 | Oct 14 2009 |
ICONZ113 That sample photo in the description, is that the only view you get for each drive analysis? is there a way to identify what is what?
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 | Aug 18 2009 |
JAZZJOHANNES Another possible feature: Saving of snapshots and space efficiency comparisons.
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 | Aug 18 2009 |
DAISYDISK So far we avoided dealing with snapshots as these often take hundreds of megabytes of disk space. Unlike some competing products DaisyDisk never fills your drives with garbage
From another point we do understand this feature may be useful, so we'll try some options in experimental builds. If they prove being effective, then comparison feature may be added to DaisyDisk as an option. But that's all after version 1.5 we're working on now.
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| Sep 25 2009 |
E_COMMERCE I would second the option of creating such reports as needed, as I frequently find myself scratching my head saying "I know I had 10GB more space a couple months ago, but I don't see any single spot where it went". Being able to compare past and present would be very useful in such scenarios.
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 | Aug 18 2009 |
STILL_SPARKLING Daisy Disk really has no peer in drive visualization, so you can pretty much ignore the suggestions for similar apps. The gorgeous UI, speed, and stability make it a pleasure to use. Add to that the stellar customer support from the developers and you have a real winner. Yes there are other apps that can do the same thing, but DaisyDisk's method of color-coding each area of your drive is so fluid and intuitive, you won't want to use anything else. It makes getting rid of space hogging apps and files a breeze. The are two things I don't like: 1. The price. I think it should be at least $5.00 cheaper. 2. The fact that it isn't built into Leopard automatically. Come on, Apple -- add this puppy to Snow Leopard!
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| Sep 12 2009 |
DEMORAY I like DaisyDisk. It's a polished little utility with an attractive interface. But for you to state that there are no worthy alternatives is a bit disingenuous. GrandPerspective is a free alternative that offers customizable color-coding, and uses a slightly different way to graphically display the files on your system. I actually prefer this graphic display method over the pie-chart that DaisyDisk uses. WhatSize is a very nice shareware alternative that offers FIVE different display methods to chose from, including the pie-chart, bar-chart and table views. Once again, DaisyDisk is a great app, but it's certainly not the only good choice.
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| Aug 18 2009 |
JAZZJOHANNES Bravo, wonderfully useful software!! The snappiness of interaction is remarkable! Suggestion: Outdated / long time not accessed files filtering, perhaps diagrammatically represent the timeline with lines (long, short etc.) It seriously is a huge step forward in computer management. Thanks a lot.
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| Aug 11 2009 |
DON MORRIS Dang! I so want to buy this. However, I'm bugged by several things: - No hierarchal column or list view. Leaving out the way most people view files is a serious shortcoming. - (Smaller files and folders). I really want to see what those are, sometimes. If I hover the mouse pointer over that very narrow strip I'll get a list, but I can't do anything with the items in the list. - Can't drill down into every folder. If there's a folder in the "smaller files and folders," I can't see what's in it. These all boil down to "I can't see every file on my disk."
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| Aug 13 2009 |
I'm Taras, user interface specialist behind DaisyDisk. There're definitely some usability issues related to "smaller files
". They're not perfect, but proved being a very effective way of reducing information noise. In practice dealing with this item, representing collections of small or equally sized objects is often useless because it requires too much micromanagement (example: a set of 1000 photos plus some icons and text files) we're trying to avoid. It also mostly distracts one from the main goal: free up some space (not "just wipe out files I don't realy need"). Make sure I'll recall this question the next time we start the next big round of sunburst improvements ;) And don't forget that DaisyDisk is not a file manager and has never been positioned as such.
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| Aug 13 2009 |
DON MORRIS Ah, heck. License purchased.
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| Jul 14 2009 |
DRDUL Daisy Disk has the best UI of these types of apps. Easier to understand, easier to navigate and easier to see details. Quick Look integration is great! The only things holding me back from buying a licence are: Inability to delete files directly from Daisy Disk Graphic doesn't display as large as possible within the DD window, which means it's sometimes difficult to see details Inability to set a (slightly) larger font size This is an app with lots of potential. I'll be keeping an eye on DD as it develops.
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| Jul 14 2009 |
DRDUL To clarify my earlier comment, where the font size is particularly an issue for me is the file path displayed at top right. The other fonts are small but legible, whereas I can barely see the file path. Perhaps a status bar or some other way of displaying the file path would provide more space to use a larger font? Also, i should have added the suggestion of undo capability with a file delete feature. Sure, i can always restore the file from the trash (which will be easier with the "put back" feature in Snow leopard), but that means I have to be able to remember which file(s) I deleted. Undo capability within DD would be an essential part of a file delete feature.
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| Jul 14 2009 |
DAISYDISK Greetings, DRDUL. Direct file deletion is planned. As you may notice, it's not easy to make file deletion easy and comfortable for all situations from local files to remote servers without giving one a perfect "mess my data" tool (error-proof is one of such). We think we have a good solution and it will definitely appear in future versions. We've already thought of some further display optimizations. If our experiments succeed, you'll see some of these changes in the nearest future. We usually tweak map display a little each release :) As for font size, feel free to tell us more about the issue. Write to support and I'll definitely pay close attention to this problem.
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| May 28 2009 |
CORPSECORPS While it would be nice if this could delete files, the UI is so slick and gives one such a clear immediate concept of what's gobbling space where, it's brilliant. Scans disks quickly appears to be very solid. Bought it on promo, but after using it more, i think it's worth full price...almost. 8^)
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| May 7 2009 |
DAISYDISK GRYFFIN, feel free to report about any crashes you notice.
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| May 7 2009 |
GRYFFIN PROS: Visually stunning, polished animation, innovative display concept; I prefer graphical tools for this sort of thing. Preview feature is a nice addition, but crashed the app on some files. CONS: Main graphic seems too small, even on a big monitor; negative space is nice and all, but I'd prefer if DD displayed its info graphic as large as possible. Also, DD has no ability to trash files itself MAJOR omission. Also, costs $$$ in a field full of free alternatives. COMPARISONS: WhatSize and OmniDiskSweer use a text-only approach that's fast and simple, but as I said above, I feel a graphic representation is more intuitive than a hierarchical list of folder/file sizes. GrandPerspective has nice graphics, but it's harder to navigate, and harder to get a good "big picture" view, and really needs a hierarchical list. DiskInventoryX is still the one to beat IMHO: similar graphic display as GrandPerspective, but it also has a hierarchical view best of both worlds!
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| Mar 17 2009 |
This is the Application***** that can shows the new Frontiers related at the Finder Evolution . . . . I hope that, in some characteristic, its genial Interpretation related to the management of the content of the HDD will be not underestimated! Thanks at the Developers, Maurizio.
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| Mar 17 2009 |
CURLYPAWS There are times when you really do need to find up what is taking up hard disk space. And, as has been noted, there are a number of alternatives for doing so. So when I tried DaisyDisk, I was rather sceptical that it would offer anything new. However, having found quite a few files and folders that I could discard, I've now bought a license. It makes a rather dull task really rather slick and (surprisingly) fun. It can be tricky when looking at small individual files (as they are very narrow slivers) but then, you aren't going to save a lot of disk space by deleting them! The one place where it loses out to something like Baseline is in the ability to see how disk usage has differed between two points in time but, that said, this is a very neat utility.
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| Mar 17 2009 |
FRANCOLA Nice job on this so far! I very rarely want to do a full scan of the entire hard drive, so while I agree it should be one of the quick options to scan when starting DaisyDisk, I feel that at least the home folder should be an immediate shortcut as well. Ultimately, I think it would be nice to have the option to populate that initial list of choices of locations to search manually.
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| Mar 12 2009 |
ANONYMOUS First of all, guys, we'd liked to thank you for taking time writing your comments. We surely know about the existing free alternatives to DaisyDisk and there're more of them than DiskSweeper or GrandPerspective. Does it scare us a lot? Well, not really. Why? First of all, DaisyDisk gives a much better and more polished user experience. It uses our own version of sector map for visualization (it has quite a few improvements against similar products) which is easier to read than treemaps (GP) or sorted lists (DS). Now add here a thoughtful navigation (breadcrumb, info panel, clicking on the map), Quicklook, gorgeous GUI created by a professional designer and lots of details you may not have noticed yet
Is it worth $20 dollars? While DaisyDisk is in beta, you can buy DaisyDisk for just $15 by using BETA coupon, or use the free analogs, buy hey, you may even use DaisyDisk after the trial period has expired (if you don't mind seing "unregistered" watermark). So decide it yourself
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| Mar 12 2009 |
JON_WHITE_BW And Omnigroup have recently made WhatSize freeware too. I think the market's really too crowded for a 'paid for' app of this type to flourish, sadly. | |
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| Mar 17 2009 |
HANANH You mean OmniDiskSweeper by OmniGroup - yeah the ninjas at Omni have made some of their older great software freeware lately - appreciate that step! But ID-Design has done the contrary way with WhatSize: The former freeware is now shareware (nagware). Although there are free alternatives yes true, but this does not mean there is no demand - If it's a well designed and continuously supported app (made sure it's compatible with the latest Mac OS versions) with additional features it will be great.
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| Mar 12 2009 |
JDUB800 Certainly a nice looking app, but is $20 really gonna cut it when Disk Inventory X and Grand Perspective do very similar for free? GP in particular is a fine looking/working app of it's type. In-app previews are a nice bonus, but twenty dollar's worth...?
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