DaisyDisk 4+
Recover disk space
Software Ambience Corp.
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- USD 9.99
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Description
Get a visual breakdown of your disk space in form of an interactive map, reveal the biggest space wasters, and remove them with a simple drag and drop.
Discover what’s hiding inside the “Other” storage category and clear it up.
Recover disk space by finding and removing large useless files.
Supports all kinds of local drives, as well as the most popular cloud disks.
Featured in the “Essentials”, “Best of Mac App Store” in 2015, 2013 and 2011, “Get Productive”, “Get Stuff Done” and “Invaluable Utilities” editorials of the Mac App Store.
Over 620 reviews in the media including major titles like Forbes, TechRadar, Lifehacker, Gizmodo, MacRumors, 9to5mac, Macworld, TUAW, MacStories and many others.
Daring Fireball: “[…] Daisy Disk is my personal favorite for analyzing disk usage on the Mac. It’s a beautiful app. […]”
TechRadar: “[…] we recommend an easy-to-use utility called DaisyDisk. This app helps you easily find and remove unneeded files you may have forgotten about.”
LifeHacker: “DaisyDisk is a beautiful disk space analyzer. It’s the preference of many Mac users. […] DaisyDisk is very fast and very pretty.”
Gizmodo: “Deleting files and sorting out disk-space is one of those tasks most people dread, so I can definitely appreciate that DaisyDisk has tried making it as fun (and beautiful) as possible.”
MacRumors: “The new DaisyDisk 4 has a new, flatter design […], with bright colors, it’s able to scan drives up to 20 times as fast, and it consumes less memory when in use.”
9to5Mac: “DaisyDisk, chosen by Apple as a Mac App Store ‘essential’, provides a cleaner and more interactive circular interface for [visualizing Mac’s hard drive].”
Macworld: “For only ten bucks, DaisyDisk is a simple, convenient utility for every Mac owner, and it gets the job done well for less technically-inclined users.”
TUAW: “Daisy Disk is the perfect example of one of those tools that should be built right into OS X.”
MacStories: “While there are a few similar apps none of them even come close to matching the beautiful DaisyDisk interface.”
Beautiful Pixels: “DaisyDisk is a phenomenally helpful utility app for Mac. […] This is a really fascinating way to take a look at all the files and folders residing on your Mac.”
Notable features:
• Unique interface that makes it easier than ever to find and delete large useless files
• Unmatched speed of scanning – it typically takes only a few seconds to scan your entire startup disk (depends on your disk and CPU models)
• Integrated QuickLook for previewing file content
• Scanning multiple disks in parallel at maximum speed
• Real-time information about mounted disks
• Supports all kinds of built-in and external drives, memory cards and network storage
• Supports cloud storage services: Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, Box
• In-app file deletion
• Fully supports Retina displays
What’s New
Version 4.30
- Updated the application icon to match the newest design of the operating system.
Ratings and Reviews
Maybe the best of its kind.
review edit: I am changing from 3 (ok) to 5 (excellent). Developer kindly responded me that I missed a feature ¨favorite folders¨ which is cool to isolate any folder and repeat the cleaning task in a smart and personalized way.
It’s also a fast & beautiful app. Made with love.
Original review:
Fast and beautiful but requires manual and individual deleting.
It’s not a cleaner and optimizing tool, as advertised by reviewers.
I purchased, downloaded and installed this tool after reading a couple of reviews like 10 Best Mac Cleaner Software to Optimize your Mac.
It doesn’t scan and isolate common space wasters like caches and tmp folders from Adobe, Chrome, Google Earth and more typical folders. You will have to locate them yourself.
So you will have to navigate deep on each folder (assuming that you know which folders are and remember where are them) and then do the delete manually.
It doesn't have shortcuts or possibility to ad this common folders to someplace handy.
It's not in the category of let's say CCleaner or Diskclean, it's more like Disk Inventory X. A tree map with manual deleting of files and folders.
Having this said, may be the best on its category, disk visual map.
My 3 stars rating corresponds to an IT’S OK rate so under no circumstances I am saying it’s bad. With a couple of clever features would be 5 stars immediately.
My bad was to go to app store, where buying is the only option.
I suggest to try the free trial option in their website to see if it fits your needs.
Developer Response ,
Thanks for your feedback! I'm sorry that you've been misled by some reviewers that DaisyDisk was a cleaner software. In fact, we never positioned our app as a cleaner, and to be honest, we don't hold much belief in the automated cleaner tools. MacOS and the apps are typically pretty good in doing their own maintenance automatically, without user intervention (unless something is not working normally), like cleaning their own caches etc. The idea of DaisyDisk is that it shows you the *ACTUAL* big files on your disk. You don't have to remember the paths to the caches – if they grow big, you will instantly notice them on the map. And if they are not big, why should you care about them in the first place? :) Also please note that DaisyDisk does have the feature to save shortcuts to the folders you want to scan often: please use the Scan Folder button and then click the star ("favorite") button on the left of the disk name.
App Privacy
The developer, Software Ambience Corp., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Software Ambience Corp.
- Size
- 4 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
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- Mac
- Requires macOS 10.13 or later.
- Languages
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English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2008-2024 Software Ambience Corp.
- Price
- USD 9.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.