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Sandboxie is an open-source OS-level virtualization solution for Microsoft Windows. [10] [11] [12] It is a sandboxing solution that creates an isolated operating environment in which applications can run without permanently modifying the local system.
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.
The application has been reviewed favourably by editors and users. [3] [5] PCWorld concluded its review by pronouncing it a “recommended download” [2] and Freewaregenius.com called it “a very well made program that is simple, intuitive, elegant, and very useful”.
Use the Disk Cleanup function on Windows. Windows has a built-in feature that helps you free up disk space; it’s called Disk Cleanup. Just click the Start button and then search for it by name.
A Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard or Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard installation disc or Mac OS X Disc 1 included with Macs that have Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard or Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard preinstalled; this disc is needed for installation of Windows drivers for Mac hardware; 10 GB free hard disk space (16 GB is recommended for Windows 7)
Space Gremlin is designed to find large and unnecessary files to delete on a hard drive. [2] It uses a squarified treemap algorithm [ 3 ] to display the relative sizes of files and folders. It allows the user to zoom in and out of folder structures and mask out parts of the file system by toggling hidden or 'Ignored' files.
A disk compression software utility increases the amount of information that can be stored on a hard disk drive of given size. Unlike a file compression utility, which compresses only specified files—and which requires the user to designate the files to be compressed—an on-the-fly disk compression utility works automatically through resident software without the user needing to be aware of ...
DaisyDisk needs to scan the disk to create a map of its files and folders. Once the initial scan is completed, DaisyDisk doesn't keep displayed information up to date and reflects only changes to disk made through interaction with DaisyDisk. DaisyDisk can scan multiple disks in parallel. With v4.5 [10] of DaisyDisk, support for APFS was added. [11]