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Originally Posted by GeorgeMcSoon
Along with this (stand-alone) tool comes a smart sub-function which allows to scan folders for dupes. It detects them by scanning the MD5-checksums and lists all pics having the identical one which is the true proof of a real dupe
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I thought there were many duplicate finders available. I use one called 'Easy Duplicate Finder' which is fast and lets you set convenient parameters, including min/max file sizes. It must have saved me hundreds of GB in wasted space over the years
The trouble is, it only detects exact matches - it doesn't matter if filenames are different, but the files themselves must be exactly the same. So if you have 2 pics/movies/files that are the same, but different sizes, it won't find them (unless there's some option I've overlooked)