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Re:Where has my disk space gone? Flame graphs for file systems by cyberferret on Sunday February 05, 2017 @07:06PM (#13575533)
Daisydisk has probably the best representation of file usage that I have seen to date. The circular presentation works better for me than the 'blocks' of other systems.

I also really like the animation as you drill down into bloated folders - Really helps to bring attention to where you need to look in order to free up space. I can find offending files/folders much quicker in DaisyDisk that any other usage reporting tool.

Re:Where has my disk space gone? Flame graphs for file systems by oneeyedpigeon on Sunday February 05, 2017 @07:30PM (#13575624)
I've always been a big fan of DaisyDisk — I used it just today to free up a whole bunch of space — but I thought I'd give FlameGraph a go. It helped me free up 2.2GB of totally valuable space (this is a 120GB MBP - brutal) with 2 clicks instead of the 6 it would have taken DaisyDisk.

DaisyDisk essentially shows the exact same info as FlameGraph — if you 'unwrap the wheel' it's exactly the same! — but the latter makes the excellent design decision to label many of the bigger directories on the graph, rather than just a single level in a key. Often, when you're looking for big directories, you're really looking for big unnecessary directories, and being able to see way ahead really helps.

Re:Where has my disk space gone? Flame graphs for file systems by predakanga on Sunday February 05, 2017 @10:31PM (#13576292)
I'm sure there are arguments as to whether it's the "best" representation, but I'd contend that it's the most intuitive.

It's probably the first OS X App where I bought licenses for the whole family; they all benefited from it.

Re:Where has my disk space gone? Flame graphs for file systems by cyberferret on Sunday February 05, 2017 @11:37PM (#13576498)
I probably should have made more emphasis that it is the "best" that I personally have found.

Mainly in terms of ratios - I think my mind perceives size ratios better on a circular pie style presentation (as DaisyDisk does), rather than stacked blocks as most other utilities use.