Some files on a Linux system can appear in more than one location. Follow these instructions to find and identify these "identical twins" and learn why hard links can be so advantageous. Identifying ...

Copies of files sometimes represent a big waste of disk space and can cause confusion if you want to make updates. Here are six commands to help you identify these files. In a recent post, we looked ...

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 ...

Dissy is a free disk space analyzer and visualizer tool for Windows PC that lets you find, remove duplicate files, and manage storage. It is an all-in-one application that helps you in different ...

As computer users, sometimes we tend to create duplicate files, and sometimes, we have no idea. For many of us, our Windows 11/10 system has many duplicate files, so the question is how to get rid of ...

So, it recently came to my attention that Dropbox for Android, when syncing files, automatically renames all photos and videos to a datetime stamp, not preserving the original filenames as they exist ...

It occurs to me, after doing a file-type search on one of my hard drives, that after several years of upgrades, backs-ups, re-installs, new hard drives, etc., I have collected multiple copies of many ...

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 ...

https://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,82847-order,3/description.html is a welcome app indeed. While other operating systems have commands to root out duplicate ...