• Daisydisk Scan As Administrator Windows 7
• Daisydisk Scan As Administrator Job

This feature is not available in the Mac App Store edition of DaisyDisk. You can switch to the stand-alone version, free of charge.

1. DaisyDisk displays the contents as a color-coded sunburst diagram, resembling the petals of a daisy. The interface places the root of the hard drive at the center of this daisy, and displays a hierarchical structure of that hard drive's file system that radiates from that center.
2. By the way, there is an option in DaisyDisk to “Scan as Administrator” that is a good idea. To “Scan as Administrator” you have to click the little down arrow on the “Scan” button and choose it before starting your scan: If you “Scan as Administrator” more hidden files are made available to you for possible removal.

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The 'Scan as Administrator' command simply includes the restricted folders into the scan. When DaisyDisk encounters a restricted folder, it uses a privileged helper tool to scan it. Sep 03, 2015 DaisyDisk is priced at $9.99 and is available from the DaisyDisk website or from the from the Mac App Store. Direct Link The standalone version available from the website is not sandboxed and can be used to scan disks as an administrator, delete stuck files, and reveal hidden disk space. DaisyDisk comes in two flavors: Mac App Store and standalone edition (available from our website). The standalone edition is not sandboxed (it uses Developer ID signature instead), allows you to scan disks as administrator, delete stuck files and reveal “hidden” disk space.

Sometimes you may not be able to examine certain folders, because you don’t have sufficient access permissions. For example, certain system folders and folders of other local users are normally inaccessible, even when you are logged in to your Mac as an administrator.

In such cases you can scan the target as administrator (also called “as root” or “as super-user”, similar to the command-line tool sudo). Just select the corresponding command from the disk’s or folder’s drop-down menu

and enter your administrator’s password, when asked.

You don’t always have to scan as administrator. The normal scanning is a little faster, and is enough in most cases. Use the administrator mode when the scan results reveal significant amounts of hidden disk space.

In the latter case, you can significantly save time by selecting Quick Rescan as Administrator item from the disk’s menu. Holding Option (Alt) enables full rescan.

Daisydisk Scan As Administrator Windows 7

Scanning as administrator only works on local APFS and HFS+ volumes.

The iCloud Drive creates a local 'cache' copy of your cloud files on your disk. This is why you are seeing that iCloud is taking up your internal disk space. You can use DaisyDisk's breakdown of the 'iCloud Drive' folder to see what exactly is filling it and maybe get rid of some stuff.

As for the hidden space: in DaisyDisk there is a command 'Scan as Administrator'. When you use it, the hidden space should be revealed. See https://daisydiskapp.com/manual/4/en/Topics/AdminScan.html

Daisydisk Scan As Administrator Job

You will reveal that the hidden space usually consists of other users' files (if there are more than one user on the Mac), some system files, or may indicate a problem in the file system. In the latter case, use Disk Utility's 'First Aid' command on your disk, then try scanning in DaisyDisk again.