WhatSize no longer works - alternatives?

[ero87]

Hi friends,

I used to frequently use the free app WhatSize to check out what was hogging space on my HD. Now it seems to not open in Snow Leopard. Anyone know of any free alternatives for getting a quick idea of what's taking up HD space?

Thanks 🙂

 

[miles01110]

GrandPerspective. Google it.

 

[Eidorian]

Disk Inventory X

I never liked WhatSize.

 

[-aggie-]

Disk Inventory X. It's all you'll ever need.


Grandperspective has got nothing on Disk Inventory.

 

[dirt farmer]

Omnidisksweeper is very similar to WhatSize, yet it's free. I love it.

 

[-aggie-]

Omnidisksweeper is very similar to WhatSize, yet it's free. I love it.

That's also a good one. It's somewhere between Grandperspective and DIX.

 

[miles01110]

Grandperspective has got nothing on Disk Inventory.

...except active development, a release version within the past four years, and an active bug tracking/reporting system 🙄

 

[-aggie-]

...except active development, a release version within the past four years, and an active bug tracking/reporting system 🙄

Who cares, if it's not very useful? DIX got it right the first time, IMO. You seriously like looking at graphics and clicking on each one to see what's in it and what the size is? I thought it was painful to use.

 

[Eidorian]

Who cares, if it's not very useful? DIX got it right the first time, IMO. You seriously like looking at graphics and clicking on each one to see what's in it and what the size is? I thought it was painful to use.

I know the program is ancient as well. It still works and they got it right the first time.

I've tried other similar applications but I never liked them as much as Disk Inventory X

 

[miles01110]

Who cares, if it's not very useful? DIX got it right the first time, IMO. You seriously like looking at graphics and clicking on each one to see what's in it and what the size is? I thought it was painful to use.

Regardless, your statement that GP has "nothing" on DIX is as facetious as my response. Yeah?

 

[-aggie-]

Regardless, your statement that DIX has "nothing" on GrandPerspective is as facetious as my response. Yeah?

Did I type that? 🙂

 

[miles01110]

Did I type that? 🙂

err... vice versa. :facepalm:

 

[-aggie-]

err... vice versa. :facepalm:

Thanks for a good laugh today. 😀 Sorry if I was too harsh about GP.

 

[Hydramus]

If you don't mind terminal, you can use the du command.

Go to the volume or folder you want to check such as:

cd /Volumes/Macintosh_HD

then run:

du -d1 | sort -nr

-d[number] sets the max depth to display and the sort -n just sorts it by size. you could add a -h flag to the du to get it in MB/GB etc but that requires more work to sort by size :/. There are loads of options you can use with du, these are just the ones I usually use. Check the man page for more.

 

[mysterytramp]

Who cares, if it's not very useful? DIX got it right the first time, IMO. You seriously like looking at graphics and clicking on each one to see what's in it and what the size is? I thought it was painful to use.

Why I rate GrandPerspective ahead of others is that in an instant you know where the big files are. Sometimes graphics help. :🙂

That's why I also would suggest checking out DaisyDisk. I wouldn't pay $20 for it, but it came free with a MacHeist/Deal/Giveaway last year. Maybe it will show up again.

mt

 

[-aggie-]

Why I rate GrandPerspective ahead of others is that in an instant you know where the big files are. Sometimes graphics help. :🙂

That's why I also would suggest checking out DaisyDisk. I wouldn't pay $20 for it, but it came free with a MacHeist/Deal/Giveaway last year. Maybe it will show up again.

mt

But OmniDiskSweeper has graphics along with the ability to easily look at what the files in folders are.

 

[aymericb]

WhichSize

WhichSize is another alternative. It's a freeware I wrote because I was getting tired of WhatSize.

It is still in the early stages of development, so it is far from being complete... but I will try to publish another update soon. Shout out what features you need the most.

http://whichsize.barthe.ph/

 

[maflynn]

Go with Omnidisk sweeper. Its a no frills, super easy, fast (and free) utility that does just what the OP wants.

 

[mysterytramp]

WhichSize is another alternative. It's a freeware I wrote because I was getting tired of WhatSize.

It is still in the early stages of development, so it is far from being complete... but I will try to publish another update soon. Shout out what features you need the most.

http://whichsize.barthe.ph/

Nice start. I'd like to see folder sizes. Sortable columns? Show/hide hidden files?

mt

 

[aymericb]

Whichsize rename

The author of WhatSize is a bit pissed off I used a name so similar to his software...

Any suggestion of a new name for WhichSize?