Windows 8's built-in search function is pretty good at finding individual files and all the other files that share the same name. However, it does not do a good job of clearly flagging identical files ...

Stevey asked the Answer Line forum for advise on finding and removing duplicate files. A hard drive is like a family garage–junk expands to fill available space. An SSD behaves very much the same way, ...

Glary Duplicate Cleaner is another simple yet powerful duplicate file cleaning software that can automatically find and delete duplicate files, leaving more valuable free disk space. Glary Duplicate ...

It struck me how much space duplicates occupy only after I stumbled upon a full 256GB SSD drive that seemed mostly empty. It had files from old backups, cloud sync folders, and nested project ...

Note: Duplicate File Finder is not for the faint of heart.For a more manageable alternative, try the aptly named (and free ofcharge) EasyDuplicate File Finder. One big plus is you won’t haveto worry ...

As we keep using our Windows 11/10 PC, we tend to accumulate tons of files, images, and music. Chances are that tons of files result in duplication, especially when it comes to images and music. These ...

If your Mac is starting to run slow the first thing to check is if you are running low on space. It’s generally advised that you should have 10% of your total space free on your Mac for the most ...

If your Mac is running low on storage, chances are that duplicate files and photos occupy a significant part of it. If the number is low, you can get away by performing a manual search, a terminal ...

Auslogics' Duplicate File Finder is easier to use than Digital Volcano's Duplicate Cleaner, but Duplicate Cleaner identifies more types of redundant files. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about ...