DiskWave
The facts below are what the maker publishes about DiskWave, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From DiskWave's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Mac OS X 10.6+ · 64-bit Intel CPU |
The facts
Each one read from DiskWave's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Anonymous system report
- If the user consents, DiskWave transmits the macOS version, app version, Mac model, CPU details, installed RAM, and preferred language; the maker says the report is anonymous and cannot identify a user or machine.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Cleanup actions
- The maker says users can identify and delete useless directories.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Development status
- The maker describes DiskWave as under development, with some features still missing, while saying it is already usable.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Distribution
- The maker says DiskWave is not expected to be available on the App Store, partly because planned elevated-privilege disk scanning would not meet its restrictions.checked 12 Oct 2026
- External drive scans
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- How it works
- It scans a hard drive to compute folder and subfolder sizes, then stores the results in memory for faster navigation.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Invisible files
- Users can enable display of invisible files through the Show invisible files preference.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Latest listed release
- The changelog lists version 0.4.0, released August 10, 2012.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The software is free to use and redistribute as long as it is not modified.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- DiskWave is a free disk usage utility for Mac OS X that helps identify which files and folders use the most disk space.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Requirements
- The current version requires Mac OS X 10.6 or later and a 64-bit Intel CPU; the maker says it fully supports Mac OS X 10.10 Mavericks.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Scan scope
- files_folderschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Support
- The maker says support is not guaranteed and invites email feedback, advising users to allow a few days for a response.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Desktop platforms
- macoschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Time Machine limitation
- DiskWave can scan Time Machine drives, but it may count identical hard-linked folders multiple times, making scans slow and reported top-level sizes inaccurate.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
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