[Hidden-tech] Mac Tech question

[Jan Werner]

I don't know if there is anything similar for the Mac, but a tool I find 
absolutely indispensable for managing disk space on Windows PCs is 
TreeSize Pro from JAM Software.

http://www.jam-software.com/treesize/

A less capable freeware version is also available at: 
http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml

Jan Werner
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Eric Wilson wrote:
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> additionally, sequoiaView on the PC (grandperspective on the mac) will 
> show you in "blocks" what is taking up how much space on your drive.  
> It's pretty cool and gives you clear picture of your drive space.
> 
> Eric
> 
> 
> Gary King wrote:
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>> The unix findtool can also do this. On OS X use should be able to use 
>> spotlight for better response time.
>>
>> Gtg
>>
>> -- 
>> Earth First
>> (we'll take of the other planets later)
>>
>> On Dec 9, 2008, at 11:04 AM, Chris Hoogendyk <hoogendyk at bio.umass.edu> 
>> wrote:
>>
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>>>
>>> Jeff Rutherford wrote:
>>>> Can someone answer this question for me. My hard drive is quickly 
>>>> filling up, and I need to delete files, documents, etc. to free up 
>>>> space.
>>>>
>>>> How can I search across my entire hard drive (not just specific 
>>>> folders) and sort files by the file size? So I can easily find the 
>>>> largest files on my machine wherever they may be.
>>>
>>> how are you with unix tools?
>>>
>>> open a window in the terminal application. then enter:
>>>
>>> du -k /  2>/dev/null  |  grep  '^[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'  |  sort -n  
>>> |  less
>>>
>>> that ought to do it, though you might have to tweak it a bit to suit 
>>> your fancy. It also may take a little while to respond, since it 
>>> can't do the sort until it has all the results. But, it will result 
>>> in a list of all the files on your system that are larger than a 
>>> megabyte sorted by size. The largest ones will be at the end, where 
>>> you can see them without scrolling up.
>>>
>>> If you want to tweak that, you can make the first 0-9 into 5-9 and 
>>> only get things that are 5M or larger. Or you can add another [0-9] 
>>> and get only things that are 10M or larger.
>>>
>>> Use that for reference as you browse through a finder window and 
>>> decide what to toss.
>>>
>>> Have fun.
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> ---------------
>>>
>>> Chris Hoogendyk
>>>
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