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What is |appname|?
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What is dupeGuru?
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.. only:: edition_se
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dupeGuru is a tool to find duplicate files on your computer. It can scan either filenames or
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contents. The filename scan features a fuzzy matching algorithm that can find duplicate
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filenames even when they are not exactly the same.
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dupeGuru is a tool to find duplicate files on your computer. It can scan either filenames or
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content. The filename scan features a fuzzy matching algorithm that can find duplicate
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filenames even when they are not exactly the same.
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dupeGuru also comes in two extra flavors: Music Edition and Picture Edition. These editions behave
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like the normal dupeGuru, but has specialized options.
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.. only:: edition_me
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dupeGuru Music Edition [ME] is made to scan songs. It can base its scan on filenames, tags or
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contents. The filename and tag scans feature a fuzzy matching algorithm that can find duplicate
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filenames or tags even when they are not exactly the same.
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dupeGuru Music Edition is a tool to find duplicate songs in your music collection. It can
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base its scan on filenames, tags or content. The filename and tag scans feature a fuzzy
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matching algorithm that can find duplicate filenames or tags even when they are not exactly
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the same.
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.. only:: edition_pe
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dupeGuru Picture Edition (PE for short) is a tool to find duplicate pictures on your
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computer. Not only can it find exact matches, but it can also find duplicates among pictures
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of different kind (PNG, JPG, GIF etc..) and quality.
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dupeGuru Picture Edition [PE] is made to scan pictures. Not only can it find exact matches, but it
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can also find duplicates among pictures of different kind (PNG, JPG, GIF etc..) and quality.
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What makes it better than other duplicate scanners?
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@ -76,70 +71,70 @@ Enable the :doc:`Dupes Only <results>` mode and click on the Folder column to so
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by folder. It will then be easy for you to select all duplicates from the same folder, and then
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press Space to mark all selected duplicates.
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.. only:: edition_se or edition_pe
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I want to remove all files that are more than 300 KB away from their reference file. What can I do?
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I want to remove all files that are more than 300 KB away from their reference file. What can I do?
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* Enable the :doc:`Dupes Only <results>` mode.
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* Enable the **Delta Values** mode.
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* Click on the "Size" column to sort the results by size.
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* Select all duplicates below -300.
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* Click on **Remove Selected from Results**.
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* Select all duplicates over 300.
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* Click on **Remove Selected from Results**.
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* Enable the :doc:`Dupes Only <results>` mode.
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* Enable the **Delta Values** mode.
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* Click on the "Size" column to sort the results by size.
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* Select all duplicates below -300.
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* Click on **Remove Selected from Results**.
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* Select all duplicates over 300.
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* Click on **Remove Selected from Results**.
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I want to make my latest modified files reference files. What can I do?
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I want to make my latest modified files reference files. What can I do?
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* Enable the :doc:`Dupes Only <results>` mode.
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* Enable the **Delta Values** mode.
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* Click on the "Modification" column to sort the results by modification date.
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* Click on the "Modification" column again to reverse the sort order.
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* Select all duplicates over 0.
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* Click on **Make Selected into Reference**.
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* Enable the :doc:`Dupes Only <results>` mode.
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* Enable the **Delta Values** mode.
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* Click on the "Modification" column to sort the results by modification date.
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* Click on the "Modification" column again to reverse the sort order.
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* Select all duplicates over 0.
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* Click on **Make Selected into Reference**.
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I want to mark all duplicates containing the word "copy". How do I do that?
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I want to mark all duplicates containing the word "copy". How do I do that?
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* Type "copy" in the "Filter" field in the top-right corner of the result window.
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* Click on **Mark --> Mark All**.
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* Type "copy" in the "Filter" field in the top-right corner of the result window.
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* Click on **Mark --> Mark All**.
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I want to remove all songs that are more than 3 seconds away from their reference file. What can I do?
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I want to remove all songs that are more than 3 seconds away from their reference file. What can I do?
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*ME only*
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* Enable the :doc:`Dupes Only <results>` mode.
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* Enable the **Delta Values** mode.
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* Click on the "Time" column to sort the results by time.
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* Select all duplicates below -00:03.
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* Click on **Remove Selected from Results**.
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* Select all duplicates over 00:03.
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* Click on **Remove Selected from Results**.
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* Enable the :doc:`Dupes Only <results>` mode.
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* Enable the **Delta Values** mode.
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* Click on the "Time" column to sort the results by time.
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* Select all duplicates below -00:03.
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* Click on **Remove Selected from Results**.
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* Select all duplicates over 00:03.
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* Click on **Remove Selected from Results**.
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I want to make my highest bitrate songs reference files. What can I do?
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* Enable the :doc:`Dupes Only <results>` mode.
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* Enable the **Delta Values** mode.
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* Click on the "Bitrate" column to sort the results by bitrate.
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* Click on the "Bitrate" column again to reverse the sort order.
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* Select all duplicates over 0.
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* Click on **Make Selected into Reference**.
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I want to make my highest bitrate songs reference files. What can I do?
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I don't want [live] and [remix] versions of my songs counted as duplicates. How do I do that?
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If your comparison threshold is low enough, you will probably end up with live and remix
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versions of your songs in your results. There's nothing you can do to prevent that, but there's
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something you can do to easily remove them from your results after the scan: post-scan
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filtering. If, for example, you want to remove every song with anything inside square brackets
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[]:
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*ME only*
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* Type "[*]" in the "Filter" field in the top-right corner of the result window.
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* Click on **Mark --> Mark All**.
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* Click on **Actions --> Remove Selected from Results**.
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* Enable the :doc:`Dupes Only <results>` mode.
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* Enable the **Delta Values** mode.
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* Click on the "Bitrate" column to sort the results by bitrate.
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* Click on the "Bitrate" column again to reverse the sort order.
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* Select all duplicates over 0.
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* Click on **Make Selected into Reference**.
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I don't want [live] and [remix] versions of my songs counted as duplicates. How do I do that?
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If your comparison threshold is low enough, you will probably end up with live and remix
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versions of your songs in your results. There's nothing you can do to prevent that, but there's
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something you can do to easily remove them from your results after the scan: post-scan
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filtering. If, for example, you want to remove every song with anything inside square brackets
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[]:
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* Type "[*]" in the "Filter" field in the top-right corner of the result window.
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* Click on **Mark --> Mark All**.
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* Click on **Actions --> Remove Selected from Results**.
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The "Filter Hardness" slider in the preferences won't move!
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@ -162,16 +157,25 @@ delete files" option that is offered to you when you activate Send to Trash. Thi
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files to the Trash, but delete them immediately. In some cases, for example on network storage
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(NAS), this has been known to work when normal deletion didn't.
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If you're trying to delete *iPhoto* pictures, then the reason for the failure is different. The
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deletion fails because dupeGuru can't communicate with iPhoto. Be aware that for the deletion
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to work correctly, you're not supposed to play around iPhoto while dupeGuru is working. Also,
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sometimes, the Applescript system doesn't seem to know where to find iPhoto to launch it. It
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might help in these cases to launch iPhoto *before* you send your duplicates to Trash.
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*PE only.* If you're trying to delete *iPhoto* pictures, then the reason for the failure is
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different. The deletion fails because dupeGuru can't communicate with iPhoto. Be aware that for the
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deletion to work correctly, you're not supposed to play around iPhoto while dupeGuru is working.
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Also, sometimes, the Applescript system doesn't seem to know where to find iPhoto to launch it. It
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might help in these cases to launch iPhoto *before* you send your duplicates to Trash.
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If all of this fail, `contact HS support`_, we'll figure it out.
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Why is dupeGuru PE so slower than other editions?
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dupeGuru PE's scanning method is very different from dupeGuru's. dupeGuru PE can detect duplicate
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photos even if they are not exactly the same. This very cool capability has a cost: time. Every
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picture has to be individually and fuzzily matched to all others, and this takes a lot of CPU power.
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If all you need to find is exact duplicates, just use the standard edition of dupeGuru with the
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Contents scan method. If your photos have EXIF tags, you can also try PE's "EXIF" scan method which
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is much faster.
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Where are user files located?
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