fclones
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
0warn against
Jul 25, 2026first mention
Jul 26, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“imo fclones is the one to beat,”
“use fclones to turn them into APFS clones”
MacOS useron “Harddrive Is Probably Full”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- DskDitto: Ultra-fast, parallel duplicate-file detector 2 mentions
- Harddrive Is Probably Full 1 mention
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All comments 3
Do you know if fclones implements anything similar to https://github.com/hpc/libcircle ? I also wonder if nftw(3) would be faster than readdir(3).
“imo fclones is the one to beat,”
“use fclones to turn them into APFS clones”