Drag a folder onto another folder with the same name and Finder asks one question — and if you pick "Replace", everything in the destination is gone
Drag a folder onto another folder with the same name and Finder asks one question — and if you pick "Replace", everything in the destination is gone.
Mergd is the merge Finder should have. Select two folders, right-click, "Merge Safely…" — and before anything happens, you see exactly what will: what's new, what's identical, and where the conflicts are.
**Preview first, always.** Every merge shows the full plan — files copied,
files skipped, conflicts and how each will resolve — before a single file
moves. Nothing runs until you confirm.
**Nothing is ever hard-deleted.** When a file is replaced, the old version
goes to the Trash — recoverable, always. On volumes without a Trash, Mergd
quarantines originals in a "_Merged Originals" folder instead. There is no
code path in Mergd that permanently deletes a file.
**Conflicts, your way.** Keep the newest, keep both (the incoming copy is
renamed beside the original), keep the destination — globally or per file,
with Quick Look on either version before you decide.
**Safe with the dangerous stuff.** Photo libraries, apps, and other bundles
are treated as single units and never merged internally. iCloud files that
aren't downloaded are flagged, not silently copied as empty ghosts. A merge
interrupted by sleep or a yanked drive is detected and resumed — never left
half-done in silence.
**Fast where it can be.** Merging within the same APFS disk uses Apple's
clone technology: near-instant, no extra space.
100% local. No account, no network access — the app can't even open a
connection. One purchase, yours.