DaisyDisk for Mac v4.21.1 – Graphical Disk Usage Display | Chinese Activated Version Download

DaisyDisk is a disk space analysis tool designed specifically for macOS. Through its innovative interactive Sunburst Chart visualization interface, it presents disk usage intuitively to users, making it exceptionally simple and efficient to locate and clean up large files and useless files. Its core value lies in helping users quickly understand “where did the disk space go” and safely reclaim space. According to a review by the well-known tech media MacWorld, DaisyDisk has long been in the first tier of similar tools in terms of visualization clarity and scanning speed.

I. Core Interface and Workspace Detailed Explanation

After launching DaisyDisk, its interface is mainly divided into the following areas:

1. Disk Selection Panel (Left): Lists all mounted disks, volumes, and scannable targets such as “System Snapshots”. Click any item to start scanning. This panel supports drag-and-drop sorting, making it easy to quickly locate frequently used disks.
2. Visualization Analysis Main Window (Center): This is the core of DaisyDisk. After scanning is complete, a colorful sunburst chart is displayed.
   • Sectors: Each sector in the chart represents a folder or file. The area of a sector is proportional to the disk space it occupies.
   • Hierarchy: Radiating from the center outward, it represents the directory hierarchy of the file system. The center is the root directory of the scan (e.g., the entire disk), and the outer layers represent deeper subfolders.
   • Colors: Different colors are typically used to distinguish different types of files or folders for easy visual differentiation. You can customize the color scheme in the “View” menu.
3. Path Navigation Bar and Information Panel (Top):
   • Displays the full path of the folder/file currently hovered over or selected.
   • Displays detailed information such as the specific size and number of contained items of the selected item.
   • Provides “Quick Look” button (eye icon) and “Reveal in Finder” button.
4. Action Toolbar (Bottom): Contains core action buttons such as “Rescan”, “Trash”, “Delete”, “Quit”, etc. Toolbar buttons support customization, allowing you to pin frequently used actions in the most convenient position.

II. Complete Workflow: From Scanning to Cleaning

1. Launch and Select Scan Target

2. Execute Disk Scan

3. Analyze and Browse the Visualization Chart

4. Locate and Manage Files

5. Delete Files to Free Up Space

6. Rescan and Export Reports

III. Advanced Tips for Common Features

1. Parallel scanning: You can select and scan multiple disks simultaneously. DaisyDisk will open independent tabs for each disk for analysis, fully utilizing multi-core CPUs to improve efficiency. In actual testing on an M1 Pro chip, scanning the internal SSD and an external HDD simultaneously showed almost no speed loss.
2. Focus on “Other” storage: When scanning the Mac startup disk, DaisyDisk can effectively parse and visualize the “Other” category in macOS storage classification, helping to find hidden files such as caches, old iOS backups, and plugins. This is especially effective for solving the problem of excessive “Other” storage usage.
3. Use the “Keep” feature: Select important folders that you don’t want to accidentally delete, right-click and select “Keep”. Kept folders will display a lock icon and appear in a special style in the chart as a reminder. This feature can prevent accidental deletion of critical system files.
4. Color legend and filtering: Understanding the meaning of chart colors (e.g., blue for applications, green for documents, etc.) allows you to locate space consumers by file type more quickly. Related settings can be viewed in the “View” menu. You can customize color mapping rules.
5. Quick navigation history: Use Command + [ and Command + ] to jump back and forth between browsed levels, like browser forward and back.

IV. Common Issues and Solutions

V. Shortcut Key Summary Table (Mac Version)