Folio Refresh overview

Folio Refresh finds and cleans duplicate photos on your Mac. It handles exact copies (including renamed files), similar shots at three levels (Conservative, Balanced and Broad) and bursts, and suggests which photo to keep.

It scans folders, drives, Apple Photos, Lightroom Classic and Capture One catalogs, including camera RAW. It backs up catalogs before changing them, sends Photos duplicates to a review album you can check first, and supports Put Back. It can also convert video to HEVC and JPEG/TIFF to HEIC to save space.

Scanning and reviewing are free, and so is cleaning the first 100 photos. Unlimited cleaning is a one-time $14.99 purchase, with no subscription. There is no account or tracking, and nothing is uploaded: your photos stay on your Mac.

What's new in version 1.1.1

Sony RAW files. Folio Refresh now recognises every Sony camera macOS supports, including those macOS names differently from the camera (the a7R III, a9 and A99 II among them). A Sony RAW it cannot read is now correctly reported as damaged.