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DiskWave
DiskWave 0.3.0.179
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Analyze hard drive space consumption.   Free
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    Aymeric Barthe
DiskWave is a free utility to help you determine where most of your hard drive space is consumed.

DiskWave was formerly known as WhichSize.

The program scans your hard drive to compute the size of all folders and sub folders. The results are stored in memory, which allows faster navigation than the built-in "compute all sizes" option in the Finder. You can easily identify useless directories and delete them.
What's New
Version 0.3:

New Features:

  • Added anonymous system profile reporting (via Sparkle).
  • Slightly improved performance of scanning on slow disks, due to a better GUI refresh.
  • Disabled application persistence on Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.
  • Added full screen support on Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.

Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed random crashes when deleting a custom place from the sidebar.
  • Fixed refresh issue of path control when the file browser view is displayed the first time.
  • Fixed annoying bug that moves the scrollbar of the file browser when it is refreshed.
  • Fixed display bug of "PLACES" and the mini buttons in the sidebar on Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.

Version 0.3:

New Features:

  • Added anonymous system profile reporting (via Sparkle).
  • Slightly improved performance of scanning on slow disks, due to a better GUI refresh.
  • Disabled application persistence on Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.
  • Added full screen support on Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.

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Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later.







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DiskWave User Discussion (Write a Review)
ver. 0.x:
(13)
Your rating: Now say why...
Overall:
(13)

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burypromote

+6

tfigs reviewed on 10 Sep 2011
Seems like a really good app for what it does and it is free. I had been using OmniDiskSweeper but it has not been updated in a while. This seems very similar. You can delete from within the app. Clearly shows your files and sizes. Nice interface and easy to use.
[Version 0.2.6.132]


burypromote

+249

Drdul reviewed on 07 Jul 2011
I like this! It does everything I need it to do, it does it fast and without crashing, and it does it for free! It might not have the eye candy of other apps, but I don't need to scan my disks very often, so extra bells and whistles don't interest me that much. DiskWave offers what I need.
[Version 0.2.6.132]


burypromote

+27

Craig42a reviewed on 13 Apr 2011
Wow! What a great piece of software. Perfect for what it is. It helped me track down usage on my drive really quickly and locate folders where tons of data was being stored. More valuable than any visual pie chart in my opinion. Highly-recommeneded. Thank you to the developers.
[Version 0.2.6.132]


burypromote
-2

-158

Djefis reviewed on 27 Dec 2010
This is a great piece of software, Daisy is intuitive and evolving from a graphical point of view.
[Version 0.2.6.132]


burypromote
+1

+129

Mikebenda reviewed on 27 Dec 2010
It seems to be a decent application. Not much different from the rest.

Great icon though. I was hoping it reflected the UI.
[Version 0.2.6.132]


burypromote
+3

+56

Bedouin reviewed on 12 Dec 2010
Looks like it's coming along great. When you hit the 1.0 stage I might be ready to dump WhatSize.

Yes, he's developing a free implementation of WhatSize. There's nothing wrong with that; the GNU utilities that come with Linux distributions were mere clones of commercial implementations too at one point. There's no ethical dilemma there.
[Version 0.2.5.124]


burypromote
-1

+337

Penguirl reviewed on 26 Apr 2010
I like the ability to choose a drive or folder from the left column, something OmniDiskSweeper lacks, but without a delete function I just end up going back to ODS. If/when DiskWave is able to delete files and folders directly from it's interface it will become my primary disk sizing app.
[Version 0.2.1.81]

2 Replies

burypromote
-1

+68
Doc Renaud replied on 05 May 2010
And also the possibility to open files/folders directly from it's window.
burypromote
+1
Aymeric Barthe (developer) replied on 13 Dec 2010
As of 0.2.5 there are a "move to trash" and a "reveal in finder" options in the toolbar.
burypromote
+3

+169

Bruseth reviewed on 03 Apr 2010
Thanks for this. Works just fine for me. And for free? Very nice of you. Thanks again.
[Version 0.2.0.61]


burypromote
-4

-1
Downtown commented on 03 Apr 2010
This looks a lot like a ripoff of WhatSize by id-design. If so, I'd say there was an ethical problem here.
[Version 0.2.0.61]

1 Reply

burypromote
-6

+7
Peachtreecity replied on 03 Apr 2010
Couldn't agree more - complete ripoff of WhatSize - even the name. Crappy compared to it as well.
burypromote
+3

+219
Harv commented on 03 Apr 2010
Omni also makes a free utility such as this called DiskSweper.

Does anyone know how these two products compare?
[Version 0.2.0.61]

1 Reply

burypromote

+4
Emile100 replied on 08 Jun 2011
Well, they do not report the same sizes for folders. WhatSize was closer to what the finder reports, I assume DW will be the same.
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+1

Fabio Milocco rated on 07 Nov 2011

[Version 0.3.0.179]




Losfly rated on 25 Apr 2011

[Version 0.2.6.132]




mac-newworld rated on 31 Dec 2010

[Version 0.2.6.132]



+2

Aymericb rated on 26 Dec 2010

[Version 0.2.6.132]



+2

Aymericb rated on 12 Dec 2010

[Version 0.2.1.81]


Downloads:9,251
Version Downloads:2,016
Type:Utilities : File Management
License:Free
Date:07 Nov 2011
Platform:PPC / Intel
Price:Free0.00
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DiskWave is a free utility to help you determine where most of your hard drive space is consumed.

DiskWave was formerly known as WhichSize.

The program scans your hard drive to compute the size of all folders and sub folders. The results are stored in memory, which allows faster navigation than the built-in "compute all sizes" option in the Finder. You can easily identify useless directories and delete them.
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