A little order for your photo library
Bring scattered photos and videos into dated folders. See the plan before copying. Your source originals stay untouched.
500 files organized · 100 duplicates moved to Trash
Free allowances are cumulative, per Apple Account per Mac.
macOS 14+ · No uploads · No subscription
01 / Organize
Staged sample library
Preview only · Nothing copied yet
Next in the app: review the dates, then choose Start Transfer when you’re ready.
This staged 4,000-file example is not the free allowance.
Start with one folder
Your source holds the originals. A separate destination receives the copies.
Inspect dates, planned folders, and anything that needs attention.
Start when you’re ready. Copy verification is on by default.
See the result and receipt. Supported runs can be reverted while recorded files still match.
00:00 — From scattered to sorted. A Finder window shows phone backups, camera cards, and old drive folders. The next view shows photos and videos organized into dated folders.
00:07 — See the plan, then say go. Chronoframe previews a staged library of 4,000 photos, with a timeline of where they belong. A completed transfer shows verified copies; the source files stay untouched. This is an edited demonstration, not a speed benchmark.
00:24 — Keep the moments, lose the extras. Two versions of a sandboarding photo appear side by side. The keeper is chosen, the selected extras are reviewed, and a confirmation asks for approval to move them to macOS Trash.
00:40 — Changed your mind? Run History opens a receipt, confirms a revert, and shows a file restored. Restore needs the recorded file to remain in Trash with matching contents; it cannot recover an emptied Trash.
00:50 — All on your Mac. The film closes with local processing, no photo uploads, and Chronoframe’s website. There is instrumental music and no speech.
Recorded with a development build; screens may vary by version. Photo: Steven J. Weber / U.S. Navy, public domain. Open the video directly.
02 / Deduplicate
Find identical photo and video files by their contents. Compare similar photos side by side and choose what stays.
Moving files to Trash does not immediately free their storage. Emptying Trash removes that recovery option.
Explore Deduplicate →
Bring the whole collection together
A tidy library should be easy to start—and easier to keep up.
Apple Photos import
Choose photos and videos directly from Apple Photos. Import their unedited originals into your dated library, with Live Photo pairs together. Your Photos library stays untouched.
See how importing works →Watched sources
Register the folders you regularly add photos to. While Chronoframe is running, Sources shows an estimate of new items. Review the next import when you’re ready.
Meet watched folders →Similar video review
Exact video copies are always detected. Turn on similar-video matching to find possible re-exports and resized versions, then decide for yourself what stays.
Explore video matching →Care comes built in
Preview first. Make the decision yourself. Keep a record of what changed.
How Chronoframe protects your files →Before you begin
Organize only reads the source folder and writes new copies to a separate destination. Deduplicate is a separate action: it moves only the files you approve in the folder you scan to macOS Trash.
No. Download free, organize 500 files, and move 100 approved duplicate files to Trash, cumulatively per Apple Account per Mac. Scanning, preview, review, and History stay unlimited. A $14.99 US one-time lifetime unlock removes the limits, includes Reorganize, and supports Family Sharing. Regional prices may vary; the app shows your local price before purchase.
Revert never requires a purchase. Successfully undoing work returns the corresponding allowance.
Yes. Select photos and videos in Chronoframe’s Photos workspace, then review and import their unedited originals into dated folders. Your Apple Photos library stays unchanged. Deduplicate works on files in folders; it does not remove items from Apple Photos.
Yes. Chronoframe handles common photo and video formats, including JPEG, HEIC, camera RAW, MOV, and MP4. Exact video duplicates are matched by content. Similar-photo review and pair handling help you make more careful keep-or-remove decisions.
Your photo processing happens on your Mac. No photos are uploaded to Chronoframe. Local processing works offline once purchase or trial access has been verified. The App Store may need a connection to verify access; importing iCloud-only originals also needs a download through Apple.
Allow space at the destination for the photos and videos you copy. Organize leaves the source in place, so it initially uses additional storage. Moving duplicates to Trash does not immediately free their space; macOS reclaims it when Trash is emptied, which also removes that recovery option.
From the maker
I had twenty years of photos spread across phones, laptops, and a drawer of drives. I wanted a way to bring them together without risking the originals.
So I built Chronoframe around a simple idea: show the plan, copy with care, and keep the decisions in your hands.
Nishith Nand Maker of Chronoframe
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Start free.
Try it with your own photos.
Take as long as you need.
Need more? $14.99 US, once.
Lifetime unlock with Family Sharing.
Removes the limits and includes Reorganize.
Revert stays free and returns the corresponding allowance when work is successfully undone.
Download on theMac App StoreNo subscription. Upgrade only when you choose.
macOS 14+ · Apple Silicon & Intel.
Free allowances are cumulative, per Apple Account per Mac. Local unlock pricing is shown in the app.
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