Photo Unity Pro
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Photo Unity Pro (macOS app) manages the entire lifecycle of a local photo library. Import scattered photos into a library you control. Browse, review, organize, export, back up, and recover your collection without uploading it to the cloud.
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☆ Bring photos together
Import from folders, Apple Photos, external storage, or a connected iPhone. Choose a destination, review preflight checks, and explicitly start the import when ready.
☆ Review without destructive surprises
Find exact duplicates, visually similar groups, blurry photos, rejected photos, and recent imports. Picks, rejects, and ratings remain metadata until you explicitly move a file to Trash.
☆ Organize and deliver
Browse with grid, list, and Timeline views. Add ratings, tags, albums, metadata, and XMP sidecars, then create originals, contact sheets, share copies, web images, or client galleries.
☆ Back up and recover
Create SHA-256 verified backup copies, prepare local browsing copies, safely offload eligible originals, release host computer's storage, and rebuild a library from a verified recovery point.
Free or Premium
Most Photo Unity Pro workflows are free. Upgrade when you need direct iPhone import, visual similarity tools, or more advanced export and backup options.
| Capability | Free | Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Import from folders and Apple Photos | ✓ | ✓ |
| Direct import from a connected iPhone | — | ✓ |
| Library grid, list, and Timeline views | ✓ | ✓ |
| Exact duplicate, blurry, and rejected review | ✓ | ✓ |
| Visual similarity and near-duplicate review | — | ✓ |
| Ratings, tags, albums, batch tools, and XMP | ✓ | ✓ |
| Manage private notes for photos | ✓ | ✓ |
| Standard export presets | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom export | — | ✓ |
| First managed backup destination | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multiple registered backup copies | — | ✓ |
| Secondary verified export copies | — | ✓ |
| Restore and recoverable Trash | ✓ | ✓ |
Premium includes every Free capability. All standard export presets and the first managed backup destination remain free.
Your photos stay under your control
Photo Unity Pro works with folders and storage you select. Imports, analysis, exports, backups, offload, restore, and permanent deletion begin only when you ask.
- ✔ Photos and metadata stay on your Mac and selected storage
- ✔ Existing backup and export files are never silently overwritten
- ✔ Offload requires a verified backup and validated browsing copy
- ✔ Deletions remain recoverable until you confirm Empty Trash
How it works
A simple workflow designed to reduce clutter and remove uncertainty.
1. Import deliberately
Add sources, choose the destination, review options and preflight checks, then click Run Import. Selecting folders alone never starts work.
2. Browse and review
Search, filter, inspect, and compare photos in Library and Review. Record decisions without immediately changing files.
3. Organize and export
Apply metadata, build virtual albums and saved searches, manage RAW+JPEG pairs, and create output for print, sharing, web, or delivery.
4. Protect and recover
erify originals on backup storage, prepare browsing copies, offload safely, restore missing originals, or rebuild the library in a new folder.