How to Display Folder Size in Mac OS X Finder

Posted March 19, 2011 at 2:36pm by iClarified | Please help us and submit a translation by clicking here | 71008 views

These are instructions on how to get Mac OS X Finder to display the size of your folders. This is especially useful if you are trying to free up space on your drive and want to determine which files and folders are largest.

Step One
Launch a new Finder window by clicking the Finder icon in your dock

Step Two
Select Show View Options from the View menu at the top of your screen.

Step Three
Check the Calculate all sizes box.

Step Four
Notice that Finder will now begin to calculate the size of your folders. This may take some time depending on the size of your folders. You can now sort by size and actually see which folders are taking up the most space.

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gary - March 16, 2013 at 6:02pm

how come mi size option is not accessible for checking?

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Joanne - March 20, 2013 at 1:31pm

Me too. The calculate all sizes box is grayed pout and I cannot check it.

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Howard Barnett - December 12, 2012 at 12:56am

how do I get them on an external HD, even w/ firewire connection, it's calculating the sizes of folders for days. especially the Backups by Time-machine

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Joanne - October 31, 2012 at 9:57pm

This is so helpful. Thank you!

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Anabela - September 5, 2012 at 1:12pm

THANK YOU!!!!!

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riconster - March 20, 2011 at 6:36am

LOL!

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