Thankfully, a confirmation dialog appears pointing out which file will be deleted, but given that most people tend to click “OK” when they see a dialog, I consider this to be a serious bug. Be sure to select the desired file beforeĜontrol/right-clicking on it.
#OMNIDISKSWEEPER NOT DELETING MAC OS X#
OmniDiskSweeper doesn’t have as many useful options as WhatSize, but it does have one unique feature: When you select a folder in the browser, OmniDiskSweeper lists, at the bottom of the window, any Mac OS X packages to which the files in that folder belong. For example, if you select the folder /Library/Application Support/iWork ’06, OmniDiskSweeper points out that this is “Part of package iWork,” so you know not to delete it if you actually use iWork.
Or, for a more serious example, if you select /private/var/vm-a folder that on my system takes up 2GB of space-you’ll see that it’s “Part of package BaseSystem.” In other words, don’t even think about trying to delete it. (Not that OmniDiskSweeper would let you see below.
And if you’re curious, that folder is where Mac OS X stores your virtual memory swap files.) Unfortunately, this feature works only if the files in question were installed by Mac OS X’s Installer utility and are cataloged in an Installer receipt package in /Library/Receipts. If you’re a visual type, you’ll enjoy the freeĭiscovered thanks to Derik DeLong over on the And if, like the Library folder displayed in the screenshot above, the folder contains files from many packages, the package names don’t fit in the OmniDiskSweeper window-even when the type is automatically reduced to near-illegible size. Instead of providing a list of files and folders sorted by size, GrandPerspective examines the volume or folder of your choosing and then creates a visual representation of the space occupied by each file on that drive or in that folder. (A similar utility calledĭisk Inventory X is also available, but I prefer GrandPerspective.)īy default, files are color-coded by directory-files of the same color clustered together are located in the same folder. But you can instead choose to have files color-coded by directory depth (so that all files at the same depth-say, two folders down-are the same color) by extension (so that all files of the same type are the same color) or by name (so that all files with the same or similar names are the same color).
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