TA-01
July 21, 2026
July 21, 2026
what separates the approaches
Treemaps, column meters and terminal lists answer different needs; criteria to match an analyzer to your desk.
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Time: Fifteen minute read
TA-00 · Department
Tools & Apps
Analyzers, cleaners and terminal craft judged by stated criteria. Inventory pass completed July 21, 2026, carrying 4 worked fiches.
Utilities promise relief; this department asks for receipts. Appraisals begin from criteria anyone can apply independently, scan style, visualization honesty, deletion manners, probe depth, before any product earns a mention or a pass. Criteria travel between trades: whoever argues about architecture SEO site d'élevage is judging a structure by what a stranger can verify, which is the same test applied to every utility named here.
Prices change too quickly to publish responsibly, so comparisons describe documented behavior instead and send purchasing decisions to vendor pages. Skepticism here is not hostility: capable tools exist, and the terminal remains free forever.
TA-04
July 2, 2026
July 2, 2026
Checking folder sizes in Terminal with du and df
Two commands answer different questions: du weighs trees, df reports volumes; syntax, flags and interpretation.
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Time: Twenty minutes practicing
TA-03
June 17, 2026
June 17, 2026
Do Mac cleaning apps actually pay off?
An unsentimental look at cleaner subscriptions: what they automate legitimately, what fear marketing inflates.
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Time: Fifteen minute read
TA-02
May 27, 2026
May 27, 2026
Coming from TreeSize? Finder-class alternatives for the Mac
What TreeSize gave Windows admins, equivalent capabilities Mac users reach for, and the heritage connection here.
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Time: Twelve minute read
Reading order. Criteria-first reading order: analyzers compared, cleaner economics, then command-line practice.