Photo Cleaner
Photo Cleaner is a macOS photo management utility designed to help users reclaim storage by identifying and removing duplicate photos, blurry images, similar shots, and oversized video files from their photo library. It scans the entire library on-device using SHA-256 matching for exact duplicates and perceptual hashing for visually similar images, then organizes photos by date, event, camera, or custom structure. The app is used by Mac users managing large photo collections accumulated over years—particularly those dealing with duplicates from multiple device syncs and backups. It offers free scanning with a one-time paid unlock ($29.99) for cleanup and organisation features, with no subscription model and no cloud uploads.
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1 suggestionPhoto Cleaner (com.fiplab.photocleaner) appears to be a legacy Intel-only app. However, the search results strongly suggest that the developer has since released a successor product, Photiva, which is a Universal Binary app that runs natively on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs, requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later, and offers the same core functionality: on-device duplicate detection, photo organization, and compression with a one-time $29.99 purchase model. Photiva is actively maintained, has no subscription, and is described as a clean replacement for cluttered photo libraries. Since Photo Cleaner will stop launching entirely when Apple removes Rosetta 2 in macOS 28 (September 2028), and Photiva already exists as a native, actively developed alternative from the same vendor ecosystem, transitioning to Photiva is the practical path forward. You can download and run a free scan with Photiva to preview results before paying to unlock cleanup features, making the move low-risk.
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