UPDATE November 2018: I appreciate the developer’s response, which I received by email (don’t know where to find it here).
Disk Xray Lite lacks the visual appeal, but is free and 10-15X faster at scanning large directories (which in my case are not even that large: <90 GB). If you care about that sort of thing (and I understand if you don’t), this is a superb tool, and well worth the price. I’ve used Daisy Disk since early 2013, and it is a delight: visually appealing, and an extremely effective way of finding and removing clutter on your computer, or identifying space hogs that might be candidates for optimizing.
Macworld: “For only ten bucks, DaisyDisk is a simple, convenient utility for every Mac owner, and it gets the job done well for less technically-inclined users.” MacRumors: “The new DaisyDisk 4 has a new, flatter design, with bright colors, it’s able to scan drives up to 20 times as fast, and it consumes less memory when in use.”ĩto5Mac: “DaisyDisk, chosen by Apple as a Mac App Store ‘essential’, provides a cleaner and more interactive circular interface for. Gizmodo: “Deleting files and sorting out disk-space is one of those tasks most people dread, so I can definitely appreciate that DaisyDisk has tried making it as fun (and beautiful) as possible.”
LifeHacker: “DaisyDisk is a beautiful disk space analyzer. This app helps you easily find and remove unneeded files you may have forgotten about.” TechRadar: “ we recommend an easy-to-use utility called DaisyDisk.
Over 500 reviews in the media including major titles like Forbes, TechRadar, Lifehacker, Gizmodo, MacRumors, 9to5mac, Macworld, TUAW, MacStories and many others.ĭaring Fireball: “ Daisy Disk is my personal favorite for analyzing disk usage on the Mac. Recover disk space by finding and removing large useless files.įeatured in the “Essentials”, “Best of Mac App Store” in 2015, 20, “Get Productive”, “Get Stuff Done” and “Invaluable Utilities” editorials of the Mac App Store. Get a visual breakdown of your disk space in form of an interactive map, reveal the biggest space wasters, and remove them with a simple drag and drop.ĭiscover what’s hiding inside the “Other” storage category and clear it up.