Comments on: Hard drive full, don’t know why? http://www.macwork.com/2007/03/10/hard-drive-full-dont-know-why/ The Mac Experience in Business & Home: Help, Tips, Discussion & Radio Show Notes Fri, 16 May 2008 05:03:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Dave Donohue http://www.macwork.com/2007/03/10/hard-drive-full-dont-know-why/#comment-6800 Dave Donohue Tue, 03 Apr 2007 01:14:55 +0000 http://www.macwork.com/2007/03/10/hard-drive-full-dont-know-why/#comment-6800 These are great tips. I also have found that iTunes caches photos, assuming that you want to sync with an iPod - which essentially doubles the size of your iPhoto library. I recovered 6 GB instantly by deleting that folder. These are great tips. I also have found that iTunes caches photos, assuming that you want to sync with an iPod - which essentially doubles the size of your iPhoto library. I recovered 6 GB instantly by deleting that folder.

]]> By: Brandon http://www.macwork.com/2007/03/10/hard-drive-full-dont-know-why/#comment-5753 Brandon Sun, 25 Mar 2007 17:09:15 +0000 http://www.macwork.com/2007/03/10/hard-drive-full-dont-know-why/#comment-5753 Unix tools are great, and for quickly getting a directory size du is the way to go, but it does not do it visually, and it only does it for the current directory. In order to find problem files you would have to manually drill down and du every single directory. What could potentially take half an hour with du, takes 20 seconds with GrandPerspective. Unix tools are great, and for quickly getting a directory size du is the way to go, but it does not do it visually, and it only does it for the current directory. In order to find problem files you would have to manually drill down and du every single directory. What could potentially take half an hour with du, takes 20 seconds with GrandPerspective.

]]> By: DJ Drive http://www.macwork.com/2007/03/10/hard-drive-full-dont-know-why/#comment-5700 DJ Drive Sun, 25 Mar 2007 07:07:43 +0000 http://www.macwork.com/2007/03/10/hard-drive-full-dont-know-why/#comment-5700 In terminal window: du -hd 1 This will show directory sizes in human-readable format (Mbs etc) down one level. Level can be increased by changing the number. Mac OS X is a Unix, therefore it has this tool :) In terminal window: du -hd 1
This will show directory sizes in human-readable format (Mbs etc) down one level. Level can be increased by changing the number.

Mac OS X is a Unix, therefore it has this tool :)

]]> By: Brandon http://www.macwork.com/2007/03/10/hard-drive-full-dont-know-why/#comment-4700 Brandon Sun, 11 Mar 2007 20:18:37 +0000 http://www.macwork.com/2007/03/10/hard-drive-full-dont-know-why/#comment-4700 OmniDiskSweeper is alright, and the rest of Omni's stuff is amazing, but it doesn't present the information relationally. When you present the information graphically and in comparison to the total size of the disk and other files, you can really get a sense for what is taking up space. OmniDiskSweeper is alright, and the rest of Omni’s stuff is amazing, but it doesn’t present the information relationally. When you present the information graphically and in comparison to the total size of the disk and other files, you can really get a sense for what is taking up space.

]]> By: J. Scott Anderson http://www.macwork.com/2007/03/10/hard-drive-full-dont-know-why/#comment-4688 J. Scott Anderson Sun, 11 Mar 2007 14:23:14 +0000 http://www.macwork.com/2007/03/10/hard-drive-full-dont-know-why/#comment-4688 There is another tool called OmniDiskSweeper, from the fine people at OmniGroup. It is not free, but is a great tool. There is another tool called OmniDiskSweeper, from the fine people at OmniGroup. It is not free, but is a great tool.

]]> By: TjL http://www.macwork.com/2007/03/10/hard-drive-full-dont-know-why/#comment-4641 TjL Sun, 11 Mar 2007 01:29:11 +0000 http://www.macwork.com/2007/03/10/hard-drive-full-dont-know-why/#comment-4641 I've always been a big fan of OmniDiskSweeper http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnidisksweeper/ I like the way that it presents the results. I've never really understood the various graphical depictions as much as this. I’ve always been a big fan of OmniDiskSweeper

http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnidisksweeper/

I like the way that it presents the results. I’ve never really understood the various graphical depictions as much as this.

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