How to show the free disk space in the Mac menu bar
A full hard drive will slow down the operating system. It is relatively easy to see how much free space is available, but it is a few clicks to get to it. First, click the Apple logo in the Mac menu bar and select About This Mac. In the next window, choose Storage to see the available disk space. I have multiple user accounts for my family on my MacBook Pro, so I would like to see the free disk space more readily.
From listening to the Mac Power Users podcast, I knew that iStat Menus had that functionality as part of its feature set as a menu bar utility. However, iStat Menus was more money than what I wanted spend for a solution to this single purpose.
I found exactly what I wanted with FreeSpace, which I use on all my Macs now. Not only does FreeSpace show the available disk space in the menu bar, it shows available disk space for each connected drive in the menu dropdown. It has a categorized menu showing free space of all local, external, network drives, and disk images.
From listening to the Mac Power Users podcast, I knew that iStat Menus had that functionality as part of its feature set as a menu bar utility. However, iStat Menus was more money than what I wanted spend for a solution to this single purpose.
I found exactly what I wanted with FreeSpace, which I use on all my Macs now. Not only does FreeSpace show the available disk space in the menu bar, it shows available disk space for each connected drive in the menu dropdown. It has a categorized menu showing free space of all local, external, network drives, and disk images.
FreeSpace Dropdown Menu
After setup, FreeSpace launches automatically at startup and can be customized for showing the free disk space information. You choose the drive that is always shown in the menu bar with other drives shown in the menu drop down.
FreeSpace even has a feature to Eject All drives in 1-click or with a keyboard shortcut.
FreeSpace even has a feature to Eject All drives in 1-click or with a keyboard shortcut.
There is a surprising number of settings in the app Preferences. Drives with low free space can be highlighted in color based on the free space parameter that you set.
FreeSpace Preferences
The Menu Bar Notification flashes the FreeSpace menu bar icon when a drive is mounted or ejected. You can also turn on Notifications for these drive actions.
FreeSpace on the Mac App Store
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Added 2018-04-11 <> Updated 2018-05-31 <> ID 18041101
Versions - FreeSpace 1.2.15
Added 2018-04-11 <> Updated 2018-05-31 <> ID 18041101
Versions - FreeSpace 1.2.15
