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by blackstache 4596 days ago
This is just like http://windirstat.info/ which can be run on the desktop. Very handy tool...
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dcg 4596 days ago
SpaceSniffer is another great tool for Windows that uses a treemap to visualize files on disk.

http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer

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lelandbatey 4596 days ago
Yep, and if you're on OS X, you can use Disk Inventory X[0] to get the same tree-like layout.

[0] http://www.derlien.com/

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Groxx 4596 days ago
I've been using GrandPerspective for quite a long time. Pretty happy with it, lots of ways to drill down deeper / filter / etc to get at what you're looking for.

http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/

edit: oh, hah, they're almost identical. interesting.

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lelandbatey 4595 days ago
Ah, I have used both, but I also haven't been using OS X for the past couple years. One of them, I didn't remember which, was actually a PPC program that required a Rosetta to work. At some point it stopped working, and I switched to the other.

Since I hadn't used them in a while, I forgot which was which. However, some further research says that Disk Inventory X was the PPC program. In that case, I'd also recommend GrandPerspective.

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