[brutal]

I was wondering if there exists a disk-cleaner for osx. like cleansweep or regcleaner for windows.
you know, an app that removes orphan files and stuff I really don´t need.

[gorickey]

I think there might be something bundled in the Norton SystemWorks/Utilities suites...but not for certain...

However, I know of this one for sure:

Omni DiskSweeper

http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnidisksweeper/

[Developer]

OmniDiskSweeper

[chabig]

Don't use Norton!

Since we don't have anything remotely like the Registry, we really don't need a disk cleaner. All you're really doing is looking for the orphan files, which don't harm anything anyway.

Chris

[brutal]

Originally posted by chabig:
Don't use Norton!

Since we don't have anything remotely like the Registry, we really don't need a disk cleaner. All you're really doing is looking for the orphan files, which don't harm anything anyway.

Chris

Yeah, but they slowly fill up my harddrive don´t they?

Thanks guys! I´ll try out Omni Disksweeper

[chabig]

Yeah, but they slowly fill up my harddrive don´t they?

Technically, yes. But most of them are only 4K, so it'll take a lot of them to fill up your hard drive.

It's pretty easy to just go through ~/Library/Preferences/ manually and delete the files that you no longer have apps for. If in doubt, just leave it.

OmniDiskSweeper works well for what it does. But it's purpose is to locate large files that are using up space. It doesn't search for orphan preference files.

Chris

[brutal]

ok thanks!

tried out omni disksweeper, and it seems kinda usefull for keeping track about where your diskspace is going, although it´s results didn´t surprise me much..