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How to find large files/folders in 10.3
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Hey kids,
So my lowly 60 gig powerbook HD is filling right up and I'm wondering where all of that space went to (or, more aptly, what I need to get rid of to get going again). 20 GB in music is one obvious answer, but there's still a good bit of space that I'm curious about.
Anyone have any idea how I might search for the largest files and folders on my drive? I'm thinking if I were running Tiger spotlight would do the trick. But alas, still rocking the Panther.
Any ideas would be most appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Actually, spotlight Can't search by size, afaik.
Delve into your libraries and look at folder sizes. If there's anything in there that is clearly something you don't need (like a component for an application you have uninstalled) then trash it if it takes up more than 100 MB.
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From the Finder:
Command-F
In the resulting window, choose the "Computer" category near the top.
To the far right in the same bar, there is a (+) icon just past the Save button. Keep clicking it until the Size field appears. You can remove the fields you don't want using the (-) icons beside each search parameter.
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Thanks for the quick replies.
The Command-F in finder just rocked my world, reader50. I am simultaneously awestruck at how useful it might be in the future and bummed about everything I've been missing out on having not known. 
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While the search feature is handy, for this particular task, I'd recommend a program like OmniDiskSweeper.
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Grandperspective is quiet a cool program. Dead easy to spot large files!
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Originally Posted by peeb 
Or WhatSize.
I don't know if they've fixed it, but last I checked, WhatSize would (for seemingly no reason) miss huge directories and report them as empty. I can guarantee you my 1600-file iTunes library does not take up 0 MB. It's not the hugest darn, but OmniDiskSweeper seemed to do the trick nicely.
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Originally Posted by adamfishercox
Actually, spotlight Can't search by size, afaik.
Of course it can.
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No, it can't. Not from the spotlight menu, at least. And it doesn't do a very good job of searching system files, either.
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Originally Posted by adamfishercox
No, it can't. Not from the spotlight menu, at least.
Yes, it can. Just use Command-F in the Finder.
And it doesn't do a very good job of searching system files, either.
That's by design. Granted, it's a design decision I don't agree with. But it's a "feature", not a bug.
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Originally Posted by adamfishercox
No, it can't. Not from the spotlight menu, at least. And it doesn't do a very good job of searching system files, either.
The Spotlight menu can't, but the Spotlight menu does a pretty poor job of exposing Spotlight in 10.4.
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