For Mac · macOS 14+ · On-device only

A lifetime of photos, finally in order.

Years of photos and videos pile up across phones, camera cards, old laptops, and a drawer of drives — and touching them feels risky. Chronoframe copies that scattered mess into one clean, dated library and helps you clear out duplicates. Your originals are never changed, and nothing happens until you approve it.

Originals stay read-only
Preview every change
Deletions go to Trash

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One-time purchase, no subscription · No account, no uploads, no tracking.

macOS 14.0 or later · Apple Silicon and Intel.

Chronoframe's Setup screen with a source folder and destination folder both marked Ready, a Preview Plan button, and a contact-sheet preview of the photos to organize. — **Organize**Copy scattered media into a clean, dated library.

Chronoframe's Deduplicate review comparing two near-identical photos side by side, one marked Keeper and one for Compare, with Keep and Delete controls. — **Deduplicate**Compare look-alikes and keep only your best frame.

Two jobs, one app

Bring order, then win back space

Organize turns chaos into a library you can navigate. Deduplicate reclaims storage from copies you didn't know you had. Both start with a preview, and both keep every decision in your hands.

Chronoframe's Run tab showing a preview of 6,064 photos planned for transfer, a month-by-month timeline of the library, and a note that nothing has been copied yet.

Organize

Find any photo in seconds

Chronoframe copies your media into dated folders like 2024/06/15, working out each file's date from its metadata, its filename, and the file itself. Anything uncertain is flagged for review before a single file is copied. Your source folder is only ever read.

Deduplicate

Get your storage back

Find exact photo and video copies by content, not filename, then review similar shots, bursts, RAW+JPEG pairs, and Live Photos. You choose what to keep. Everything you approve moves to the macOS Trash — never a permanent delete.

Built to be trusted

Your photos are irreplaceable. Every step respects that.

No testimonials, no invented savings. Just the guarantees the app is built on, and a preview-first workflow you can see for yourself.

Originals never changeChronoframe only reads your source. It never moves, renames, edits, or deletes an original.
Nothing happens until you say goYou see exactly what will be copied, and what will move to Trash, before anything changes.
Nothing gets overwrittenIf a name already exists at the destination, Chronoframe keeps both files instead of replacing one.
Every copy is verifiedEach file is written safely and re-checked, so you know the copy matches the original byte for byte.
Duplicates go to TrashFiles you approve for removal move to the macOS Trash. Hard delete is not part of the app.
Interruptions recover safelyChronoframe records what it changed, reconciles on relaunch, and stops rather than guess when it can't verify state.

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Who it's for

Made for messy, precious libraries

If your photos are scattered and you've been afraid to touch them, this is for you.

Years of phone backups

Merge a decade of iPhone and Android dumps into one clean timeline, with duplicate photos and videos surfaced for review.

Camera cards & old drives

Consolidate SD-card imports and external-drive archives into a single library you can actually navigate.

Culling photo shoots

Review bursts and RAW+JPEG pairs side by side and keep only your best frame from each moment.

Requirements

Runs entirely on your Mac

macOS 14.0 or later Apple Silicon & Intel Works offline No account required

Your memories deserve better than "New Folder (3)".

Start with one folder. Organize what belongs together, review duplicates with care, and keep every original protected along the way.

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