Comments on: Show Available Disk Space in Mac OS X Lion by Showing the Folder Status Bar

By: Trixie

Trixie — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:01:32 +0000

Thank you!!!

By: Randy

Randy — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 08:05:44 +0000

Thanks SO much! Missed that info so much when I recently jumped to Mtn Lion until finally googled and found your article.

By: 5 Quick Tips to Free Up Disk Space in Mac OS X

5 Quick Tips to Free Up Disk Space in Mac OS X — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 22:50:12 +0000

[...] available disk space, so you won’t be surprised by that error message in the future. This is very easy to [...]

By: LWMx

LWMx — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 23:50:00 +0000

Thank you very, very much.

By: belsha

belsha — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 18:19:59 +0000

Thanks so much !

This also completely drove me crazy, since I would get these warnings about a full disk having to delete files in a panic each time, before, when the status bas showed by default, you would just start cleaning up the disk when it got below 10GB

By: Jerone Anderson

Jerone Anderson — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 01:01:17 +0000

Thank You. These new OS versions seem to hide more useful features than they add…. They add launchpad (useless) and eliminate critical data on file/disk usage.

By: GT

GT — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 12:02:39 +0000

Awesome! Thanks for posting this tip; was missing the info daily…
GT

By: How to Recover Hard Disk Space on a Mac with OmniDiskSweeper

How to Recover Hard Disk Space on a Mac with OmniDiskSweeper — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:06:01 +0000

[...] out of disk space is no fun and Mac users with smaller drives need to be particularly aware of available disk space. The OS X Finder Search feature can be used to find large files but if you’re really serious [...]

By: 8 Simple Tips to Speed Up an Old Mac

8 Simple Tips to Speed Up an Old Mac — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:07:46 +0000

[...] see available disk space by hitting Command+/ to show a Finder window status bar, if it’s less than 5% of total disk space, delete unnecessary files until you can recoup a [...]

By: Zack G. Zed

Zack G. Zed — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:23:25 +0000

Yes! I was kinda pissed when I upgraded and thought they had completely removed this feature, thank you!

By: chirag

chirag — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 08:22:33 +0000

thanks man

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:39:35 +0000

Thank you

By: balthazar m.

balthazar m. — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:57:20 +0000

Thank you so much !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: JackO'193

JackO'193 — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:54:33 +0000

I searched the Mac AppStore and found an app called Freespace. It displays all drives’ available space in the menu bar. I can also eject all my USB drives with single click.

By: Pete C

Pete C — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:34:11 +0000

you can also click the “Apple” menu >>About this mac>>more info>>storage