Nov
8
Sharing is Caring: TreeSize Free
I like coming across certain bits of software that actually have practical use. Like many other people, I am one of those that enjoys hoarding movies, tv-series, music and games on my hard drive. This however creates a problem: Running out of space. Up untill now I’ve never really needed more than 500gb of space, since I am not an excessive hoarder, but lately I’ve found out that due to my Uni, I actually have some things I want to watch/listen/play piling up. In an effort to clean up my hard drive a bit, I’ve tried to find and delete files that I don’t really use.
This creates another problem, though. Where the heck should I start cleaning up? Logically I would just charge through my download folder, but what if there are other folders that I forgot about, but are also rather big? I don’t quite enjoy the idea of examining every folder I have on disk space usage to see which folders might have some MB’s I can delete. If only there was a way to get an overview of all my folders and their sizes…..
Well, that’s where I found TreeSize free. It’s simple, it’s installed without any problems and it gives you a very clean overview of your folders and their sizes. After an intensive scan of your entire hard drive, you’re left with this overview:
TreeSize Overview
Biggest folders are placed at the top, which you can unfold to explore just where the big fat culprits are. I’ve experimented with it myself just now, and let me tell you it saved me a lot of time and effort. Through this overview you can delete files you don’t want anymore, which is then automatically updated in the overview. Whenever you’re wanting to shed some GBs off your hard drive, but you don’t want to let some of those cleaners loose, then TreeSize Free is a good alternative for you.
There are several versions of TreeSize: TreeSize Personal, TreeSize Professional and TreeSize Free. The first two are paid software and offer a plethora more options. Since I just want the simple functionality of TreeSize however, I will just be using the free version. Download it now and try it for yourself!
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