Does your MacBook start sounding like a rocket ship that’s about to take off if you have more than four browser tabs open at once? If so then you may want to do a cleanup of your Mac’s disk space and there’s no better way to do it than through a third-party app called Disk Inventory X.
Channel: inventory software free for Mac - Softonic Search NSFW? Browsing All 28 Browse Latest. Disk Inventory X 1.0: 0. Disk Inventory X is a free Mac program that’s very simple to use and downloads without any issues. After downloading the program (no undesirable downloads included, thankfully), you will be asked to choose the drive that you want to evaluate. It will take approximately ten minutes for the app to scan your drive completely, so sit tight.
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The app, which I first learned about from Joanna Stern’s excellent guide to improving your old Mac’s performance, gives you an easy-to-understand breakdown of the files on your Mac that are clogging up your storage. When I first used it, for instance, I found that there was a mystery folder that I never used that was taking up a ton of space. On closer inspection, it turned out the folder contained an entire copy of OS X Snow Leopard that I had never bothered to get rid of — no, don’t ask me how it got there because I don’t know either.
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- Disk Inventory X is noteworthy because it also runs on macOS. So, why GrandPerspective? Well, as you may have guessed it's a fun little coding project and I needed to pick something to code on my new Mac Mini. Having said that, it does have a few things going for it.
- The 1.0 version of Disk InventoryX for Mac is available as a free download on our website. The most popular version among Disk InventoryX for Mac users is 1.0. This free Mac app was originally developed by Tjark Derlien. Disk InventoryX for Mac lies within System Tools, more precisely File Managers.
What makes the app particularly useful is that after it scans your disk, it gives you a list of folders on your Mac that are taking up the most storage. In my case, I found a huge folder of old pictures I’d taken at the 2013 Mobile World Congress that I had absolutely no need for. I deleted them and freed up at least 1GB of space through that alone.
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At any rate, if your Mac sounds like it’s wheezing through its last breaths, give this app a shot and see if it can boost your computer’s performance.
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Download Disk Inventory X for your Mac via this link.