Duplicate Finder and Cleaner offers a convenient solution to find and remove duplicate and similar files. This way, you will be able to regain valuable disk space for other storage needs and for boosting the performance of your system. The utility supports both internal and external drives.
The app has an easy-to-use and intuitive user interface. First, you need to choose the location you wish to scan, which can be a predefined folder (like the Home folder, the Picture folder, or the Music folder) or you can browse for a directory of your choice. Before enabling the scan operation, you can go to Preferences and select custom scan settings. You have the ability to set the minimum file size to be taken into account in the scan process; configure a list of files, folders and extensions to be ignored from scanning, and select the desired removal option. Namely, you can choose to move all files to Bin, to a selected folder, or delete certain items permanently. Unfortunately, you don't have the option to select specific file types to search for from the very start.
Once the scan process is over, you are informed about the total number of identified files and the size they take on disk. The results are sorted automatically into exact duplicates and similar files, each of them grouped into categories of files. You can preview the items independently and find details about them, like the location on disk, the size, the created date, and the modified date. Besides manual deletion, you can enable the auto-mark feature, which analyzes the duplicates in a group, spots the best item, and marks the rest of files for removal.
To conclude, Duplicate Finder and Cleaner offers an easy way to identify and get rid of duplicates and similar files. However, you can use it for free only for 30 days. If it satisfies your needs, you can continue using it only after purchasing a license.
v1.2 [Jan 4, 2022]
Compatible with MacOSX Version 12 (Monterey).
