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Duplicate images can quickly fill up your hard drive; even the 'ginormous' ones of today. Using software designed to find duplicates can help you get rid of some of the chaos. Read this article to find how to do this using Dup Detector.

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EditSteps

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    Download the software.
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    Install it into the appropriate folder. You will need a zip/unzip program to do this.
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    Start up the program. Check out the three options:
    • Compare all images within primary datafile (one folder or image list)
    • Compare images between two datafiles (no comparison within the datafiles)
    • Compare single image to primary datafile (no comparison within the datafile)
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    Choose one of those methods.
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    Get data. This is the second tab. You will need to build your datafile if you haven't already.
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    Choose which option that will work best for you. You will need to experiment to see what works. Click OK.
    • If you have a slower computer, this process may take a while (a long while). The program is looking for file paths.
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    Be sure that you have chosen a place to look.
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    Make your choices of how you want the program to run. This only looks at your duplicates and not your whole computer so it is faster.
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    Note the 'Find Dups' button is no longer grayed out. Click on the 'Find Dups'.
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    View Dups. After you have chosen the various 'duplication parameters', you can go through the duplicates and verify that they are duplications and delete them if you choose.
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    Look at the various paths. You will want to make that neither image is necessary for another project.
    • If you do decide to delete one of them, and find others fitting the same location pattern, delete the same one. For example:
      • Folder 1 >> certain pictures
      • Folder 2 >> same certain pictures
        • Always make the same choice; i.e. Folder 1
        • Be aware, though, that the world won't end if you aren't completely consistent.
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  • Dup detector doesn't detect raw files.

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