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File List Export · for Mac

Every file in a folder,
listed and ready to export.

Scan any folder or drive and get a sortable list with 70 columns of details, then save it as Excel, CSV or PDF. Version 4 also remembers every scan, so you can see exactly what changed.

Free to download, with a one-time Pro upgrade. macOS 14.4 or later. Universal, for Apple silicon and Intel.

File List Export listing a photo and video archive by size, with a photo's preview, map location and scan history in the inspector

It remembers every scan

Scan again and see what changed

Every folder and drive keeps its scans. Scan it again next week and File List Export lists every file that was added, removed, changed or moved, with the size each one gained or lost.

  • Drives keep their history while they are unplugged
  • Select a file to see how it changed from scan to scan
The changes between two scans of a folder: six files added, two removed, two changed and two moved

Insights

See what takes the space

Totals, the largest and oldest files, a map of your folders and breakdowns by kind, year and age. A chart follows the folder across its scans, so you can see when it grew.

Insights for a 31 GB folder: totals, the largest and oldest files, and what changed since the last scan

Duplicates

Clear out copies, safely

Find identical files anywhere in a scan, compare the copies side by side and choose which one to keep. The rest go to the Bin, never straight to deletion, so you can always get them back.

  • Auto Select keeps the newest copy, the oldest, or the one nearest the top folder
  • See the space you get back before anything moves
Duplicate sets found in a folder, with one copy kept and the other marked for the Bin

Five ways to look

A list, a tree, groups, a gallery

Switch layouts with one click. The tree shows each folder with its file count, its share of the parent and the kinds of files inside, so a big folder explains itself.

The tree layout, with file counts, share of parent and a bar of the kinds of files in each folder

Everything else

Built for catalogs, audits and clean-ups

The list is where it starts. These are the parts that make it useful week after week.

Export to anything

Excel with thumbnails, links and totals, plus CSV, TSV, JSON, Markdown, a sortable web page, PDF tables and photo contact sheets.

70 columns of details

Dates, sizes, tags, audio and video details, image size and color, photo EXIF with GPS, and MD5 and SHA-256 checksums.

Smart filters

Larger than 100 MB, Not opened in 2 years, Photos without location, or your own rules for any column.

Verify Files

Check a folder against its saved checksums, from an earlier scan or a checksum file, and find files that changed or went bad.

Shortcuts and schedules

Scan, export and compare from the Shortcuts app, or scan a folder every day, week or month and save a report.

Hands off your files

It reads only the folders you choose and never changes a file, unless you move duplicates to the Bin yourself.

Files grouped by folder, with each group's file count and size

Group by folder, kind, year or extension, with counts and sizes for each group.

Know what is in every folder.

Free to download. Pro is a one-time purchase for Excel and PDF export, all of Insights, the full list of changes, duplicates, Verify Files and automation. Bought File List Export before? Pro is already yours.

macOS 14.4 or later · Universal · Sandboxed

 

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