Duplicate File Finder Changelog

What's new in Duplicate File Finder 8.1.1

Apr 15, 2024
  • Added minor UI improvements

New in Duplicate File Finder 8.1 (Mar 22, 2024)

  • Added and option to compare not only folders but also their subfolders
  • Added an option to set a default folder for scanning
  • Added the ability to collapse the left panel
  • Improved UI design
  • Improved scanning speed
  • Fixed minor bugs

New in Duplicate File Finder 8.0.2 (Mar 6, 2024)

  • Improved the interface of the Settings window
  • Added improvements according to the users’ requests

New in Duplicate File Finder 8.0.1 (Jan 21, 2024)

  • Fixed minor interface issues for the latest version of macOS

New in Duplicate File Finder 8.0 (Dec 15, 2023)

  • New user interface
  • Improved searching for duplicate files
  • Minor changes in the Settings window
  • Added an option to show the percentage of folders’ similarity

New in Duplicate File Finder 7.3.3 (Nov 8, 2023)

  • Improved searching for similar photos and audio files on external drives

New in Duplicate File Finder 7.3.2 (Nov 1, 2023)

  • Improved the scanning speed on the latest macOS
  • Improved the size displaying of detected and removed files

New in Duplicate File Finder 7.3.1 (Oct 1, 2023)

  • Improved compatibility with the latest macOS
  • Added support for the aiff format to search for similar audio files
  • Fixed minor interface issues

New in Duplicate File Finder 7.3 (Sep 10, 2023)

  • Improved duplicates search in Photos library
  • Added improvements according users’ requests

New in Duplicate File Finder 7.2.1 (Aug 31, 2023)

  • Optimized the scanning time for merging folders

New in Duplicate File Finder 7.2 (Aug 18, 2023)

  • Added a rule for the automatic selection of duplicates by creation date
  • Added a pop-up hint to display detailed information about the size, date of creation, and modification of duplicates

New in Duplicate File Finder 7.1.3 (Aug 6, 2023)

  • Added improvements according users’ requests

New in Duplicate File Finder 7.1.2 (Jul 9, 2023)

  • Improved session restoring for scanned external drives
  • Improved displaying a large number of selected files

New in Duplicate File Finder 7.1.1 (Jun 19, 2023)

  • Improved scanning of Home folder
  • Improved the default Auto Selection options

New in Duplicate File Finder 7.1 (Jun 10, 2023)

  • Added ability to compare two folders
  • Added a tool to compare two files to determine their identity
  • The rule “Never select in Photos library Albums” added to the Auto Select settings
  • The rule “Select by bit rate” for similar audio files added to the Auto Select settings
  • Improved the interface of Removal History window and warning messages
  • Improved removal duplicates in the Photos library
  • Improved displaying statistics during the scanning
  • Optimized the speed of the Auto Select option
  • Improved folder merging when copying from an external drive
  • Improved skipping files by name during the scanning

New in Duplicate File Finder 7.0.11 (May 14, 2023)

  • Improved merging large folders

New in Duplicate File Finder 7.0.10 (May 9, 2023)

  • Optimized for the latest macOS update

New in Duplicate File Finder 7.0.9 (Apr 11, 2023)

  • Improved searching for similar photos

New in Duplicate File Finder 7.0.8 (Mar 26, 2023)

  • Improved sorting duplicate folders
  • Improved the Auto Select settings
  • Improved the preview of duplicate files

New in Duplicate File Finder 7.0.7 (Mar 3, 2023)

  • Improved merging large folders
  • Added improvements according the users’ requests

New in Duplicate File Finder 7.0.6 (Jan 27, 2023)

  • Added skipping for hidden items in the Photos library
  • Improved merging folders
  • Added improvements according users’ requests

New in Duplicate File Finder 7.0.5 (Dec 27, 2022)

  • Improved folders handling in the Auto Select settings

New in Duplicate File Finder 7.0.4 (Dec 21, 2022)

  • Added improvements at users’ requests

New in Duplicate File Finder 7.0.3 (Nov 16, 2022)

  • Optimized for macOS Ventura
  • Improved comparing similar photos and audio files
  • Added improvements at users’ requests

New in Duplicate File Finder 7.0.2 (Oct 26, 2022)

  • A totally new design
  • Added a new feature to merge any two folders

New in Duplicate File Finder 6.17.2 (Aug 14, 2022)

  • Improved the removal of empty folders after deleting all their duplicates
  • Improved the removal of duplicate folders after restoring a previous session

New in Duplicate File Finder 6.17 (Jun 29, 2022)

  • Improved removal of huge number of duplicates
  • Fixed minor interface issues

New in Duplicate File Finder 6.16.2 (May 17, 2022)

  • Improved searching for duplicates in the Music library
  • Improved handling duplicates found in the Photos library

New in Duplicate File Finder 6.16.1 (Apr 6, 2022)

  • Improved searching for duplicates on network drives
  • Improved removal of duplicates in the Photos library

New in Duplicate File Finder 6.16 (Mar 21, 2022)

  • Added sorting by size in the group of similar photos in the Similar Media section
  • Added a new auto-selection rule to not select photos used in Projects in the Photos library
  • Improved the auto-selecting rule “Select with suffixes contained in the name”
  • Fixed a bug of displaying the wrong status in Similar Media section after stopping the similar photos search
  • Fixed the problem with resizing a window after saving the session

New in Duplicate File Finder 6.15.2 (Feb 21, 2022)

  • Added detecting duplicate photos used in Photos libraries that are stored outside the Photos library package

New in Duplicate File Finder 6.15.1 (Jan 28, 2022)

  • Added showing albums for duplicate and similar photos found in Photos library
  • Fixed the problem of hanging the app when checking a corrupted file during the search for similar audio files

New in Duplicate File Finder 6.14.5 (Sep 21, 2021)

  • Improved scanning speed
  • Fixed issues based on user requests

New in Duplicate File Finder 6.14.4 (Aug 29, 2021)

  • Improved searching for similar audio files
  • Added more options to Preferences based on user requests

New in Duplicate File Finder 6.14.3 (Aug 12, 2021)

  • Improved removal of similar audio files
  • Added improvements based on user requests

New in Duplicate File Finder 6.14.2 (Jul 9, 2021)

  • Added finding and removing Similar audio files
  • Improved the search for Similar photos
  • Added new Auto Select rules in the Preferences for selecting Similar media files
  • Improved multiple volumes scanning speed
  • Added improvements based on user requests
  • Fixed minor issues

New in Duplicate File Finder 6.14.1 (Jun 24, 2021)

  • Added finding and removing Similar audio files
  • Improved the search for Similar photos
  • Added new Auto Select rules in the Preferences for selecting Similar media files
  • Improved multiple volumes scanning speed
  • Added improvements based on user requests

New in Duplicate File Finder 6.14 (May 19, 2021)

  • Added finding and removing Similar audio files
  • Improved the search for Similar photos
  • Added new Auto Select rules in the Preferences for selecting Similar media files
  • Improved multiple volumes scanning speed

New in Duplicate File Finder 6.13 (Mar 21, 2021)

  • Improved customizing the Auto Select rules
  • Improved scanning the huge drives
  • Improved similar photos search
  • Improved speed of duplicates removal in bulk
  • Added shortcuts to quickly select duplicates
  • Improved the option of saving and restoring the last scanning session
  • Added search by text in the Removal History window
  • Implemented several improvements asked by the users

New in Duplicate File Finder 6.12 (Dec 23, 2020)

  • Added a universal binary: support of both Apple Silicon and Intel-based Mac computers
  • Optimized disk space analyzer for the latest macOS system

New in Duplicate File Finder 6.11.1 (Dec 4, 2020)

  • Added titles displaying for duplicates found in Photos library
  • Optimized for macOS Big Sur
  • Improved the scanning speed
  • Improved removal of duplicates found in Photos library
  • Other improvements were made according to the most frequent wishes of users

New in Duplicate File Finder 6.11 (Dec 2, 2020)

  • Added titles displaying for duplicates found in Photos library
  • Optimized for macOS Big Sur
  • Improved the scanning speed
  • Other improvements were made according to the most frequent wishes of users

New in Duplicate File Finder 6.10 (Nov 18, 2020)

  • Added Photo Info for found similar photos
  • Improved scanning speed
  • Optimized for the latest macOS
  • Improved the Skip List feature
  • Other improvements were made according to the most frequent wishes of users

New in Duplicate File Finder 6.9 (Nov 6, 2020)

  • Find exact duplicate photos and videos in Photo Libraries
  • Fast Scan option that excludes scanning Similar Photos
  • Optimized for the latest macOS
  • More improvements based on users’ wishes

New in Duplicate File Finder 6.7.4 (Aug 16, 2020)

  • Improved merging folders
  • Improved removal for duplicate files
  • Improved duplicate search on external drives

New in Duplicate File Finder 6.7.3 (Jul 1, 2020)

  • Improved Merge folders feature
  • Improved duplicate search in huge folders
  • Improved removal for duplicate files

New in Duplicate File Finder 6.7.1 (May 14, 2020)

  • Improved Merge folders feature
  • Improved duplicate search in huge folders

New in Duplicate File Finder 6.7 (May 8, 2020)

  • Improved Merge folders feature

New in Duplicate File Finder 6.6 (Apr 24, 2020)

  • Improved searching for similar photos.
  • Fixed minor issues for the latest macOS.

New in Duplicate File Finder 6.5 (Jan 16, 2020)

  • Added searching in Photos library on external disks
  • Improved processing with a huge number of duplicates
  • Improved searching for Similar photos
  • Improved merging folders
  • Improved searching for the Photos Library
  • Improved customization for auto select rules
  • Improved removal duplicates in specified folder

New in Duplicate File Finder 6.4 (Dec 6, 2019)

  • Added "Quick Remove" feature
  • Improved searching for Similar photos
  • Improved merging folders
  • Improved searching for the Photos Library
  • Improved customization for auto select rules
  • Improved removal duplicates in specified folder

New in Duplicate File Finder 6.3 (Nov 19, 2019)

  • Improved searching for Similar photos
  • Improved merging folders
  • Improved searching for the Photos Library
  • Improved customization for auto select rules
  • Improved removal duplicates in specified folder

New in Duplicate File Finder 6.2 (Aug 20, 2019)

  • Search feature added for Similar photos
  • Improved merging folders
  • Search feature added for the Photos Library
  • Added customization for auto select rules
  • Added compatibility with Touch Bar
  • Added feature to remove duplicates in specified folder
  • Added autosave and restore features for scanned results
  • Added the ability to sort by date in the duplicates list

New in Duplicate File Finder 6.1 (Jul 29, 2019)

  • Search feature added for Similar photos
  • Improved merging folders
  • Search feature added for the Photos Library
  • Added customization for auto select rules
  • Added feature to remove duplicates in specified folder
  • Added autosave and restore features for scanned results
  • Added the ability to sort by date in the duplicates list

New in Duplicate File Finder 6.0 (Jul 15, 2019)

  • Search feature added for Similar photos
  • Improved merging folders
  • Search feature added for the Photos Library
  • Added customization for auto select rules
  • Added feature to remove duplicates in specified folder
  • Added autosave and restore features for scanned results
  • Added the ability to sort by date in the duplicates list

New in Duplicate File Finder 5.5 (Jun 20, 2018)

  • Improved duplicates removal on network disks.

New in Duplicate File Finder 5.4 (Jun 13, 2018)

  • Duplicate File Finder is improved and optimized for macOS High Sierra.
  • New features to find, remove and manage duplicate files and folders added:
  • New powerful feature to select duplicates in bulk - "Select Duplicates in Folder" added
  • Autoselect duplicate files improved
  • "Select Duplicates in" and "Keep Files in" improved
  • Hint with selected duplicate files information added
  • Smart Cleanup hints for duplicates available in FREE mode
  • Duplicate folders' content preview added
  • Merge Similar Folders feature added
  • History of removal feature added
  • Restore deleted files feature added
  • Option to remove duplicates permanently or to Trash added
  • Improved and extended removal confirmation dialog
  • Improved scanning speed to find duplicates even more quicker
  • Duplicate File Finder is improved and various issues are fixed:
  • Fixed the overlays performance
  • Fixed an issue with duplicate folders’ names that would occur when merging them
  • Improved the animation when switching tabs

New in Duplicate File Finder 5.3 (Apr 11, 2018)

  • New powerful feature to select duplicates in bulk
  • "Select Duplicates in Folder" added
  • Increased duplicates search speed
  • New hints added in the "Select duplicates in folders" dialog

New in Duplicate File Finder 4.3 (Sep 27, 2017)

  • The application is improved and optimized for macOS High Sierra:
  • Improved duplicates scanning speed
  • Improved duplicate files removal
  • Fixed issue with Similar folders

New in Duplicate File Finder 4.2 (Mar 17, 2017)

  • Auto select duplicate files improved.
  • Duplicate files scanning speed improved on Mac OS X.
  • Help for Duplicate Finder updated.