OmniDiskSweeper
Template:Infobox Software OmniDiskSweeper is a freeware disk space analyzer utility for macOS developed by The Omni Group, which recursively searches the filesystem and displays entries sorted and color-coded by size, from largest to smallest. Alternatives include DaisyDisk and GrandPerspective.[1][2][3]
Its interface presents a column view similar to the macOS Finder.[4][5] OmniDiskSweeper supports internal and external drives, and network volumes.[6] It warns users when selecting files that are required by macOS or by installed applications, but this only works for applications installed with macOS's Installer utility, based on BOM files.[2]
The program was first released in April 2001 as shareware.[7] Early versions required payment to delete files, but users could also delete them manually through the Finder.[8] The Omni Group relicensed it as freeware in 2009, stating a need to refocus on their other programs.[9]
Specialist outlets MacGeneration and Macworld describe it as a basic tool, useful to find large but unused files.[1][2][10][11] The Register gave it a rating of 70/100, and included it in their 2010 selection of free essential Mac apps.[12]
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