Hi James, You can get the total amount of disk used by folder using Terminal :
polaris:~ alex$ du -sh * 2.6G Downloads ... polaris:~ alex$ cd Downloads/ polaris:Downloads alex$ du -sh * 548K About Downloads.pdf 2.5G iphone_sdk_3.1.2_with_xcode_3.2.1__snow_leopard__10m2003.dmg ... polaris:Downloads alex$ As you can see my downloads folder holds 2.6GB out of which 2.5GB are made up of the iPhone SDK. Maybe a little technical using Terminal commands, but at least you don't have to install any new software. Have fun Alex On 12 Dec 2009, at 10:26, James I Fraser wrote: > > Please would anyone have any idea how 155GB of free space on a 500GB drive > fill up in 5 hours with no user activity? The laptop - a MacBook Pro, late > 2007, 4GB Ram running 10.6.2 was wirelessly connected to the internet and > McAfee ran finding 431 malwares, but on the backup drive! To email I've moved > 81GB of pictures to free up drive space. > > Best wishes, > > James > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
