Apr 05, 2018 DaisyDisk now lets you free up disk space by deleting purgeable space, the 'dark matter' storage that can fill up to 80% of your Mac's storage without you even knowing. But it doesn’t.
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- DaisyDisk is a disk analyzer tool for OS X that visualizes hard disk usage and allows to free up hard disk space Free up gigabytes of disk space in minutes using the visual interactive map that reveals the biggest space hogs on your disk.
- Mar 10, 2020 DaisyDisk allows you to visualize your disk usage and free up disk space by quickly finding and deleting big unused files. The program scans your disk and displays its content as a sector diagram where the biggest files and folders at once become obvious. To drill down to a folder, just click on a segment.
| Developer(s) | Software Ambience |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 2008 |
| Stable release | 4.10 (March 8, 2020; 41 days ago[1]) [±] |
| Operating system | macOS |
| Available in | English, German, French, Italian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Swedish, Spanish, Polish[2] |
| Type | Disk space analyzer |
| Website | daisydiskapp.com |
| Usage | |
DaisyDisk is a paid disk space analyzer for macOS.[3] It displays a sunburst diagram of files on a hard drive to help with the location or deletion of large files.[4] It can display previews of files using Quick Look.[5][6][7] It also allows the user to look at the file directly in Finder, in order to delete it or move it elsewhere.[8]
History[edit]
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DaisyDisk was started in late 2008 by interaction designer Taras Brizitsky and programmer Oleg Krupnov. They built the codebase from scratch to try to achieve higher speeds than similar programs. They decided to use a sunburst diagram as it is perceived better than other ways of visualizing data (such as treemaps).[9]
Features[edit]
DaisyDisk needs to scan the disk to create a map of its files and folders. Once the initial scan is completed, DaisyDisk keeps all displayed information up to date and reflects all changes to disk in real-time. DaisyDisk can scan multiple disks in parallel.
With v4.5[10] of DaisyDisk, support for APFS was added.[11]
Interface[edit]
DaisyDisk displays the contents as a color-coded sunburst diagram, resembling the petals of a daisy.[12] The interface places the root of the hard drive at the center of this daisy, and displays a hierarchical structure of that hard drive's file system that radiates from that center. This daisy is color-coded to differentiate between folders, while files themselves are always displayed as gray. In the right sidebar of the interface, DaisyDisk also provides a legend for these color codes. When hovering over a file or folder, the right sidebar of the interface updates with contextual information such as the file or folder name and their absolute path.[13] When clicking on a folder on the daisy, a new daisy is displayed with the chosen folder as its root. The interface shows a 'breadcrumb trail' of the current folder right above the sunburst diagram.[6]
DaisyDisk provides a Trash-like collector icon in the lower left of its interface where files and folders can dragged and dropped for deletion.[13]
As of DaisyDisk v3, a specialized version of the app exists for Mac users with Retina Displays.[14]
Integration[edit]
One of the ways DaisyDisk integrates with the Mac features is through its support of the Quick Look function, which is included in Mac OS X v10.5 'Leopard' and later. Hovering over any file or folder in DaisyDisk's interface and pressing space bar utilizes Quick Look and displays additional information about that file or folder in regards to its location and contents.[12]
References[edit]
- ^'DaisyDisk Release Notes'. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ^'DaisyDisk Blog'. Software Ambience.
- ^'DaisyDisk 4.6.2 free download for Mac'. MacUpdate. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^'DaisyDisk 4 Review'. Macworld. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^'DaisyDisk: Tom's Mac Software Pick'. Lifewire. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ ab'DaisyDisk: Futuristic Data Visualization'. Mac.AppStorm. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^'How to identify the biggest space wasters on your Mac with DaisyDisk'. iDownloadBlog. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^'Make Your HD Bigger with DaisyDisk for Mac [Review]'. Cult of Mac. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^'An Evaluation of Space-Filling Information Visualizations for Depicting Hierarchical Structures'(PDF). Georgia Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- ^'Top 5 questions about APFS and macOS High Sierra asked by Mac users'. DaisyDisk Blog. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^'How to free up disk space in macOS High Sierra'. Cult of Mac. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ ab'Review: DaisyDisk: Disk Visualization and Analyzer Tool for the Mac'. aboutTechnology. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ ab'Make Your HD Bigger with DaisyDisk for Mac [Review]'. Cult of Mac. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^'DaisyDisk Blog'. Software Ambience. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
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So, you have scanned your disk and got its sunburst map. How do you know what should be deleted, and what should better not be messed with?
It’s a common worry to not accidentally delete some critical files, which could break your system’s operation. Fortunately, this cannot happen with DaisyDisk, because the app is smart enough to not let you even put such files to the Collector:
And we keep on working hard to make DaisyDisk even more safe to delete stuff with. That said, it is still not impossible to break normal operation of some apps by mindlessly deleting files that you are not sure, or have no idea about.
So the recommended rule is the following: only delete the files that you can recognize (by location, file name and preview of content) as those you have created or downloaded yourself, such as videos, games, music, downloaded programs etc. Typically, it is your own files that take up the most disk space, not the system files, so there is no real need to touch the latter.
If you need to trim the content of one of Apple’s application libraries such as iTunes or Photos, or remove some Time Machine backups, use their own corresponding UIs.
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If you find an unknown large file that doesn’t appear normal, search online or ask us whether it’s safe to delete.
And of course, make sure your Time Machine is always up and running! In this case even if you delete something accidentally, you will always be able to roll back.
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Please, also read how to safely and efficiently locate the real space wasters.