie chart style. I don't understand the purpose of a disk space visualizer where the area of an element on the screen doesn't really represent relative file size. I wonder if anyone can explain what I'm missing?
formerly_proven 5y ago
WinDirStat was a clone of KDirStat (KDE3-era); today there is Filelight. There's a Gnomeclone of it, but it's quite a lot worse (The sunburst only has only or two levels, which cannot be adjusted, and you can't have anything other than a 50:50 split).

https://daisydiskapp.com/ https://daisydiskapp.com/

DaisyDisk is very polished and nice, but I'd like to add GrandPerspective [1] to the discussion - it's not as pretty, but it's free and does a very good job as well. If you don't mind spending $9.99, DaisyDisk is definitely worth it, though. [1] https://sourceforge.net/projects/grandperspectiv/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/grandperspectiv/

lelandbatey 5y ago
GrandPerspective is a quite delightful disk space visualizer, and was the app I used to replace the delightful workhorse 'Disk Inventory X'[0] since Disk Inventory X was infrequently updated and would routinely become incompatible on new OS X versions (this was almost 10 years ago). [0] - http://www.derlien.com/ http://www.derlien.com/
alana314 5y ago
DasiyDisk is insanely faster than the rest, it can scan my HD in about 30 seconds

nerdponx 5y ago

I guess is this the subthread where we list other disk space analyzer tools. I've been using TreeSize Free/Pro on Windows since as long as I can remember. Solid program, nice "old school" interface that I really enjoy using. Not open source, but worth paying for.

Melatonic 5y ago
Yea TreeSize is great - I may have to check out this new one though I do wonder how they compare because I always found ( I think? ) TreeSize to be much faster than WinDirStat
ack_complete 5y ago
TreeSize is a good alternative to WizTree now that it also has MFT scanning. It's a bit slower than WizTree but has more relaxed licensing/pricing.

emmelaich 5y ago

"Disk Inventory X" is free, linked from the windirstat site. Great program, however not on the appstore, and possibly does not work with latest versions of MacOS.

jffry 5y ago
The homepage and download page haven't been updated, but I can confirm that Disk Inventory X works just fine for me in MacOS Monterey (12.3, Intel machine)

alanbernstein 5y ago

I've never liked this nested pie chart style. I don't understand the purpose of a disk space visualizer where the area of an element on the screen doesn't really represent relative file size. I wonder if anyone can explain what I'm missing?

formerly_proven 5y ago

WinDirStat was a clone of KDirStat (KDE3-era); today there is Filelight. There's a Gnomeclone of it, but it's quite a lot worse (The sunburst only has only or two levels, which cannot be adjusted, and you can't have anything other than a 50:50 split).