It uses a quick fuzzy matching algorithm to find the duplicate files in minutes.

It will run under Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X platforms. dupeGuru (Standard Edition)įor those who don’t know about dupeGuru, It is a free, open source, cross-platform application that can used to find and remove the duplicate files in your system. If you believe your system has multiple duplicate files, then dupeGuru might help you.ĭupeGuru team have also developed applications called dupeGuru Music Edition to remove duplicate music files, and dupeGuru Picture Edition to remove duplicate pictures. Therefore, sooner or later we will end up with disk full error message, which is worst when we really need some space to store important data. No matter how we’re careful, sometimes we might copy the same file to multiple locations, or download the same file twice unknowingly. Go for choosing the 100% matched duplicate files to begin with.Disk full is one of the big trouble for us. Perhaps choose a more 'soft' duplicate search.

The changes I've made to the search preferences is seen in the second image below and the arrow pointing towards the Filter hardness slider is something I only use once in a while.įor this duplicate search I have not changed the Filter hardness. Look in the Edit menu for marking options and then the Action menu for actually doing away with your duplicate files. When your search is done and the Result window is opened then click the Dupes Only button in the toolbar and click the Match header twice to see all your 100% matches lined up top to bottom. Be sure to check out the Preferences(CMD+,) for the Standard/Filename duplicate search as there's options to disregard the minimum filesize and adjusting the scope of the search for duplicates. Click to expand.You'll have to extract your photos from your iPhone via the Photos app or copy them over to your Mac via other means, such as using the Files app or whichever method you have been using, if any.ĭupeGuru doesn't take on your iPhone's photos, but you can search for duplicates after copying them to your Mac - duplicate the folder of photos and images you just copied(as a precaution)Īnd then scan for duplicates.

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