ISTRA  this is a fine application and I find the price also not such a horror!

What I find annoying is that when I use e.g. Xslimmer to save some space, WhatSize gives a message that "it has tampered with" and doesn't even start!

This for me is self contradicting, both appz serve the purpose of making our machines lighter off excessive weight, but WhatSize claims more rights on my system!? It doesn't allow me to take away of it (in my case) some useless code?!

Come on!

On the other hand it has a nice interface and graphic part, the colour scheme is functional and onobtrussive and works fine.  
(Version 4.8.3)

ICONZ113  this is the best app for this function right? even though im reading some you you guys have issues but is there an app better then this by itself? I ask because I cant decide which to get  
(Version 4.8.1)

NICOLASD  With Grand Perspective and Omni Disk Sweeper both free and excellent products, there's absolutely no point in paying for this program that once was free itself.

I'd say pass WhatSize up and check out the great free alternatives first.  
(Version 4.8.1)

APPLEHC  Do not expect the developer to fix it without asking for an upgrade fee again :) I siwtched to Baseline and OmniDiskSweeper. Both good products!  
(Version 4.8.1)

ERIC WOEHLER  confirming flaky/unpredictable behaviour under 10.6. suggest you dont use it until developer releases update for SL.  
(Version 4.8)

JP2110  Erratic behavior under Snow Leopard :(  
(Version 4.8)

DON MORRIS  Adequate interface, but the sunburst (pie chart) view seems almost an afterthought; it's quite cluttered, particularly compared to DaisyDisk. I do like the source list, and the options available in the contextual menus. Price is right, too.  
(Version 4.7)

GMANDLER  Great product! Love it as I was down to 2G on my Macbook after installing Leopard....in about 10 minutes I found 10G of fat that I no longer needed. I had tried to find these big files in Finder, but WhatSize made it so simple.

Love that I can click on a folder and it opens it in Finder for easy delete and trash removal.

Well worth the $13!

As for the ratings below I gave the Stability a 4 - but it may well deserve a 5.  
(Version 4.6)

ISTRA  Just used it for some minutes.

Looks very neat and works intuitively here.

• Though, I'm missing a "back" (& forward) arrow... well, maybe some more Finder integration.

• in the PieChart view, rather often, the info-beams just clutter. It would be fine to be able to move them around with the mouse, for improving readability. Also, a context menu would be great. Now it's pure graphical.

Thanks  
(Version 4.6)

APPLEHC  Well, funny little story:

WhatSize had some issues with the eSellerate engine they were using. I spent quite a lot of time trying to fix this. The developer could not help so he gave me a refund. Nice - I thought..

Well, today he sent me an eMail that I should update immediately - he may have fixed the problems with the eSellerate engine.

Guess what: He just blacklisted my old serial. By testing the new version i got a nice little dialog telling me my serial was blacklisted. Thanks for the genereous help!

You have to decide if you invest your money into this software.

It is the first time after having bought 200 shareware applications that I completely disagree with a developer about how customers should be treated. I would have bought my licence back if the problem would have been solved properly. But finding myself on a "serial number black list", sorry. Not to mention the update politics..  
(Version 4.6)

KDEDA  If you have a serial number question or a comment please send an email to whatsize@id-design.com

The developer.  
(Version 4.5.2)

SOLOSAINT  this is the only app that allows you to view a list of largest folders by size, grandp and disk inventory x are cool cuz they are free, but this is the best one  
(Version 4.5.1)

BRIAN KENDIG  Obsolete, now that OmniDiskSweeper is free and does the same exact thing in the same exact way.  
(Version 4.4.1)

EPRINT  This software company wants me to pay for the product twice. Not that the program is bad, but when you see the message, "The unregistered version of this software can measure up to 20 GB of data files.

To lift this limit and support a small software development company you will need to purchase a license."

I have the license - the screen to enter the number repeatedly indicates i have the wrong number.

Could there be a bug?

Robin Nichols

nicholsr@rochester.rr.com  
(Version 4.4.1)

ALEXANDRE ACKERMANS  Totally overpriced especially since the free Grandperspective application gives a faster, and visually better information about your files.  
(Version 4.4.1)

TWIC  081212 1511

I THINK I finally figured out the Problem with the "Serial Name"

I DID go back and found my invoice from MacUpdate.

I copy and pasted the Name as it was listed there...

I THINK (but have not proven) there MIGHT be an invisible "TAB" or two between my First and Last Names.

One way or another WhatSize is now working...

but after ALL that trouble, it doesn't really offer much as a Utility

/\/\/  
(Version 4.4.1)

THM19A  Abouth the program - WhatSize.

Serial name? I dont now that!

I have the serial number but the program ask for the serial name!

What shall I do?? Bought the program 7des08 together with 9 other programs from MacUpdate... In my e mail I get it says nothing abouth a serial name.. Is there someone who can help in this?   
(Version 4.4.1)

JIMW  Buy this product

or

- Buy File Buddy and get all the '1 trick ponies' rolled up into a single app with good support

or

- Do the following which will approximate the info from this product.

Open a Finder Window

Choose the Drive or Folder you wish to view

View in 'List' mode

Under View - View Options check Size and "Calculate All Sizes

Option-Click the arrow next to the folder or drive to open all subfolders within it

Take a short break

Click on the 'Size' column to sort by size.

All of your folders subfolders and files will be sorted by size within each folder.

This probably can be all incorporated into a single Automator script that should not take over 30 min to create - even for a novice.

But no matter what - be an informed consumer.  
(Version 4.4.1)

VASHREMIX  I used to love this app when it was free.

I was disappointed when it "updated" itself to paid-only version.

Those looking for a free application may be able to use "grand perspective"

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19515/grandperspective

Good Luck  
(Version 4.3.1)

DOTMACX  I wish I could give zero stars.

My free version automatically updated itself to a newer version which requires a license!

Hello! You can't do that unless you make it VERY clear that by clicking the update button you lose your previous full version.

It's low enough charging for previously free software. Automatically installing over it is even worse.  
(Version 4.3.1)

RAMPANCY  Sadly, this version simply doesn't work on 10.4.11 (on a C2D MacBook 2 GB RAM/2 Ghz).

The main window can't be shown, all of the menus don't work, and bottom half WhatSize's application menu is completely blank (as in no text, just an empty menu).   
(Version 4.3.1)

COCCOINOMANE  A previous, full functional, free version (10.3.91) is available at http://downloads.zdnet.co.uk/0,1000000376,39188705s,00.htm?dl=1

Ciao,

Guido  
(Version 4.2)

JOSEPH.MCKENNA1  This may be a great App.in its full version

but it is almost impossible to register it after paying for it.

I have written twice to the developer and

still witing for clear instrucions

I even included screnshots of the problem but no results

joseph mckenna  
(Version 4.2)

KENEFF  I just launched the previous version (4.1) of this utility and I was prompted to update to the newest version, so I did. The previous version was free, and the new update is paid shareware. When I was prompted for the update, the cost change was not mentioned.

I think that utilities released for free should remain free with very few exceptions. If a developer wants to add additional functionality to their free utility and charge for that different utility, that would be great. Just have two versions, free and paid more functionality.  
(Version 4.2)

GARY30  There does not appear to be any substantive change in functionality over the previous free version although the main window is a bit nicer. Moreover, the developer seems to have chosen to handicap himself by grossly limiting the funcitonality of the paid application until registration; is not the constant nagging thought to be enough? Just my 2 cents worth, but if I were trying to sell an app that were only marginally different from a previous free version, I might be a little more generous.  
(Version 4.2)

TIM27  I don't understand software like this. What is the point of finding and deleting invisible files such as DS Store or preferences or whatever, when the next time you open a Finder window or the app that created them it will create new ones automatically. Then you have to go through and keep deleting them over and over?

If you are looking for files over a certain size you can use the Finder or SPotlight to find them.

Just seems like pointless software to me.  
(Version 4.1.1)

AGGO  Here's the free version:

http://downloads.zdnet.co.uk/0,1000000376,39188705s,00.htm?r=1  
(Version 4.1.1)

RORO01  TAKE CARE!!!

The previous version was Freeware but this one is Demo.  
(Version 4.1)

DJC0  Boy i hate it when someone releases a new version with no information as to what has been updated. Either here at macupdate or on their own site.

So why should i update if my current version works fine? Please tell me!  
(Version 4.1)

GMAPPER  Really nice app, but I'm disappointed that the "automatic update" deletes the free version, then puts up a nag screen to tell you to buy it the first time you run it after updating.

I'm always willing to pay for good software, but I don't care for the bait and switch. Please at least warn me before "improving" free software to demo software. I suppose I could just restore the free version from backup, but for now, I think I'll switch back to Disk Inventory X (free), or even pay for OmniDiskSweeper ($14.95) rather than reward this way of doing business.

Again, love the software, don't care for the business approach. I don't blame the developer for wanting to make some money, but they should be upfront about what they are doing.  
(Version 4.1)

MSWWSM  It is good software. It is worth US$13. It is however grossly inappropriate to slam an auto-update that changes the licensing arrangement to a paid-license requirement without significant warnings to that effect.

You know how Apple tells you if you have QT Pro license and upgrade to the newest full revision of QT, they tell you you'll have to buy a new license for the Pro features. Yeah, that.

To do anything less is deceptive and tantamount to consumer fraud.  
(Version 4.1)

GCOGHILL  Developers site says it's still free, but to access the System Administrator functions (and to support development) the $12.99 comes into effect.  
(Version 10.4)

BINARYPACKRAT  Whoops! I may have spoken too soon. I also fired it up and now it looks like its $12.99? O well It's worth it for great software. I always wondered how this was free...  
(Version 10.4)

BINARYPACKRAT  Fantastic app! It sizes my 250 gig HD in no time. I love it and its free! What else can you say?  
(Version 10.4)

GCOGHILL  Great app, new version looks cool and there seems to be new features to examine just certain folders, which is nice.

Although listed as free, I get a license screen when it launches. Developer site mentions nothing about changing to a paid version. Odd.  
(Version 10.4)

INDROO  Whatsize is the easiest hardisk space management ever. You can review all files and folders that ate your disk from the biggest one to the smallest one, so you can easly track them to preserve your free space quickly.   
(Version 10.3.92)

BRECK  Whatsize is great, simple and effective. Thanks.  
(Version 10.3.92)

NAOH  For those who may have difficulties opening the file that downloads, just rename the file extension from .dmg.bz2 to simply .dmg

For some reason, the filename is changed when downloading.  
(Version 10.3.92)

PINNOCHIO  An excellent program. Very easy to use and very helpful.

I'm not developers friend :-)

I just want to say thank you.  
(Version 10.3.91)

E_COMMERCE  Outstanding application, and puts similar other programs to shame with its simplicity and price (none!).

One possible feature: Could it also measure how many files are in a folder, rather than the size? I sometimes wonder where the 600,000 files on my disk really *are*.  
(Version 10.3.91)

ONON  hi, can somebody tell me please the meaning of the colors after measure? red?green? lila? which color can I delete? which not?

thx!  
(Version 10.3.91)

KAI_H  Outstanding app - the best one I've found to see where all my disk space has gone to...  
(Version 10.3.91)

JPIZE  I downloaded WhatSize to check out why my wife's mac (OS X 10.4.1) had a full hard disk...in a few seconds it revealed that she had a 9G(!) file that she wasn't using in her App Support folder. Now it's gone, and now her computer has room to breathe. I would recommend this app highly  
(Version 10.3.9)

THEBRIX2008  Fast, well laid out and an eyeopener (the GB of space taken up by GarageBand and iDVD support files!) ... but derailed by giving incorrect results. My iTunes folder is described by Finder as 32.1GB, but is reported by WhatSize as 23.7MB, and the error propagates backwards through the tree. That appears to be the only error here, but it's a bad one.  
(Version 10.3.9)

SJJ_PUBLIC  This program appears to be trying to sort the results by size, but it isn't working. I have a listing where there are numerous cases such as an 89 MB folder being listed before a 93 MB folder. Also it doesn't sort anything until after the sizing on the drive is completed entirely. That OmniDiskSweeper does do this, and gives a frequently updating total for folders as it sizes them, makes it easier to see the progress of the scan. I paid for OmniDiskSweeper a while ago, before this existed, so the cost is moot to me. OmniDiskSweeper works better, but this one is free and that's nothing to scoff at. Fix the bugs and improve the feedback and it would be hard to justify purchasing ODS, but ODS isn't expensive and it works great now. Lastly, the claim by another reviewer that WhatSize is faster is questionable - at least in my just done experiment, ODS finished the entire drive scan substantially faster than WhatSize did and, as I noted, ODS gave much better feedback as it progressed.  
(Version 10.2.6)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Much much (much) faster than OmniDiskSweeper (which I used until now). free as well  
(Version 10.2.6)

ANONYMOUS  Installed and ran it fine. Results showed a 9Gb difference between overall space used and the sum of all the files listed by Whatsize.

Any idea how this can be?  
(Version 10.2.6)

BEN F  My iMac is used by several family members with separate accounts. WhatSize will not sweep nonpublic folders of other users unless I log in as "root" and run it as "root." But most OS X guides don't recommend enabling root. An administrator's tool that won't give correct results when run by an administrator is a bit of a disappointment. Still, beggars can't be choosers.  
(Version 10.2.6)

GARY  Great app! I realized that suddenly I was filling up my hard drive faster than I expected. Turns out it was the audio recording I was doing. WhatSize was able to show this to me in a matter of minutes. Thanks for the info and the handy app!  
(Version 10.2.6)

AV_MAN  Possibly the most useful utility I've ever used. I work with a lot of files and am constantly working close to the limit of my HD capacity. This handy little app lets me see at a glance where I have two copies of a multi-gigabyte project or where that old file that I no longer need is. If you've ever wondered where all your disk space went after you've had a computer for a few years, run this little app to find all the junk you'll never use and reclaim some HD space. You'll be surprised at just how much space you can save.  
(Version 10.2.6)

ANONYMOUS  I LOVE this app. Enough to write a review about it which I never do. The 5 stars it has is DEFINITELY well deserved.  
(Version 10.2.6)

ANONYMOUS  Nice little app, does exactly what it says on the description. Great if you want to free space on a bloated hard drive, just find the biggest files you can live without and delete or archive them to CD/DVD.  
(Version 10.2.6)

ANONYMOUS  Works perfectly. But why does the app have to calculate all the file/folders sizes for the root folder of a disk everytime its launched? Very annoying when you just want info on a specific folder and the finder won't refresh its info. Can we have a selection dialogue option at start up please!  
(Version 10.2.6)

ANONYMOUS  What size reports that my iTunes music folder is 6.96gb. Where as iTunes reports i've over 20gb of music. One of them has got to be getting it wrong, and considering how many .mp3's and .ACC's ive got in iTunes, my vote is that Whatsize is making a mistake in its mesuring.   
(Version 10.2.6)

GKS  Extremely useful product. Elegant inteface. Helped me pinpoint a problem involving system.log filling up a disk drive.  
(Version 10.2.6)

ANONYMOUS  "Version 1.2.6: Added French localization courtesy of Thomas Didrel." Okay, but how do I now download a copy of the version in engllish. I can find no way to switch from French to English in the sotfware and the downloads from here and the main website use the French language for the interface.  
(Version 10.2.6)

MAURICIO BABILONIA  Incredibly useful, does what it says, very fast and stable.  
(Version 10.2.6)

ANONYMOUS  Five stars! Incredibly useful.  
(Version 10.2.6)

ANONYMOUS  I've been looking for a product like this for a long time. Can't beat the price! A few things though, they are minor: The list of drives on the side doesn't line up very well (the text from the drive above a given drive overlaps the drive's name. It would also be very nice if this app included graphical charts.  
(Version 10.2.4)

HANNAHLSSR  The best of its kind, including the fancy,"OmniDiskSweeper".  
(Version 10.2.4)

OLE  WhatSize is an extremely useful application that helps you keep track of big files easily. Of course, you could do it with the Finder or the Terminal, but I never bother - with WhatSize it's very simple and straightforward, so now I can save space.  
(Version 10.2.3)

BANSURI  Shareware, yes. But where is the price? Not on the site or I must use spectables. And shareware perhaps, but AppleScript may help.

Bansuri  
(Version 10.2.3)