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OmniDiskSweeper is another quality product from The Omni Group, it's a Mac OS X utility for quickly finding and deleting big, useless files and thus making space on your hard disks. OmniDiskSweeper makes this easy by highlighting the biggest files on your disks, and by noting which files are used by the system, so you don't accidentally delete important files.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.7: Now free.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later.


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Developer:The Omni Group
Downloads:26,949
  - Version d/l:2,387
Utilities:File Management
License:Free
Date:24 Feb 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
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May 23 2009
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THUS.SPAKE.Z  Works just fine on my late '08 Macbook Pro core 2 duo. OmniDisksweeper does the job quite well and is now free. Go for it; it's a no brainer. I bought it several years ago and have used it many times without issues.  
(Version 1.7)

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Nov 20 2008

AKROBAT  Used to be a good app. But now virtually unusable as it constantly crashes on my Intel Macbook.

Ok on my PPC.  
(Version 1.6.1b2)

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Sep 26 2008

GORDON142  Well, WhatSize has a nicer interface, but DiskSweeper lets you use basically all its functions without registering, which means its still my tool of choice. Honestly, $7 is about the upper limit for an application of this type, I think, but everyone wants more…  
(Version 1.6.1b1)

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Nov 21 2007

SYHARRIS  OmniDiskSweeper works just fine, but I'd say WhatSize is really just as good....and it's free.

Don't know if WhatSize works with Leopard(yet).....I'm still using Tiger.

But give both a spin, and then decide if ODS is worth purchasing.  
(Version 1.6)

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Dec 2 2007

THEC13  WhatSize is officially not free any longer. Still a great program though.  
(Version 1.6)

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Mar 29 2006
***½.

E_COMMERCE  I love the company, but they seriously need to offer more if they expect people to pay for this, given that their competition does the same thing for free. What does it do that WhatSize doesn't? I certainly don't see anything at first or second glance.  
(Version 1.5)

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Apr 9 2006

JKT  It tells you the package (.pkg) source of any application files that use Apple's installer app, but other than that, not a lot.  
(Version 1.5)

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May 14 2008

GXL  The WhatSize is not free anymore so that argument can't be used.  
(Version 1.6)

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Oct 26 2005

ANONYMOUS  Another vote for WhatSize, absolutely free. You can find it at www.id-design.com. Alternatively, Tiger users can create a simple Smart Folder with a few rules to immediately identify the big files ... :-)  
(Version 1.5 beta 1)

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May 12 2005

ANONYMOUS  awsome little, app, yes you can use the command line du utility, etc, but this little app is much more fun to use, finding those big files on your drive, is a pleasure!

try it out, this software company is great!@  
(Version 1.4)

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Mar 9 2005

CHRISBROWNUK  Personally I use WhatSize. I prefer the interface and the price (free!).  
(Version 1.4)

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Nov 16 2004
***½.

ANONYMOUS  Not worth the money. What this tool does, you can easily do with even just the Finder. Most of the time, you aren't going to be deleting large quantities of files that the Finder cannot see anyway. I could see this as marginally useful if your computer was a major mess and you had no organisation, but then you've got other problems than disk space. This would be handy if it was free. As it stands, it is not worth $15.  
(Version 1.4)

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Aug 8 2004

ANONYMOUS  Sure it makes sense. Can you tell the finders column view to sort by size? No you can't, it only sorts by name. Since the column view is the fastest way to dig down & find out where your hard drive space is being taken up, this app serves a purpose. I agree that theres no reason to spend $ on it, but it helped me clear HD space on a powerbook several times in the past.  
(Version 1.4)

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Oct 20 2005

ANONYMOUS  Well, that is rather subjective! I find list view with tapping arrow keys and the first few letters to be the fastest way. Mostly because no processor time flubbered off on wasteful Scrolling Column Animations.

Besides, why use Finder anyway. It is for newbies. Real users have alternatives. $15 replacements for 'du' is not one of them.  
(Version 1.5 beta 1)

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Oct 20 2005

AS4ME  Finder is not for newbies... your an idiot  
(Version 1.5 beta 1)

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