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GrandPerspective 1.5.0

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Erwin Bonsma

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. 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.

What's New

Version 1.5.0:

New functionality:

Added color mappings based on creation, modification and access time:
- Added heatmap palettes optimized for usage in time-based mappings.
- Extended the focus panel to also show the creation, modification and last access time for the selected file.

Minor improvements:

Sorting items in pop-ups alphabetically.
Removed dependencies on deprecated methods.

Bug fixes:

Fixed bug: Revealing of files did not work on loaded scan data.
Fixed bug: Scan data could not be loaded when file names contained strange characters (e.g. linebreaks and non-printing characters)
Fixed bug: Application could crash because disposed views were still observing events.

Version 1.5.0:

New functionality:

Added color mappings based on creation, modification and access time:
- Added heatmap palettes optimized for usage in time-based mappings.
- Extended the focus panel to also show the creation, modification and last access time for the selected file.

Minor improvements:

Sorting items in pop-ups more...

Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later

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Source code available here

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GrandPerspective User Discussion (Write a Review)

ver. 1.x:

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+20

Mdewakanton commented on 30 Apr 2012

Note that version 1.5.0 requires 10.5 or higher according to ReadMe.

[Version 1.5.0]

escompter.qch reviewed on 23 Aug 2011

Sturdy, compact & fast. Still working after all these years on all the versions of Mac. (I've used it since Tiger to Lion.)

The only thing that Disk Inventory (also free) does that I prefer is having the folder directory incorporate right into (or rather, "left onto" ;) the main window so that it's easier to navigate between folders without having to rescan.
But the simplicity of interface may be what some users prefer. 5 *

[Version 1.3.3]

Amc3 commented on 09 Aug 2011

Is this version compatible and accurate with Lion ? Worked fine with Snow Leopard.

[Version 1.3.3]

1 Reply

escompter.qch replied on 23 Aug 2011

Definitely compatible w/ Lion.
Just tried it with a 50G folder on Lion & took only 3 sec to complete scanning. Results surely seems to be pretty accurate!

Bernak reviewed on 28 Jul 2010

Very helpful app to see how the harddrive space is being used. I use it every time I am running out of disk space, and as a regular manual maintenance tool, as it let me look at the entire disk from a "grand perspective".

Simple, easy and you can't beat the price.
Thanks for the good work!

[Version 1.3.3]

-3

+361

Penguirl reviewed on 26 Apr 2010

Attractive interface with seemingly good functionality but for me a text display is more efficient than clicking on an image first just to find out what it is before I can decide if I want to delete it not.

[Version 1.3.2]

+64

Dremwkr reviewed on 17 Apr 2010

This is a "it just works" application.
It is intuitive,
it easy to use,
and does exactly what it it supposted to do.

And it is free.

[Version 1.3.2]

Zhora reviewed on 07 Oct 2009

A superb application that does it's job by letting you do yours without getting in the way. (It's there as your 'helper,' not your 'boss.' Use it briefly to grab back some lost space or go all out and clean out all those long forgotten places - you always come away feeling like you got somewhere without being beaten in the process. Leaves you with a feeling of success and joy! The developer continues to make improvements and responds quickly to any problems that may arise. Truly Mac-like in the best sense!

[Version 1.1]

+264

Drdul commented on 07 Jul 2009

Nice app, and you can't beat the price. I'd like to see one improvement that (for me, at least) would improve the functionality of GP -- the ability to customize colours. It would be great to be able to create additional, custom colour palettes, and to be able to change the colour of the rectangle that highlights the selected files/folders. My eyes might not be as good as others', because I find it difficult to see the rectangle, and there's no built-in colour palette that provides sufficient contrast in a pleasing combination of colours. If I could create my own colour scheme, GP would be easier for me to use.

[Version 1.0]

1 Reply

N/a (developer) replied on 25 Sep 2009

You cannot edit the color palettes from GrandPerspective. However, the color palettes are stored in the standard Mac color list file format so you can edit the palettes and add new ones using a color list editor that supports that format. An example is the ColorListEditor provided by Modesitt Software. Simply store the new palettes inside the GrandPerspective palettes folder (GrandPerspective.app/Contents/Resources/Palettes) and you can use the palette the next time you start the application.

+59

Section8 reviewed on 04 May 2009

this program is full of win. A must-have!

[Version 1.0]

+55

JDub800 reviewed on 07 Jan 2009

Excellent program - and has leaped in front of DIX for speed and facilities. Filtering works very well. One missing feature however is there appears to be be no way to delete files/folders directly from the map view. Unless I missed something there?

[Version 1.0]

1 Reply

+55

JDub800 replied on 08 Jan 2009

Further to the above, it seems that you CAN delete from the view. Excellent work. A very useful app - 5 stars!

+35

dorkypants had trouble on 27 Aug 2008

Crashes immediately after selecting a directory/folder to scan, on my Tiger (10.4.11) MacBook

[Version 0.9.13]

7 Replies

Caslon replied on 27 Aug 2008

Same here.

N/a (developer) replied on 27 Aug 2008

I have hopefully found the cause of the crash, and fixed it in a release candidate that can (temporarily) be found here:

http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/ReleaseCandidates/GrandPerspective-0_9_13_1b1.app.zip

I cannot reproduce the crash myself, so I would be grateful to hear whether or not this version does not crash anymore. If so, I will make it an official release. If not, I will continue my hunt for the bug.

Caslon replied on 27 Aug 2008

Still crashing.

+22

syharris commented on 27 Aug 2008

Crashes immediateley here too on my trusty old 17" Powerbook running OS 10.4.11.
My Grand Perspective 0.9.13 crash log says it's a
Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000000.
I'd send the developer a copy of my Grand Perspective crash log but I can't locate an email address for him.

N/a (developer) replied on 28 Aug 2008

I am pretty confident that I found the bug that caused the crashes (basically, a silly typo). The fixed application can be (temporarily) found here as a release candidate:

http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/ReleaseCandidates/GrandPerspective-0_9_13_1b2.app.zip

If it doesn't crash anymore on systems where it used to crash (please let me know), then it will be released officially tomorrow.

+22

syharris replied on 28 Aug 2008

The fixed version works fine now here.

Caslon replied on 28 Aug 2008

Fine here. PPC OS 10.4.11

NadeemF had trouble on 30 Sep 2005

Won't run - apparently lacks some bundled objects:-
% /Applications/Utilities/GrandPerspective.app/Contents/MacOS/GrandPerspective
ZeroLink: could not load .o file: /Users/erwin/temp/Xcode-builds/GrandPerspective.build/GrandPerspective.build/Objects-normal/ppc/main.ob
...

[Version 0.90]