Cleaning up storage on my devices is oddly satisfying. Recently, I managed to recover nearly 5GB of system storage on my Android device using a free open-source tool, and a hidden Android menu helped ...

Is your computer slowing down? There are a lot of reasons why computers slow down and one of the biggest ones comes down to space. No, not outer space–digital space. If your computer is only a year or ...

If your Mac is stuffed with duplicate files, you’re not just wasting space. You’re probably dealing with a slower and cluttered computer. So, finding a good duplicate file finder isn’t just a nice ...

I've got a bit of music that I've been trying to sort out for years now, about 100gb of .mp3s and other stuff. I know there are a LOT of duplicate files (searching for some songs brings back 8-10 ...

Keeping an ear tuned to a fat collection of music files and an eye on your PC's ever-diminishing hard drive space? Then give Audio Dedupe ($30, feature-limited free demo) a try. It uses a ...

Over the years, I've used multiple cloud backup solutions to back up my photos and videos, including OneDrive, Google Drive, and Dropbox. However, switching between these services led to a duplicate ...

Jeff Fehring wants a way to find and eliminate duplicate songs in his large music collection. There are plenty of good programs for finding duplicate files–based on file name, size, and checksums–but ...

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, ...

DupFiles Cleaner Pro scans for duplicate files, similar photos and clutter to help your Windows PC reclaim storage and feel fast again — and you can get this duplicate file finder for just $19.99 ...

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 ...

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