
You can normally use the app during this search. This search is performed in a background task and may last several minutes the first time you use it. Purple Tree automatically analyzes the scanned files in order to find duplicates. Since version 3.1.2 there are optional color schemes designed to help colorblind users. The app preferences allow the layout density tuning as well as other parameters. They are highlighted in a different color. APFS clones are detected and not counted as duplicates. Selecting a duplicated file will highlight its duplicates as well as its duplicated siblings. Highlight Duplicates: duplicated files and folders containing them are highlighted in color while other contents are drawn in grayscale.Coloring by Date Modified: files and folders are colored accordingly to their last modification date, which, as an example, helps to locate recent files.Folders are colored with the dominant type of its contents.


Purple Tree is a visual disk space analyzer.
