: It works natively with major photo management software, including Apple Photos, Adobe Lightroom Classic , and Capture One .
: Deleted photos are typically moved to the system Trash or a specific "Rejected" collection, allowing for recovery if a mistake is made. User Experience PhotoSweeper X 4.0.0
Reviewers often praise the app's "A-grade" interface for its intuitiveness, though some note it can be tedious to manually review results in very large libraries. While highly effective for photos, its performance with video duplicates is sometimes less consistent. : It works natively with major photo management
: It can find exact duplicates or "Similar Photos," which includes images that have been resized, rotated, or edited with filters. While highly effective for photos, its performance with
: New operators like "is empty" and "is not empty" were added to help filter photos by keywords or album status.
is a major update to the popular macOS utility designed to find and eliminate duplicate or similar images across various photo libraries and hard drives. This version introduced significant technical enhancements focused on metadata handling, file support, and integration with modern macOS versions like Big Sur. Key Features in Version 4.0.0
: The app added support for managing sidecar files (like .xmp and .aae ), ensuring that metadata and edits remain synced when duplicates are moved or deleted.