Comments on: Baseline

By: Chris Marshall

Chris Marshall — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:27:20 +0000

And to think there is one more 500GB external to add to that list as well

By: Dunks

Dunks — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:02:53 +0000

‘I am the first to admit that I am a little OTT regards disc capacity and organisation’

And the impressive list of volumes in the screenshots demonstrates this beautifully!

Sounds like an interesting app, like the idea of viewing only changes – as Gary mentions it’s a nightmare with the odd bit of software that scatters itself windows style everywhere and this could be useful if only to take a screenshot for future reference.

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:23:42 +0000

Mind you, since it will “View only the items that have changed”, you can use it to see what has changed when you install a new item of software. All the different bits that can get stuck in all the nooks and crannies. It’s one thing watching closely when the Installer is running (assuming a package uses Apple’s installer and not the VISE, or other installers), but they won’t tell you what, if anything, a post-install script might do to move things around.

As with Grand Perspective, there are other more complex utilities around which will do the same thing – and some of them certainly for free – but they’re probably more complex. (The one that springs to mind is radmind – the computer management suite, for which this is a core function.)

By: Danny

Danny — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 08:45:03 +0000

To be honest there are applications out there that help you see where your disk space has gone much better (grand perspective for example – which is free!). They usually are more graphical which is a much better way to represent your data.