Blog
Technical • Mar 27, 2026
Making unclutr photos feel fast at scale: a technical deep dive with a user lens
Scan-loop throttling, feature extraction, grid thumbnails, and bounded grouping for large libraries—coming in unclutr photos 2.3.
News • Mar 5, 2026
A Mac blog tested Unclutr Files — here’s what they found
Highlights from VVMac’s review of Unclutr Files: exact duplicate detection, privacy-first scanning, and what’s coming in version 1.3.
Guides • Mar 4, 2026
Day-by-day cleanup + same date across years: a calmer way to declutter photos
A focused cleanup workflow in unclutr photos: review one day at a time, or compare the same date across years, without replacing normal duplicate and similar scans.
Technical • Feb 25, 2026
We added an MCP server to our macOS app (unclutr files) and learned a lot the hard way
What it took to ship MCP support for unclutr files: stdio handshake debugging, launcher/probe diagnostics, MAS-vs-direct distribution decisions, and a safety-first delete workflow.
Guides • Feb 21, 2026
How to find and remove duplicate files on Mac (without sending anything to the cloud)
A safe workflow to clean exact duplicate files on Mac, reclaim space quickly, and keep full privacy with local processing.
Guides • Feb 16, 2026
How to clean duplicate photos and videos on iPhone (without cloud apps)
A practical workflow to remove similar photos and duplicate videos safely, while keeping full control and privacy.
Guides • Feb 16, 2026
Set-and-forget iPhone photo cleanup: a monthly auto-scan workflow
Use auto-scan, reminders, and progress tracking to keep your photo library clean with low ongoing effort.
Building unclutr • Feb 3, 2026
What 20,000 real photos taught me about cleanup apps
Concrete lessons from testing unclutr on a 20,000-photo iPhone library: memory limits, crashes, and why “AI picks the best” is harder than it sounds.
Guides • Nov 5, 2025
How to delete duplicate and similar photos on your iPhone (iOS 26)
Use iOS 26 for exact duplicates, and unclutr to quickly clean up similar photos.
Technical • Mar 19, 2026
The architecture of space: dedup and storage optimization on macOS
How macOS reports space, why redundancy grows, and how unclutr files and unclutr photos help you clean safely.