GrandPerspective Reviews

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GrandPerspective mentions (118)

• WinDirStat – Windows Directory Statistics

  For my MacOS friends, it might be a little outdated but I prefer GrandPerspective: https://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago

• MacBook storage says it’s more than it should be.

  Any of the following should help with identifying where the mystery space lives: DaisyDisk, GrandPerspective, or OmniDiskSweeper. Source: 7 months ago

• Something unknown in "Application" takes almost 150G from my Macintosh HD. And I cannot find what it is.

  I recommend the free graphical utility GrandPerspective to find out what is taking space and take action. Source: 7 months ago

• Mac system data over 100gb. Can’t find it anywhere!!

  Try https://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/ … just a simple app to find large files and folders. Source: 7 months ago

• Tips for troubleshooting file space usage

  GrandPerspective - this app is free to download. The app is paid in the Mac App Store for what is essentially donation. It breaks down your disk usage graphically. This is the first step to cleaning your drive. Source: 11 months ago

Open Hardware Monitor mentions (154)

• Game freezes every few minutes or so

  Https://openhardwaremonitor.org/ this tells you your temps Https://www.geeks3d.com/20211115/gpu-caps-viewer-1-54-released/ This cranks your gpu to max Https://www.jam-software.com/heavyload this cranks your CPU to max. Source: 7 months ago

• Free Tech Tools and Resources - Hardware Monitor, Offboarding Script, WiFi Scanner & More

  Open Hardware Monitor tracks critical system metrics, including temperature sensors, fan speeds, voltages, load, and clock speeds. Monitored data can be displayed in the primary application window, a customizable desktop gadget, or the system tray. -SPOF recommends it for "real-time monitoring of CPU, GPU, and hard drive temperatures, as well as fan speeds and voltages.". Source: 8 months ago

• My multi-monitor desktop setup (not pretty but useful)

  Programs (mostly free/sharewares): Google desktop apps: Google Chrome or MS Edge or whatever you use as a browser. And if you're lazy: https://chromeless.app/ to create the apps. Microsoft PowerToys: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/ Total Commander: https://www.ghisler.com/ ContaCam: https://www.contaware.com/contacam.html Open Hardware Monitor: https://openhardwaremonitor.org/ Stickies:... Source: 12 months ago

• Game crashing every match.

  Game crashes all the time and you already did all of the above = all aboard the diagnostics train as it may be a number of things, from bad graphics card driver all the way overheating problems or malfunctioning components. Do the easy steps first (clean reinstall of the graphics driver + checking temps, under heavy load, and googling what's the maximum safe temperature for your processor + graphics card, it... Source: 12 months ago

• Why is my PC unbearably feeble despite having decent specs?

  Open Hardware Monitor is pretty simple and solid. Just look through all the statistics for anything that's a temperature and make sure none of them are higher than, say, 50c when idle, or ~80c when you're doing something. Laptops have a slightly wider range of acceptable temperatures so there wouldn't be any immediate cause for alarm if it was slightly hotter than that, as long as you were doing something... Source: 12 months ago