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WhatSize - 4.9

Measure sizes of your files and folders.

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All Time:	(3.5)
This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	4.9
Release Date:	2010-02-02
License:	Shareware
Downloads (this version):	559
Downloads (all versions):	10,389
Price:	$12.99

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Product Description:

WhatSize is a simple tool that allows the user to quickly measure the size in bytes of a given folder and all subfolders and files within it. You would be surprised at how many useless files might be laying around on your hard disks. The files and folders are automatically sorted by size, with the biggest sizes first. While the app is measuring a folder the user can browse the files within that folder and immediately see the size in bytes. Hidden files, cache files, directories will all show up with their corresponding size. This application is similar to the ancient NeXTSTEP, DarkForest. Once the measuring of a folder has ended the user can also view the information by filtering for particular file sizes or types. The user can also move unwanted files and folder in the corresponding Trash bin similar to the Finder's Delete button.

What's new in this version:

Added Duplicate Files functionality. We consider two files to be duplicates if they have the same md5 hash value. Figuring out the md5 hashes can be a long and expensive operation, so we will build the hash values in the background and store them into a database for convenience. If the files are modified the md5 hashes will be recalculated. You'd be suprised at how many duplicate files are out there.
We will skip the following file names: .svn, build, cvs, *.app, *.framework, *.bundle, */library/caches/
We plan to allow for more control in a future release using a preference panel.
Fixed SnowLeopard bug crash related to Java.
Fixed SnowLeopard file size math. In SnowLeopard one KB is 1000. Apple went to multiples of 1000 rather than multiples of 1024 when displaying the compact file size.
Modified QuickLookUI loading to prevent crash on SnowLeopard.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

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Very useful! - Version: 4.7, 6/23/2009 01:36AM PST

(2 of 2 users found this comment useful)

Ubis

Helped me several times to find "lost" space in my HD!

Useless info - Version: 4.4.2, 3/5/2009 12:54AM PST

(8 of 11 users found this comment useful)

low flyer

The information provided by VT as of 2009-03-04 is completely useless as far as 'all time rating' (2.0), 'downloads all versions' (285 ), and number of feedbacks (only 2) are concerned.

Please remove 'clueless' protection mode - Version: 4.4.1, 12/8/2008 01:55PM PST

(0 of 1 users found this comment useful)

me@dotmac

Every once in a while I get the "We have determined that it is not safe to remove the selected items" window - which, really, makes this program useless for me. I can understand that some users might be clueless and require to be protected from themselves, but please make this optional! Having to go through Terminal to delete these files really makes the program not worthwhile!