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Save Mac storage without deleting anything Introducing TwinFold: Open source Mac app that stores identical files once Every file stays exactly where it is and keeps working. It just stops taking up space twice. Free & Open sourced-

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hims5 days ago

macOS has a feature called APFS clones. Twinfold finds files that are identical byte for byte and turns the extra copies into clones. If you edit one later, only that file gets its own copy again Twinfold comes with an MCP server, so you can ask Claude or Cursor "find what's duplicated in my projects and save it". It does a dry run first and asks before changing anything

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hims5 days ago

-> GitHub: -> Download: -> Website:

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PVDIUM4 days ago

I needed this badly Thanks!

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André "Dezzy" Victor4 days ago

Bro just saved the world, huge

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Robert Corbin | Shadowfetch Studio | AIpeoplewiki5 days ago

Love this! Storing identical files once without moving or breaking anything is such a clean idea, and making it free and open source is a great touch. #OpenSource #macOS

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ranjeet wadkar3 days ago

INSANE

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Aniket3 days ago

Needed this so badly

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Namita A4 days ago

Fire Crazy vdo

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Madhav 🐣4 days ago

This is such a nice concept, instant star!

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diip3sh4 days ago

when twinfold swaps an extra copy for a clone, how do you carry over that file's own permissions, tags and creation date, since the clone comes out as a new file?

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Taufique4 days ago

This looks great! Does it handle hard links or symlinks under the hood, or is it a different approach?

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Nishant4 days ago

apfs clones for the extra copies is such a clean fix, copy on write means editing one later doesn't break the rest lol

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