Tidy Up
Tidy Up is a duplicate file finder and disk-cleanup utility for macOS designed for users who need to reclaim storage space and remove redundant files from their drives. It searches across the main filesystem, external drives, and within libraries managed by apps like Lightroom, Photos, Music, Mail and Contacts. The app offers both a Simple Mode with over 80 pre-defined searches and an Advanced Mode for custom criteria-based scanning. It can organize results by file type, create smart groups for quick filtering, and offers multiple removal options including moving files to a different location, replacing them with hard links, or restoring them if a mistake was made. Power users can enable administrator-level cleanup to remove old Time Machine backups and other protected system files.
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1 suggestionTidy Up 6 runs natively on Apple Silicon and Intel processors according to the vendor and recent releases, so you are already using a native-compatible version. The latest builds ship as Universal Binaries and do not require any special action to access Apple Silicon support — the standard installer at hyperbolicsoftware.com serves the native build automatically on M-series Macs. If you have an older version of Tidy Up (version 5 or earlier), upgrading to the current Tidy Up 6 release will give you the native build along with a modernised interface, support for searching within Lightroom and other major apps, and improved duplicate-detection logic. You can download the latest version from Hyperbolic Software's website or upgrade via the app's own update mechanism if one is present.
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