![]() Likewise, a warning would show up when users click on the “Delete” button, because if the duplicate files are on an external drive, they would have gone for good rather than being sent to Trash. For example, when I was reviewing files, and I clicked the “Select All” option, it would be good to see a friendly popup indicating I had selected multiple files and a further review might need before hitting the blue “Delete” button. Second, there are no warnings before I take major actions that might be done by accident. You can adjust them accordingly but do this with caution. Under the General tab, you have the option to choose the “Scan Method” and “Removal Method.” By default, the app scans folders by file content and removes found duplicates to Trash. Click on it, and you’ll see this Preferences window. On the main interface of the app, locate the gear icon in the upper right corner. Here’s the part I highly recommend you take a look at before using the app. It’s a bit tricky because Cisdem does not give users any hints. To fully claim the storage they occupy, you’ll have to take one more step - i.e. Unlike external drives, when you delete duplicates on your Mac, those files will be sent to Trash by default (unless you change the Removal Method in Preferences, see below for more). Speaking of this, here also comes a difference when removing duplicate files from a Mac versus doing so on an external drive. Because when I hit the “Delete” button to erase duplicates on my Lexar drive, the files were removed immediately without going to Trash. It does not allow you to deselect specific folders before the scan.įirst of all, the app is notarized by Apple as you can see from the Mac App Store, this should give you peace of mind.Īlso, the part I feel that the Cisdem team could improve: when I clicked “Select All” or “Delete,” there weren’t any warnings or alerts popping up indicating the actions could be irreversible.Lack of warnings while users take major actions, for example when hitting the “Delete” button. ![]()
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