![]() The message went something like "Yee-haw! You just deleted your files!" or some close approximation to it. Upon deletion of all your educational media you procured with deluded aspirations, DaisyDisk congratulates you with a cheeky message about how you should feel good for being able to delete a file. The application gives ample warning these files will be permanently deleted in case you think this is all fun and games. Once you're ready to delete all that crap, you click on Delete, and you get a 5 second countdown to stop the process before DaisyDisk takes out the trash for good. When there is any item in the dumpster, a Delete button appears alongside some topical info about its contents. You drag the files/folders you want to delete, in my case entire folders of Podcast and iTunesU subscriptions, to a designated area in the UI which acts as a sort of dumpster. Tell me how that worked out, I ask you.īest of all, DaisyDisk makes it dead simple to delete these files. It reminded me of the time I subscribed in a flurry to thirty different podcasts as part of an ill-fated effort to get smart. Eventually, the app revealed that Podcasts and iTunesU were using about 20 GB of space. Intrigued, I dug deeper, again by simply clicking on the file items displayed in the analysis table. All my music listening is through streaming services. The animations and menu transitions are reminiscent of Minority Report in its fluidity and sleekness.Īlright, the Pictures folder is using a fair amount, which was to be expected from a self-professed abuser of selfies, but what's this? The Music folder was taking a significant amount of space, much more than I had expected. When I clicked on the info table, which was color coded and easy to read, the UI smoothly drilled down to the next level. My main user profile happened to be using almost 90% of the disk space, Applications used the second most, and so on. Nice.Īfter the scan completed, I was presented a high level analysis of the disk usage. During this time I happened to connect my WD My Book external drive and DaisyDisk automatically detected and displayed it in its UI the active scan on the primary drive was unaffected. ![]() For my 159 GB hard drive on an old 2GHZ Core 2 Duo, I believe it took roughly 6-8 minutes to complete. Upon startup, the software asks that you give it permission to read your hard drive, a one time drag and drop operation. Bought it through the AppStore and it arrived in seconds. Easy to use and I only have to spend $10? Now we're talking. The name made me smile, and a review I read online was glowing. A quick Google search and up came a flowery titled app called DaisyDisk. Of the 159 GB, paltry by todays standards I know, where the f**k was 60% of it? I spent about fifteen more minutes digging through a few Finder windows, and then I opened up iTunes, my eyes glazed over by the multitude of indicators, buttons, and menus, and I said to myself "You could spend the next hour fumbling your way through this godforsaken app, or you can find a good diskspace management app and let it do the work while you make yourself a sandwich." Well I don't think I have to tell you which option I chose. ![]() Let's give him a warm welcome with retweets and comments!Ĭritically low on disk space to where I no longer could make full backups of my iPhone, I dug into the usual suspects folders such as Downloads, Movies, and my Other folder ::wink:: to do some housecleaning, only to discover that they consumed a scant amount of space. ![]() It's his first guest post here on and I can't wait for more from him in 2014. Here's an amazing review of the app DaisyDisk by a good friend Hung Nguyen.
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