DaisyDisk Release Notes | macOS

Version 4.30

Mar 21, 2024

Updated the application icon to match the newest macOS style.

Version 4.26.1

Mar 10, 2024

Bug fixes and tweaks improving support of macOS Sonoma.

Version 4.26

Jan 14, 2024

Improved compatibility with macOS Sonoma
Fixed a few bugs

Version 4.25

Apr 16, 2023

Significantly improved discovery of hidden space by including more system areas into the scan. In many cases nearly all hidden space can be revealed.
Added keyboard navigation in the scanned report (yes, finally!)
Added the “Expand “smaller objects”” and the “Always expand “smaller objects”” commands to the Go menu. The expanded state is now remembered for each folder.
Added the ability to drag & drop app bundles and packages onto DaisyDisk to be scanned as folders.
Added Portuguese 🇵🇹 language.
Fixed display of network disks host names.
Cloud: Added the separate Scan Cloud button for better discoverability (previously it was located under the Scan Folder button).
Cloud: Added support for Dropbox team accounts – now the shared team folders are included into the scanned result.
Cloud: Fixed the bug which caused very long scans of Google Drive to fail with authorization error.
Cloud: Added distinct descriptions of OneDrive accounts, in case you have both business and personal accounts for the same email address.
Lots of bug fixes and tweaks.
Dropped support of legacy macOS versions: Yosemite (10.10), El Capitan (10.11) and Sierra (10.12). Now the minimum required macOS version is High Sierra (10.13).

Version 4.24

Nov 3, 2022

Improved support of the new macOS Ventura.

Version 4.23.1

Jun 30, 2022

Fixed the problem of connecting to OneDrive cloud account.

Version 4.23

Jun 30, 2022

Added support of Box™ cloud storage.
Added Turkish 🇹🇷 language.
Fixed compatibility issues with the forthcoming macOS Ventura.
Minor bug fixes and tweaks.

Version 4.22.2

May 12, 2022

Quick patch: fixed another bug related to Mac App Store receipt validation on some devices.

Version 4.22.1

May 2, 2022

Quick maintenance patch for minor bugs.

Version 4.22

Apr 27, 2022

Added Ukrainian language — #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦
Fixed window resizing bug.
Multiple bug fixes and improvements.

Version 4.21.4

Nov 1, 2021

Fixed time-out errors when scanning large cloud disks.

Version 4.21.3

Oct 17, 2021

Fixed a rare crash.
Other minor bug fixes.

Version 4.21.2

Sep 8, 2021

Improved compliance, to prevent the false positives from antivirus software.

Version 4.21.1

Aug 22, 2021

Some bug fixes.

Version 4.21

Aug 22, 2021

Added support for Microsoft OneDrive™ storage.

Version 4.20.5

Aug 5, 2021

Semi-Major Update + bug fixes (free for existing customers).

Added cloud storage support! Cloud accounts can now be mounted and scanned similar to local disks, in particular:
- Added support for Dropbox™ cloud storage.
- Added support for Google Drive™ storage.

Version 4.12.1

Nov 24, 2020

(Hot fix for version 4.12)

Added support for the Apple M1 Chip!
Fixed some compatibility issues with macOS Big Sur.
Fixed a bunch of bugs.

Version 4.12

Nov 24, 2020

Added support for the Apple M1 Chip!
Fixed some compatibility issues with macOS Big Sur.
Fixed a bunch of bugs.

Version 4.11

Aug 27, 2020

Fixed the compatibility issues with the new macOS Big Sur.
Improved hidden space discovery by including more hidden volumes into the scan.
Minor bug fixes and tweaks.

Version 4.10

Mar 8, 2020

DaisyDisk now scans the local snapshots of the APFS file system and displays them inside the “hidden space” area. Now it’s much easier to deal with the hidden space, because the snapshots are often its largest component.
You can now delete the snapshots by simple drag-and-drop, as with regular files.
Added “Open in Terminal” context menu command.
Minor improvements and bug fixes.

Version 4.9

Feb 18, 2020

Improved discovery of the hidden space on macOS Catalina by including the following items into the scan report:
- Non-firmlinked items of the Data volume in /System/Volumes/Data.
- Virtual Memory volume in /private/var/VM.
- Recovery and Preboot volumes (when they are mounted) in /Volumes/Recovery and /Volumes/Preboot.
Updated the safety rules to allow deletion of some non-critical files in /private folder.
Added support of FUSE-mounted drives.
Minor improvements and bug fixes.

Version 4.8.2

Nov 14, 2019

Quick fix for a small nasty bug.

Version 4.8.1

Nov 12, 2019

Bug fixes and tweaks.

Version 4.8

Sep 20, 2019

Support for macOS Catalina.
Apple notarization for additional security.
Bug fixes and tweaks.

Version 4.7.2.2

Jul 9, 2019

Minor bug fixes and tweaks.

Version 4.7.2.1

Jun 4, 2019

Fixed the error message “You cannot open the DaisyDisk program because it may be damaged or incomplete.”, caused by a false warning from a third-party anti-virus software Avira.

Version 4.7.2

Mar 14, 2019

Fixed bugs and updated missing localizations.

Version 4.7.1

Mar 2, 2019

Fixed backward compatibility issue with macOS versions prior to 10.12.

Version 4.7

Mar 1, 2019

Significantly improved robustness of reclaiming the “purgeable space”.
Added a preference tab to help users add DaisyDisk to the “Full Disk Access” list in System Preferences, when necessary.
Fixed bugs and compliance issues.

Version 4.6.5.1

Sep 14, 2018

Quick fix of a minor bug.

Version 4.6.5

Sep 13, 2018

Fixed compatibility issues.
Fixed a few bugs.

Version 4.6.3

Jun 20, 2018

Bug fixes.

Version 4.6.2

May 26, 2018

GDPR compliance.
Bug fixes.

Version 4.6.1

May 13, 2018

Bug fixes.

Version 4.6

May 2, 2018

Added Italian 🇮🇹 language.
Added display of capacity and free space for network storage.
Fixed bugs.

Version 4.5

Mar 25, 2018

Extended support of the new Apple File System (APFS) on macOS High Sierra, in particular:

You can now see the “purgeable space” – the disk space taken by system backups and caches, which cannot be scanned, but can now be identified inside the “hidden space”.
And you can now reclaim that “purgeable space”.
Added display of the “free space” in the right sidebar list, along with the estimation of available space, that is, “free + purgeable”.
Added display of the space taken by “other volumes” in the same APFS container, inside the “hidden space”.
Lots of bugs fixed.

Version 4.4

Feb 18, 2017

Added Japanese 🇯🇵 language.
Improved display of hidden disk space.
Improved disk sorting order: first by physical device, then by alphabet.
Optimized context menus and other UI tweaks.
Fixed a lot of bugs.

Version 4.3.2

Nov 29, 2016

Fixed crash when Preferences window is opened.

Version 4.3.1

Nov 29, 2016

Bug fixes.
Improved Chinese Traditional localization.

Version 4.3

Oct 31, 2016

Added Spanish 🇪🇸 language.
Added Chinese 🇨🇳 language (both Simplified and Traditional).
Many bug fixes and improvements.

Version 4.2

Mar 19, 2016

Added Polish 🇵🇱 language.
Fixed a bug that caused timeouts on network disks.

Version 4.1.1

Feb 29, 2016

Added French 🇫🇷 language.
Added Swedish 🇸🇪 language.
Minor bug fixes.

Version 4.0.4

Feb 24, 2016

Minor bug fixes.

Version 4.0.3

Feb 17, 2016

Updated Sparkle component, fixing its recently revealed vulnerability (note that we were already using HTTPS when it was revealed, so DaisyDisk users were not likely affected).
Added German 🇩🇪 language.
Added Russian 🇷🇺 language.
Added grouping of network shares by server address.
A bunch of bug fixes and tweaks.

Version 4.0.2

Oct 27, 2015

Fixed feedback form and updater errors on OS X El Capitan.
Fixed navigation gestures on OS X El Capitan.

Version 4.0.1

Oct 1, 2015

This update adds support of the new features of OS X El Capitan, and fixes related bugs, namely:

Added support of the proportional and monospace numbers introduced in the new San Francisco system font.
Added support of the new split view in full screen mode.
Fixed the animation bugs in the new OS.
Fixed a few more minor problems.