Any disc or folder.
Common Attributes:
Item’s name is same.
Date modified is same.
Date created is same.
Files and Packages:
Item’s type is:
Choose...popup menu the
Choose the application’s type owner...option (Photoshop and Quicktime types are already available).
Item’s extension is:
Choose...popup menu the
Choose the application’s extension owner...option (Photoshop and Quicktime extensions are already available).
Item’s size is same.
Content of Files Options:
compare the content of filesoption.
skip files whose size is lower or equaloption and change the size if you wish.
You can decide to choose the file type and extension from the sets
available in the Custom Set
popup menu (i.e Music, Images,
Text...).
With this set of criteria, the result will contain all kinds of files and packages chosen (depending on the application chosen) that have the same name, date modified, date created and size. This search is a more targeted one that is the preferable approach when searching for duplicates; the results will contain only the files needed and, therefore, choosing which files to be removed should require less time. You can enter specific type(s) and extension(s) manually to further reduce the results size (see Appendix 2 for a listing of common file kinds, types and corresponding extensions for manual entry).