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 ...

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 ...

The duplicate file is a headache when it comes to storage issues on our computer. Further lack of space makes your PC slower, and it further increases the difficulty when it comes to finding the ...

When it comes to Android, accumulating lots of duplicate files including images, audio, video, document and other files causes your phone to slow down. In turn, it also occupies space and reduces the ...

Windows only: A little sloppy file keeping can lead to a lot of duplicate and space-hogging files. Dig up all your dupes with the speedy Fast Duplicate File Finder ...

How much space do duplicate files take up on your iPad? In theory, they use no extra storage. Thanks to the design of the Apple File System (APFS) used on iOS and macOS, duplicating a file doesn’t ...

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 ...

As professionals, most of us have our digital work files well organized. Our personal files? Not so much. I am no exception. My “professional” files are very well organized, but with my personal files ...