Verified User

Manager in Marketing (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Typically I use Gemini in conjunction with ChatGPT as a source for brainstorming ideas, analyzing data, research, and copywriting help. I've used it to help edit someone else's work, and I use it a lot for social media captions and things like that. Sometimes I've used it for competitor analysis as well.

Pros

It has been pretty good with rewrites and slight edits.
It has been helpful in project management.
It has been helpful with easy writing tasks like social media captions or holiday descriptions.

Cons

I think it can do better with writing -- typically I like ChatGPTs response better.
It was particularly helpful in a competitor analysis.
I like that it doesn't default to as flowery language as ChatGPT.

Return on Investment

Saves me time -- haven't measured how much.
Saved me hours and hours and hours and hours of time for competitor analysis and research.
Saves time with project management.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

ChatGPT

Other Software Used

Adobe Audition, Adobe Premiere Pro, VEED.IO

Verified User

Engineer in Research & Development (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

As Apple continues to put a premium on storage space on its MacBooks, individuals and companies alike are pressured to purchase smaller storage options than they otherwise would have. As a result, several great Mac utilities, such as Gemini and DaisyDisk have cropped up to help users manage the smaller storage on their machines. Gemini helps users solve this problem by identifying duplicate files for users so that they can better organize their file system, while simultaneously eliminating storage-wasting duplicates.

Pros

File De-Duplication - Gemini does a great job of finding files that are bit-for-bit identical to each other. Typically these are caused by user replication, and Gemini sniffs them out and displays them for easy user decisions.
Similar Photo identification - Got a lot of similar photos, but not the exact same one? That's ok, this is a huge source of wasted space, and Gemini can deal with these too. If you're a "spray and pray" type of photographer, Gemini will help you clean up near-duplicate photos, helping you keep only the best.
Fast File Triage - Once Gemini has identified all these duplicates, what do you do with them? Gemini helps you triage the list of duplicates and easily decide which copies to keep. This is handy if you want to keep all files in the X folder, but not in the Y folder.

Cons

With the recent update to macOS Catalina, Gemini hasn't been updated yet. As a result, it requests access to each folder you want to scan for duplicates. Not ideal. It could take an approach like other apps, and ask for full-disk access through privacy settings instead.
Gemini could make a more robust rule system that enables you to select which file to delete based on regular expressions, for instance.
While Gemini helps me identify similar, though not identical photos, it's still up to me to decide which ones are the "best". Perhaps if Gemini did some machine learning on these photos, it could learn which are the best, and help you choose.

Return on Investment

Gemini keeps me productive by not having to spend time wading through my files to find what I've copied in multiple locations. It does the heavy lifting for me and lets me choose what to keep and what to trash.
Gemini has enabled us to purchase less expensive laptops by not needing to pay for as much storage. Once purchased, those laptops can be sustained for longer by using Gemini to keep storage space managed.
Gemini has also enabled us to keep our cloud storage footprint manageable, by identifying duplicates across local and cloud storage.

Alternatives Considered

Apple iCloud

Other Software Used

Bugzilla, IBM Rational ClearCase, Parallels Desktop, VMware Fusion, Oracle VM VirtualBox

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