As much as we love feature-packed applications that perform countless tasks, there’s nothing wrong with an inexpensive utility that does the one thing we need without much fuss and bother. Such is ...

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 ...

After buying an external 1TB HDD, I have been backing up all my files to it from various folders and optical media. Thing is, due to a number of reasons (lack of consistency being the chief one), I ...

If you're tired of downloading countless utility apps to manage the storage on your PC, you'll be happy to know that there's a way to identify duplicate files on your device while only using built-in ...

These free and paid apps will help you get rid of duplicate files that take up useful space on your computer. There are many polished Mac apps for this — but they're mostly paid software. Those shiny ...

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 ...

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 ...

Are there any utlities out there that will search for duplicate files? Something that works along the lines of PC's Ace Utilities Duplicate File Finder (i.e. compares files based on MD5 or CRC hash)?

Duplicate-file-finding programs expect you to manually check each file for deletion. That’s not practical for Edward Derbyshire, who has “121,000 duplicates” to delete. Before I tell you how to delete ...