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OmniDiskSweeper helps manage your Hard Drive space

January 5th, 2010 by Ken

If you are a Mac user becoming frustrated by the rapidly depleting space on your hard drive, puzzled by just what’s occupying what was once available, this free application will give you some of the answers you’ve sought.

It’s called OmniDiskSweeper, and it quickly provides users a detailed rundown on what’s sitting on your hard drive, with a simple delineation of the exact files residing in your folders.

When starting OmniDiskSweeper, you’re prompted to select the drive you wish to review. Upon completion of the scan, you’re presented with an easily interpretable list of every folder on that drive, with their respective size defined by a color coding scheme. Using this tool, you can manage each folder, deleting files to your choosing. After each deletion, OmniDiskSweeper recalculates the available space on your computer.

This is a great tool to keep available when you think you might want to try your hand at optimizing your Mac. It’s easy to use, fast, and an excellent means of regaining all of the space that’s dwindled on your hard drive.  It’s also free, an added plus that very few of us can ignore.

This is only for Macs, and it can be obtained here.

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Tags: diskspace, harddrive, internet, macosx, optimization