GrandPerspective is a small utility application for Mac OS X that graphically shows the disk usage within a file system. It can help you to manage your disk, as you can easily spot which files and folders take up the most space. It uses a so called tree map for visualisation.

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Each file is shown as a rectangle with an area proportional to the file’s size. Files in the same folder appear together, but their placement is otherwise arbitrary.

Features

  • Disk Usage Visualisation by Way of Tree Maps
  • Configurable Display of Views:
    • Choice of Color Mapping Schemes. Color Files by Their:
      • Name,
      • Extension,
      • File Type,
      • Parent Folder,
      • Top Folder,
      • Level in The Folder Hierarchy,
      • Creation Time,
      • Modification Time, Or
      • Last Access Time
    • Choice of Color Palettes
    • Configurable Mapping by File Type
    • Optionally View Package Contents
    • Optionally View the Entire Volume
  • Convenient navigation of Views:
    • Traverse up And Down the Folder Hierarchy
    • Select Files and Folders in The View
  • Open Files with Finder
  • Reveal Files and Folders in Finder
  • Preview Files and Folders Using Quick Look
  • Delete Files and Folders from The View
  • Filter Files and Folders:
    • Construct Filter Tests Based an Item’s Name, Path, Size, File Type, Hard-Link Status, and Package Status
    • Use These Filters To:
      • Mask Files in The View
      • Filter Files from The View
      • Exclude Files and Folders when Scanning a Disk
    • Filters and Filter Tests Are Automatically Stored in The User Preferences
  • Multiple View Support:
    • Re-Scan a View to Compare Results Before and After Clean-Up
    • Twin or Duplicate a View for Different Displays of The Same Data
  • Support for Hard-Linked Files and Folders:
    • Analyse time Machine Back-Ups
  • Save Results of Disk Scanning Operations:
    • Reload and View Again at Any Time
  • Save Images of Views
  • Configurable User Preferences
  • Snappy and Responsive Gui:
    • Optimized Drawing of Views
    • Drawing and Scanning Are Carried out In Background Threads
  • Small Memory and Disk Footprint
  • Fully Internationalized:
    • Up-To-Date Localizations Available in English, Chinese, German, Turkish and Dutch
    • Outdated Localizations Available in Japanese, Spanish and French

We at AppsForMyPC have tested and used GrandPerspective and it worked pretty smoothly 🙂 🙂

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