102 MACWORLD JUNE 2019
WORKINGMAC MAC BECOMING MORE LIKE iOSfolders you don’t need, and delete them
directly within the app instead of
navigating through the Finder.
DaisyDisk ($10 via
the App Store [go.
macworld.com/dsdk] or
directly from the
developer [go.macworld.
com/dais]) offer a
visualization that is quite
pleasing and easy to use
to navigate downwards
into folders. If you find
folders you want to delete,
you can drag them to an
icon in the lower-left
corner. It doesn’t offer
de-duplication and other
more advanced features found in disk-
cleaning software.
> GrandPerspective (free download
[go.macworld.com/grnd] or $1.99 to
support development via the App Store
[go.macworld.com/gprs]) visualizes storage
in the form of a color-coded “heat map,”
which uses relative size within a rectangle
to indicate the percentage given files and
folders occupy.
> The gold standard used to be WhatSize
($30) (go.macworld.com/whsz), which I
reviewed back in 2015 (go.macworld.com/
wsrv). It combines a graphic storage view
with deduplication and other disk-cleaning
features. Unfortunately, the developers
stopped releasing updates following High
Sierra. If you’re using an older version of
macOS, it might be the best choice. ■macOS’s Storage view is quite limited and
often shows large amounts of consumed
storage that doesn’t match up with what a
user thinks they’ve used.
DaisyDisk visualizes and lists storage by folder, and lets you
drag to delete folders.