Tidy Up 4
Index
Contents
Contents
Introduction
Getting Started
Helpful Hints
Step One: Search for duplicate items
How to choose a search (Simple Mode)
Smart Searches
Smart Search details
Images
Images by EXIF
Aperture Images
iPhoto Images
Music
Music by Tags
iTunes Music
Folders
Other Files and Packages
Miscellaneous Smart Search
How to choose the criteria (Advanced Mode)
Search Criteria
Common Search Criteria
Files Criteria
Miscellaneous Criteria
Music Criteria
Images Criteria
Special Criteria
Duplicate Images by content options
How to choose a location
Limit the search to a subfolder or series of subfolders
Excluding a location from a search
Restore the excluded locations
Adding a location to a search
Priorities
Applications Support
How to remove missing file’s records
Simple Mode, Advanced Mode and the Strategy Wizard
Step Two: Choose the items to process
Item visualization
Check button
Boxes
All Items found Box
Tag Box
Smart Box
Predefined Smart Box
Default boxes
File Kind Box
Customizable Smart Box
Smart Box Creation
Smart Box Criteria
Attributes
Miscellaneous
Media
Photos
Quick Smart Box
Manual Box
How to remove an item from the found list
Step Three: Process the chosen items
Move and Copy
Alias Option
Trash
Colored Finder Tag
Burn
Alias
Export
Restore
Undo moved and copied items
Restore Trashed items
Common Search Scenarios
General
Search for similar items
Search for similar items regardless of any part of the name after a separator, if the name ends with a number
Search for similar files
Search for similar files excluding the files owned by the supported applications
Search for duplicate files
Search for similar files that can be read by a specific application
Search for similar folders
Search for same folders by content
Music Search Scenarios
Search for duplicate MP3s and AACs by file attributes
Search for duplicate MP3s and AACs by song tag
Search for similar audio files
Search for duplicates in iTunes library by file attributes
Search for duplicates in iTunes library by song tags
Images Search Scenarios
Search for similar images
Search for similar JPEG images
Search for similar images by owner application
Search for duplicate images in an iPhoto library
Search for duplicate images in an Aperture library
Search for similar images by the EXIF tag
Miscellaneous Search Scenarios
Search for duplicate e-mail messages in Mail
Search for similar movies
Search for similar web files
Search for similar PDF files
Search for similar text files
Search for similar source files (for developers)
Search for similar applications
Common Smart Box Scenarios
A Single Location Only
Remove all but one iTunes song of each duplicate group regardless of the location in which they reside
Remove all but one iTunes songs (or iPhoto, Aperture and Mail) of each duplicate group but only if the songs are in a specific playlist(s)
Remove all but one iTunes songs whose name ends with a number
Remove all lowest bit rate song files
Keep all highest bit rate song files
Remove all oldest items
Keep all newest items
Remove all but one iPhoto image of each duplicate group
Locate all images
Locate all items owned by an application
Remove all but one item of each duplicate group that reside in a specific location (single box)
Locate all items in a specific location
Remove all but one Mail message of each duplicate group
Multiple Locations Scenarios
Individuate the items that are not in iTunes, iPhoto, Aperture and Mail libraries
Remove all but one item of each duplicate group that reside in a specific location (multiple boxes)
Remove all but one item of each duplicate group that reside in a specific location, but only if they are duplicates with items in a specific location
Remove all but one item of each duplicate group that reside in a specific location, but only if they are not duplicates with items in a specific location
Remove all but one item of each duplicate group that reside in a specific location, but only if they are duplicates in a location only
Remove all but one item of each duplicate group that reside in a specific location, but only if they are duplicates in all locations
Remove all but one item of each duplicate group that reside in a specific location, but exclude a location within that location
Appendix
Search Window
Result Window
Menus
Graphic File Types
Music File Types
Movie File Types
Text File Types
PDF File Types