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Mac Disk Explorer 1.0.4 ($29.99 Demoware) Although the size of modern hard drives keeps increasing (take the 27 GB drive in the top-of-the-line G4 as an example) there are users who may manage to fill up even this vast amount of hard drive space. If only there was a way to identify what files or folders are taking up more than their fair share of disk space. The Sherlock feature of Mac OS does offer a way to find files over a certain size, but this feature only offers a limited view of the situation. Enter Mac Disk Explorer... Upon launching Mac Disk Explorer, you'll be presented with a volume selection list. But you'll want to first check out the Preferences, which is where the power of this solution (versus Sherlock) becomes evident. In the Preferences, you can select what items to include in your disk's inventory (files, applications, folders or invisible items in any combination) the folder depth you'd like to explore (1-4 deep or full depth) sorting and other options.
Once you select your scan options, you can then double-click on a drive in the Main Window. The scan will commence (you can only scan 1/3 of your drive with the Demo version) after which you'll see a window showing the largest files and folders (if you selected these options) on your hard drive. This display will immediately help locate the space hogs on your drive. If you decide to show folders, you can double-click on the folder, at which point you'll be shown an additional window with the folder's contents.
While Sherlock has a basic method of finding large files, Mac Disk Explorer takes this a step further by allowing more display options, most notable being the ability to show folder sizes. There is also a Find feature, so you can check up on certain files or folders. There are also Move to Trash and Empty Trash options, so you can ditch large files immediately. If you are starting to run out of disk space, or just want to know about potential disk space hogs on your drive, Mac Disk Explorer can help. Have any other Mac OS gadgets you'd like us to look at? Let John know via email, or share it with the rest of us in the Mac Gadget Forum. Useful Link |
