carl1064
Level 1
(4 points)
Mac OS X
Q: How to identify files taking up space on imac intel core 2 duo
About this mac says "other" takes up largest amount of space, 139.9 GB on Macintosh HD. How can I identify which ones they are to thin them out and gain back some HD space?
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
by WZZZ,Solvedanswer
WZZZ
Level 6
(13,112 points)
Mac OS X
http://pondini.org/OSX/DiskSpace.html
Get OmniDiskSweeper and run as root.
http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omnidisksweeper/
Open Terminal and copy/paste and hit return. Give your admin pword when requested, which won't appear as you type it in. Hit return again.
sudo /Applications/OmniDiskSweeper.app/Contents/MacOS/OmniDiskSweeper
