At least for sorting by size of the folders you can do that in the
finder. Open up the Macintosh HD in List View (command-2) and then sort
by size. Only snag is that by default folders sort as though they have
zero size. But you can change that in the View menu by picking show view
options (command-J) and then tick the "Calculate All Sizes" checkbox. It
will take a while at the top level but it will go folder by folder and
total up everything in it and then that will sort to wherever it should
be in the list of sizes. You can turn this on at lower levels as well as
you drill down trying to find what folder is sucking up all the space.
This of course assumes it's normal file bloat causing the trouble and
not misallocation of storage at a lower level.
CB
On 3/8/13 7:11 AM, Richard Ring wrote:
Thanks for your advice. I really need to learn to make friends with
Terminal and its commands.
You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of
Fielding
Sent from my Mac Book Pro
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On Mar 7, 2013, at 7:43 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Try the df -k command in terminal and verify what it says about free
space.
You can also try the following command
du -s * | sort -n
This command tells you the size of every file/folder in the current
directory and sorts them by size so the largest is at the bottom.
One other question did you check the size of the Trash? Unlike
Windows Macintosh computers usually do not auto-empty the
trash/recycle bin.
Best wishes,
Jonathan Cohn
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
(703) 573-6956
http://www.linkedin.com/in/JCCohn
On Mar 7, 2013, at 10:44 AM, Richard Ring wrote:
Hello:
I have a Mac Book Air that I'm trying to help a friend with. This
machine has a 128 GB drive. The problem is, the system shows that
the drive has 1.6 gb free. I can't for the life of me determine what
is taking up all the space. There is no music, no videos. Is it
possible that the Mac could be reporting the amount of free space
incorrectly? Should I simply look at each individual folder and add
up what each folder is showing as used space? I'm wondering if there
is anything obvious I'm overlooking.
Thanks.
You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of
Fielding
Sent from my Mac Book Pro
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