Get a grander perspective

Peruse a bird’s eye view of every file on your Mac

Apple’s tools help you to quickly remove big documents from your Mac, but GrandPerspective does something different. Run a scan and it visually describes the space taken up by files and apps on your Mac, representing each in a single window.

Its grid view might overwhelm at first, and it’s not as pretty as the somewhat similar DaisyDisk ($9.99, daisydiskapp.

com). However, being able to see the relative size of every item on your Mac at once really does give you perspective over how much space some of them take up.

Just be mindful when using the app to not remove anything you’re unsure about, such as items in macOS’s various Library folders. For the most part, stick to media files (video, audio, books, and comics), installers, and apps you may no longer use.