Show Sizes of Folders on Mac

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You're watching VisiHow. In this video, we're going to show how to display the size of folders using Finder in Mac OS X.

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   To begin, open Finder

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   Make sure you're in the list view by clicking the list view icon at the top of the finder window

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   Then, right-click anywhere on the left-hand side of the Finder window

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   Click "Show View Options"

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   In the window that appears, make sure that the "Calculate all sizes" box is checked by clicking it once

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   After checking the box, you can close the "Caches" window by clicking the red button in the top-left corner

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   Now, there should be a "Size" column associated with each of the folders and files.

   

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This was a tutorial on how to show calculated folder and file sizes in Finder on the Mac OS X. Please leave any questions or comments in the space below. Thank you for watching VisiHow!

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