GrandPerspective versions

Analyze disk space usage and spot the files that take up the most space.
3.4
Aug 30, 2023
2.0
Feb 6, 2018
Editorial review
rating
1.9
Feb 27, 2017
Editorial review
rating
1.7
May 5, 2016
Review
1.5
May 1, 2012
Editorial review
rating
1.3
Apr 22, 2010
Review

What's new

v2.0 [Feb 6, 2018]
- Reduced scan-time on macOS 10.13 and up by a factor eight. Note, scan performance deteriorated slightly on earlier versions of macOS.
- Significantly reduced memory usage when reading and writing scan data.
- Fixed: Slow scan macOS 10.13.
- Fixed: Cannot correctly close windows/pop-ups.
- Fixed: Remove button does not work in Filter Test Window.
- Fixed: The Save Image dialog can add a decimal separator to the width and height fields, which can result in images being stored with incorrect dimensions.
- Fixed: Cancelling read of scan data occasionally triggers a crash.

v1.9 [Feb 27, 2017]
- It fixes a minor bug in the recently added Quick Look functionality. Furthermore, the help documentation has been extended with a HowTo on miscellaneous used space.

v1.5 [May 1, 2012]
New functionality:
- Added color mappings based on creation, modification and access
time:
- Added heatmap palettes optimized for usage in time-based mappings.
- Extended the focus panel to also show the creation, modification
and last access time for the selected file.
Minor improvements:
- Sorting items in pop-ups alphabetically.
- Removed dependencies on deprecated methods.
Bug fixes:
- Fixed bug: Revealing of files did not work on loaded scan data.
- Fixed bug: Scan data could not be loaded when file names contained
strange characters (e.g. linebreaks and non-printing characters)
- Fixed bug: Application could crash because disposed views were still
observing events.

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