Gemini 1 5 17 – Locate And Eliminate Duplicate Files

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3. Gemini 1 5 17 – Locate And Eliminate Duplicate Files Completely
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Positives

• Quickly locates duplicate files
• Accurately identifies similar photos
• Safer file removal rather that complete deletion
• Adapts to personal file selection pattern

Gemini 1.5.10 – Locate and eliminate duplicate files. June 5, 2015 Gemini: The Duplicate Finder provides a totally new and compelling way to locate duplicates and eliminate them from your Mac! Gemini scans your whole Mac in search of duplicates and pre-selects those that can be deleted safely. The selection is based on a unique smart algorithm and instead of reviewing each file or folder separately, you can just click to remove all duplicates in one move. May 24, 2018 Find and remove identical files on your Mac with Gemini Classic, a handy Mac duplicate file finder that turns the process of cleaning duplicates into fun. Incredibly simple Just drag and drop folders into Gemini Classic to scan for identical files.

Negatives

• Requires a license to unlock all the features
• No live customer support
• Customer support is slow to answer emails

Unless you store all your photos on an external hard drive or in the cloud, your Mac's disk space is likely to be consumed by all your images. And admit it, how often do you actually clean out the Photos library of similar photos or duplicates? They just add up, and the library continues to grow bigger and bigger, requiring even more and more time to clean up items that, in the end, just never ends up happening… unlessGemini jumps in. This duplicate finder software is developed by the Ukraine-based company MacPaw – which is known for its CleanMyMac and CleanMyPC apps, among others – and is able to locate any duplicate file or photo (even similar images) and remove them, reclaiming precious disk space on your Mac and creating a much cleaner Photos library. Gemini 2, the latest installment of this software, is available as a free download, but if you want to unlock all of its features then you'll need to purchase a lifetime license for as low as $8.99 if you buy the license pack for five Macs.

Features

Gemini 2 is in fact an improved version of Gemini Classic with a tweaked, nicely designed and easy-to-understand user interface. When you launch Gemini it welcomes you with a simple, clean screen inviting you to either drag and drop folders or click on the central ‘+' button to add folders to the scan list. The app will then do what it does best: scan for duplicates. And if you have ticked the 'Scan for similar files' option in Preferences then it will also identify similar audio and image files, not only exact duplicates. You can add multiple folders that – just like the finding similar files option – will increase scan time, but it is well worth the wait since it will help you easily reclaim lost space on your Mac. With the help of the smart selection feature, you can even automate the selection process.

Select Folder to Scan

Gemini also helps users save space on their Macs by creating hard links in place of duplicate files. This means Gemini will create multiple paths to one file in various locations, guiding users to the same location rather than having to store multiple copies of the same file.

Duplicates Finder

But before selecting the duplicate files you want Gemini to remove, you must first select the folders to be scanned. Gemini is able to scan your Macintosh HD drive, external drive or even your network attached storage (NAS) space. We must note here, though, that the built-in flash storage scan for the same data amount was much faster than on the NAS, which was a 7,200 rpm hard drive. Even so, Gemini still scanned the 68GB of data pretty fast, identifying duplicate files with ease. During the scanning process Gemini thoroughly compares found duplicates, analyzing their file creation and modification dates, extensions, paths and much more.

Gemini Picture Scan

Gemini Music Folder Scan in Progress

Similar Files

When tested with the Photos and iTunes libraries, Gemini required access to both Photos and iTunes (recommended setting: 'Always Open') to compare images from different albums and put them into the same group for comparison. It does the same with audio files.

Once the scanning process is complete – the time it takes depending on the amount of data and the storage type – Gemini will then present you with a summary of its findings: both the total number of duplicates found and the total number of files automatically selected for removal.

Duplicates Removal

Gemini gives you two options for removing files: you can either automatically remove selected duplicates by clicking on the 'Smart Cleanup' button, or review the files selected for removal by clicking in the middle of the chart. To view a duplicate in a certain category, simply click on the corresponding section.

Sometimes it's safe enough to just rely on the software to remove any duplicate files, but not photos. Of course, letting Gemini remove what it considers a duplicate or a similar picture is an option (think about how many times we take multiple pictures to try and get that perfect shot), but depending on your free time it might be worth spending some time in the company of your Mac to review the photos the software has selected.

The smart selection feature comes in handy here since it learns from your selection habits. To review the duplicates, simply click in the center of the circle and a new window appears, showing the number of similar photos listed alongside their duplicates. You can make a choice by clicking on files and ticking those you want to keep.

Permanently Delete Files

Gemini Duplicates Folder Photos

While you are using Gemini, the software analyzes the way you make your choices and after a while a prompt will suggest the opportunity to set new rules based on your particular selection preferences. For example, Gemini notices whether you more commonly select the smaller or larger file. If you agree to add a selection rule to Gemini, it will be saved in the smart selection tab, which you'll find in Preferences. You can review these rules or reset them, along with all manually added rules from 'Always Select' and 'Never Select' tabs.

Gemini moves selected files to the Trash by default so, unless you change the setting for permanent removal, it is at least still possible to restore any accidentally erased file. However, remember that the disk space won't be reclaimed until the Trash has been emptied first. Once you are confident that you won't need any of the removed files, then you should clear the Trash.

Pricing

Gemini does a good job of identifying similar files and duplicates, but to unlock the full power of the app you'll need to purchase a license. The application is available as a free download, but the trial version of Gemini is only capable of scanning your Mac and removing just 500MB of duplicate files. For $19.95, however, you'll get a single lifetime license. However there are options to take advantage of a discounted license price by purchasing a package that includes multiple licenses. $29.95 will give you two licenses that can be used on two Macs, but the best deal is the package for five Macs ($44.95), which means you'll get one license per Mac for $8.99, or more than half price.

• All Gemini features
• Unlimited junk file removal
• For 1 Mac only
• Free support
• –
• –

• All Gemini features
• Unlimited junk file removal
• For 2 Macs
• Free support
• –
• –

• All Gemini features
• Unlimited junk file removal
• For 5 Macs
• Free support
• –
• –

• All Gemini features
• Unlimited junk file removal
• For 1 Mac only
• Free support
• + CleanMyMac
• + Hider

• All Gemini features
• Unlimited junk file removal
• For 1 Mac only
• Free support
• + CleanMyMac
• –

MacPaw accepts two types of payment methods, either credit/debit card (Visa, Mastercard, American Express cards) or PayPal checkout. The developer also offers a 30-day money back guarantee on all its products if they are purchased directly from the company's store.

Customer Service

Unlike some of its rival services – such as MacBooster, which also includes a duplicate finder feature – Gemini comes with a complete help file to guide the user through the otherwise very simple and easy-to-understand scanning and removal process. There is also an online FAQ page that gives enough information to avoid misuse of the app, and if you still have questions that are unanswered in the knowledge base FAQ you can always contact customer support using the web form.

Gemini Help File

Don't expect a same-day response via email, however, and sadly there's no live chat support to get a quick answer to your question. Our call to the phone number listed on the website was picked up by the MacPaw automated voicemail support – which wasn't available at that moment – and we were prompted to leave a name, email address and inquiry.

Bottom Line

Despite its slow customer support, MacPaw's Gemini is good software to have on your Mac. It does more than just easily identifying and locating duplicate files you didn't even know you had on your computer, it will also help you clean up your iTunes and Photos library of those thousands of similar photos you took just to make sure you captured the moment. But if, like many of us, you lack the time to go through each photo and analyze for yourself which to delete, then Gemini will help you speed up this tedious task and regain disk space occupied by those duplicate files.

Although you might want to limit the use of Smart Selection and manually review all of the photos Gemini flagged as similar to make sure you pick the best to keep, it is still a handy feature to use – we've tested many instances, and in the majority of the cases the software picked the right image for us. This application is very helpful for keeping a well-organized, clean Mac, but this is especially true for your Photos library. It should be on the machine of any Mac user who doesn't want to spend their time reviewing the photos they took before importing them into the Photos folder.

Best Alternative Mac Optimization Software

MacPaw Gemini 2

Intelligent Duplicate File Finder

Use MacPaw's Gemini 2 to detect and delete duplicate files from your Mac.

The most exasperating thing about being a devoted Mac user is that you ought to use every product launched for the great Mac.

Oh! Did you just say that it's not an obligatory thing!

Ummm..

... then maybe it's just me who is always anxious to buy products for my Mac to improve and boost its performance.

I've always been an admirer of MacPaw's products.

Be it CleanMyMac or Hider, I'm using their products, I guess since their inception.

Now when MacPaw has launched its new but not so new app for the App store, how could I remain far behind to use it?

The favorite app of all, Gemini is here to the rescue of the Mac users in a new Avatar Gemini 2.

Like every new version of any app, Gemini 2 has also undergone many changes and improvements.

The app can aptly be said as an 'Intelligent Duplicate File Finder.'

That is because it not only identifies duplicate files but also uses an exclusive algorithm to find similar files that are not 100% indistinguishable but that can be considered supererogatory due to little difference between them.

The birth giver of this app, Oleksandr Kosovan, CEO of MacPaw, opines this app as a bigger brother of its previous version.

Gemini- The Star Sign? The Twins???

For those ignorant souls about the greatest of the apps present in the App store, let me firstly and fore mostly tell you a little bit about Gemini.

'It is designed for Macs to help users locate and remove duplicate files that have hoarded over time and taken up too much computer space.'

I'm kind of a lazy and forgetful sort of person.

When tested with the Photos and iTunes libraries, Gemini required access to both Photos and iTunes (recommended setting: 'Always Open') to compare images from different albums and put them into the same group for comparison. It does the same with audio files.

Once the scanning process is complete – the time it takes depending on the amount of data and the storage type – Gemini will then present you with a summary of its findings: both the total number of duplicates found and the total number of files automatically selected for removal.

Duplicates Removal

Gemini gives you two options for removing files: you can either automatically remove selected duplicates by clicking on the 'Smart Cleanup' button, or review the files selected for removal by clicking in the middle of the chart. To view a duplicate in a certain category, simply click on the corresponding section.

Sometimes it's safe enough to just rely on the software to remove any duplicate files, but not photos. Of course, letting Gemini remove what it considers a duplicate or a similar picture is an option (think about how many times we take multiple pictures to try and get that perfect shot), but depending on your free time it might be worth spending some time in the company of your Mac to review the photos the software has selected.

The smart selection feature comes in handy here since it learns from your selection habits. To review the duplicates, simply click in the center of the circle and a new window appears, showing the number of similar photos listed alongside their duplicates. You can make a choice by clicking on files and ticking those you want to keep.

Permanently Delete Files

Gemini Duplicates Folder Photos

While you are using Gemini, the software analyzes the way you make your choices and after a while a prompt will suggest the opportunity to set new rules based on your particular selection preferences. For example, Gemini notices whether you more commonly select the smaller or larger file. If you agree to add a selection rule to Gemini, it will be saved in the smart selection tab, which you'll find in Preferences. You can review these rules or reset them, along with all manually added rules from 'Always Select' and 'Never Select' tabs.

Gemini moves selected files to the Trash by default so, unless you change the setting for permanent removal, it is at least still possible to restore any accidentally erased file. However, remember that the disk space won't be reclaimed until the Trash has been emptied first. Once you are confident that you won't need any of the removed files, then you should clear the Trash.

Pricing

Gemini does a good job of identifying similar files and duplicates, but to unlock the full power of the app you'll need to purchase a license. The application is available as a free download, but the trial version of Gemini is only capable of scanning your Mac and removing just 500MB of duplicate files. For $19.95, however, you'll get a single lifetime license. However there are options to take advantage of a discounted license price by purchasing a package that includes multiple licenses. $29.95 will give you two licenses that can be used on two Macs, but the best deal is the package for five Macs ($44.95), which means you'll get one license per Mac for $8.99, or more than half price.

• All Gemini features
• Unlimited junk file removal
• For 1 Mac only
• Free support
• –
• –

• All Gemini features
• Unlimited junk file removal
• For 2 Macs
• Free support
• –
• –

• All Gemini features
• Unlimited junk file removal
• For 5 Macs
• Free support
• –
• –

• All Gemini features
• Unlimited junk file removal
• For 1 Mac only
• Free support
• + CleanMyMac
• + Hider

• All Gemini features
• Unlimited junk file removal
• For 1 Mac only
• Free support
• + CleanMyMac
• –

MacPaw accepts two types of payment methods, either credit/debit card (Visa, Mastercard, American Express cards) or PayPal checkout. The developer also offers a 30-day money back guarantee on all its products if they are purchased directly from the company's store.

Customer Service

Unlike some of its rival services – such as MacBooster, which also includes a duplicate finder feature – Gemini comes with a complete help file to guide the user through the otherwise very simple and easy-to-understand scanning and removal process. There is also an online FAQ page that gives enough information to avoid misuse of the app, and if you still have questions that are unanswered in the knowledge base FAQ you can always contact customer support using the web form.

Gemini Help File

Don't expect a same-day response via email, however, and sadly there's no live chat support to get a quick answer to your question. Our call to the phone number listed on the website was picked up by the MacPaw automated voicemail support – which wasn't available at that moment – and we were prompted to leave a name, email address and inquiry.

Bottom Line

Despite its slow customer support, MacPaw's Gemini is good software to have on your Mac. It does more than just easily identifying and locating duplicate files you didn't even know you had on your computer, it will also help you clean up your iTunes and Photos library of those thousands of similar photos you took just to make sure you captured the moment. But if, like many of us, you lack the time to go through each photo and analyze for yourself which to delete, then Gemini will help you speed up this tedious task and regain disk space occupied by those duplicate files.

Although you might want to limit the use of Smart Selection and manually review all of the photos Gemini flagged as similar to make sure you pick the best to keep, it is still a handy feature to use – we've tested many instances, and in the majority of the cases the software picked the right image for us. This application is very helpful for keeping a well-organized, clean Mac, but this is especially true for your Photos library. It should be on the machine of any Mac user who doesn't want to spend their time reviewing the photos they took before importing them into the Photos folder.

Best Alternative Mac Optimization Software

MacPaw Gemini 2

Intelligent Duplicate File Finder

Use MacPaw's Gemini 2 to detect and delete duplicate files from your Mac.

The most exasperating thing about being a devoted Mac user is that you ought to use every product launched for the great Mac.

Oh! Did you just say that it's not an obligatory thing!

Ummm..

... then maybe it's just me who is always anxious to buy products for my Mac to improve and boost its performance.

I've always been an admirer of MacPaw's products.

Be it CleanMyMac or Hider, I'm using their products, I guess since their inception.

Now when MacPaw has launched its new but not so new app for the App store, how could I remain far behind to use it?

The favorite app of all, Gemini is here to the rescue of the Mac users in a new Avatar Gemini 2.

Like every new version of any app, Gemini 2 has also undergone many changes and improvements.

The app can aptly be said as an 'Intelligent Duplicate File Finder.'

That is because it not only identifies duplicate files but also uses an exclusive algorithm to find similar files that are not 100% indistinguishable but that can be considered supererogatory due to little difference between them.

The birth giver of this app, Oleksandr Kosovan, CEO of MacPaw, opines this app as a bigger brother of its previous version.

Gemini- The Star Sign? The Twins???

For those ignorant souls about the greatest of the apps present in the App store, let me firstly and fore mostly tell you a little bit about Gemini.

'It is designed for Macs to help users locate and remove duplicate files that have hoarded over time and taken up too much computer space.'

I'm kind of a lazy and forgetful sort of person.

I sometimes tend to download or save a single file quite a multiple times.

Or when I edit my photos (shhh!), then the unedited copies that are no longer in need (of course, duh!) are just left in some folder...

...which apparently takes a lot of space on the system.

These must be deleted or sorted out so as to clean the space and make the system work faster.

But…

…Who in the world has so much time to sit and weed out extra photos, documents, and other media files single-handedly?

For such slothful people, Gemini 2 is nothing but a boon.

The main quality of this app includes scanning the documents, iTunes and the photos automatically and deletes the duplicate and comparable looking files from your device.

That means you don't have to click 10 ‘similar' selfies of yourself and to marvel for hours that how you look so same in every picture.

Impressive, eh?

But this doesn't mean that the app takes all the responsibilities on its shoulders giving you ample of time to be a couch potato and watch Sitcoms.

The FINAL decision only lies in your hands.

You can review the files you want to delete or those you want to keep that can come handy in the future.

The Magic Procedure - How To Use Gemini?

The main screen has a very minimalist interface which has been made especially for the users who believe in the plain Jane concept.

It welcomes you with nothing fancy but a large 'Plus sign.'

Here you can add or drag/drop the files you want to examine for the replicates.

After adding the files, just click on the 'Green scan button' to find all the duplicate files.

It will just take some seconds to do a thorough scan of each and every folder of your device, or the one you have selected and then identify the files that are believed to be the duplicates.

It also displays a guess of how much space can be regained.

After the results of the duplicate files are revealed in front of you, a circular ring appears that shows you where those files lay when you linger the cursor over it.

If you want to review the results, then there is also an option for that.

The list opens in the list or the grid form.

You can check the properties of that file by double-clicking the thumbnail.

Selections can be made from the list...

... and then they can be deleted by just clicking on a button present on the bottom right corner of the page.

Note: The files that are removed by Gemini 2 are firstly moved to the Trash of the system. It is to safeguard the things. If you like to live your life on the brink of the cliff, then you can change this setting by going to Preferences > Removal.

Gemini 2 also provides an option of Smart Cleanup.

This option emetics anything that is selected as a ‘duplicate.'

It is much faster and efficient.

But not for the ones who have the habit of clicking the pictures of a single thing from hundred angles.

This is because Gemini 2 uses around 10 different parameters to detect the duplicities and the similarities.

The App is loaded with a lush set of customizations.

You get an option of restricting the deletion to only exact duplicate files and excluding the similar folders.

In-app notifications of your progress can be enabled or disabled.

You can delimit the file extensions that should be ignored by the app while performing the scan.

Also, new rules can be added to the dash.

Gemini 1 5 17 – Locate And Eliminate Duplicate Files To Free Up Space

The app lets you choose where the deleted files should be sent other than the Trash folder; where they are sent by default.

The duplicates can be replaced by the ‘hard links.'

These allow the contents of a file to emerge to subsist in more than one location.

Verdict

I will pay particular mention to one feature that other critics must have found needless, but I personally have found quite attention grabbing.

That is the chart of your achievements gained in the app in a Game-style view.

Gemini 1 5 17 – Locate And Eliminate Duplicate Files Smaller

It allows the users to get a 'Rank' for them.

The more you use Gemini 2, the higher level you'll get to.

By clicking on the 'star icon' present on the upper-right corner, one can see where they currently stand and what rank have they achieved.

For less frivolous peeps out there (read boring), this can be disabled in the preferences option.

The only minus point of this app is that it is kept at a price that is double than its previous version.

This peachy app, if combined and used with CleanMyMac, which is another great product by MacPaw only, can do wonders to your device.

Gemini 2 has been crafted in a very user-friendly manner.

Now the process of deleting the needless files is just a mere click away.

It is available on the company's site for $19.95, which is a good deal for its previous version's loyal users.

All current Gemini users can upgrade to Gemini 2 with a lifetime 50% off discount.

The trial version of Gemini 2 scans your files but is only proficient of removing 500MB of identical files.

Gemini 1 5 17 – Locate And Eliminate Duplicate Files Completely

By unlocking the full version of Gemini 2, you will be able to remove an unlimited amount of duplicates.

To unlock the full version of Gemini 2 you must purchase it from the App Store or from the MacPaw Website.

Gemini 1 5 17 – Locate And Eliminate Duplicate Files File

Overall Review

Like a great saying, 'Lannisters always pay their debt'.

MacPaw is also paying or say spreading immense happiness to its users by launching these kinds of applications.

MacPaw Gemini 2

Intelligent Duplicate File Finder

Use MacPaw'sGemini 2 to detect and delete duplicate files from your Mac.