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Chris Messina

Duplicates Monitor by Gemini 2 - Keep your Mac duplicate-free at all times

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Gemini 2 detects duplicate and similar files in every corner of your Mac, including Photos, Music, and even external drives. And helps you free up tons of disk space. Plus, now it spots new copies right away so that they won’t pile up again.

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Andrii Karabak
Maker
Hey Product Hunt, Andrii from MacPaw here. We’ve been working on making Gemini 2 the smartest and fastest duplicate finder for Mac for years now. And while at it, we’ve realized that aside from removing copies, we can prevent them from piling up altogether. That’s how we came up with Duplicates Monitor. It helps Gemini keep tabs on your Mac storage and notify you when new duplicates appear. By default, it watches over the folders or disks that were cleaned out last, but you can always change that in Preferences. The best thing about Duplicates Monitor is that you don’t have to constantly re-scan your Mac and then spend hours mass-reviewing and deleting copies. With this new feature, Gemini 2 does that for you. Go ahead and check it out. It’s a free update, so just make sure your Mac has the latest released version of Gemini 2. Or if you’re not using Gemini yet, go install it and find out how many dupes are hiding away on your Mac. And of course, tell us what you think about it! Cheers!
Csaba Kissi
@andrii_karabak Perfect app for keeping your Mac free from duplicate files. You guys are doing really awesome mac software. Congratulation!
Nataliia Kuzmina
Maker
@csaba_kissi Thank you!
Olena Kovalova
Hi! does it recognize the same files with the different names?
Andrii Karabak
Maker
Hi @olena_kovalova! Yes, we compare files content hash. So if two files are identical but have different names, we find them as duplicates.
Olena Kovalova
@andrii_karabak cool! thanks!
Nil Koirala
Would love to see this in Linux system. Also, I wouldn't mind seeing it in Windows as well, as occasionally I use Windows. 😀
Andrii Karabak
Maker
Hi @knilkantha! Great suggestion, we'll think about other platforms in the future.
Eugene Kalnyk
Love the new update! Now my Desktop and Downloads folders are in great shape and I finally can differentiate between the files there 😅! Thank you! 👏
Andrii Karabak
Maker
Hi @yevheshko! Thank you!
Chris Messina
Hunter
Beautiful app — it found over 12GB of duplicates on my system! Damn, time to go on a data diet!
Andrii Karabak
Maker
Hey @chrismessina, Duplicates Monitor helps you to be in charge 😉
Devesh Kumar
@andrii_karabak: One issue I'm facing after this update is that Gemini starts automatically on login after Mac restart. I tried everything, not using Duplicates monitor as well. I don't want gemini to start on login.
alf
Maker
Hi @andrii_karabak @onosmosis. We are sorry to hear that you experience this issue. This is definitely a bug. We will fix it in the upcoming release. Please stay tuned.
Erik Meijerink
Hi, I bought Gemini 2 today (I didn't even knew it was on PH :-). I like it, bit what bugs me is that when I have a duplicates list which can't be cleaned automatically, the 'select duplicate' button above the list doesn't seem to work. I can select f.i. Oldest, Newest or Random, but it doesn't select anything. And going through a list of 22.000 duplicates is rather time consuming. Am I missing something?
Andrii Karabak
Maker
Hi @erikotn! We are sorry to hear that you experience this issue. When you use Gemini 2 main manual scan, you can select the newest, oldest, or any duplicates for removal in detailed view. Also, you can pick to choose copies automatically. In this case, Smart Selection rules apply. It won't select all duplicates from the start, as the algorithm learns based on your selection, but the more you select, the more accurate algorithm works for you. If you don't have the options I described, or they don't seem to work, please, contact our support team, we'll investigate the issue. Also, I need to mention that described automatic selections don't work for copies found by Duplicates Monitor. We're working on adding these features to the nearest releases.