[Hidden-tech] halp ......so many duplicate files

[Elyssa Serrilli]

Thanks for the suggestions, Hai :)
Thanks for the advice, Rob and Rich :)

I'm going to spend a couple hours this weekend sorting through my options
and trying some things out.  ! :)

In the dance of Service to all Life
In Magycke and Divine Play

Elyssa Marie Serrilli

Cultural Engineer






*"If you have come here to help me, you are wasting our time. But if you
have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work
together." ~ Lilla Watson*




On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 8:10 AM Hai Nguyen Ly <h.nguyen.ly at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Elyssa:
> I highly recommend starting the process by making a time machine backup of
> your newest MacBook using an external drive. Once this is done, I would
> make a bootable copy of your MacBook drive using software such as Super
> Duper or Carbon Copy Cloner. Once the bootable drive has been created, you
> might consider booting from this drive to verify that works. Once this
> bootable drive has been verified, shut down your mac and disconnect any
> attached drives. After the attached drives have been disconnected, you can
> power back on the machine and start deleting user's and contents to free up
> space with the knowledge that you have two backups just in case something
> goes sideways. Regarding data backups, remember the mantra, two is one and
> one is none.
> After you have freed up space on your MacBook, use another external drive
> for active time machine backups of your cleaned up Mac. Depending on the
> importance of the data, it may be worth considering keeping an encrypted
> bootable backup drive in another location.
> I hope this helps a bit. Please feel free to reach out off-list if you
> would like clarification regarding any of the above.
>
> Cordially:
> Hai Nguyen Ly
>
> On Jan 3, 2020, at 12:43 AM, Elyssa Serrilli via Hidden-discuss <
> hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:
>
> Hey friends and neighbors,
>
> A few years ago, my old Macbook died.  Some nice folks were able to
> "rescue the data", and put it on my new Macbook.  They created a new user
> to do this, and duplicate files of all my data and apps.  Then my old new
> Macbook died.  Some nice folks were able to "rescue the data", and put it
> on my new new Macbook.  My new new Macbook has three users on it, each with
> the old old data 3 times, and the old data 2 times and the new new data
> once.  This sucks.  Almost all my memory is used up.
>
> I tried to download a duplicate file deleter app, but I couldn't because I
> don't have enough memory to download the one app, and I don't have a recent
> enough version of Mac Os to download the other.
>
> What can I do?  I have kerzillions of files.  I tried going through the
> list one by one using a "Smart Folder", but I have over 12,000 just jpgs.
> I have an external hard drive... I wonder if that could be put to good use
> in this endeavor.
>
> Oh good techies of the valley... what do you know about this? <3
>
>
> In the dance of Service to all Life
> In Magycke and Divine Play
>
> Elyssa Marie Serrilli
>
> Cultural Engineer
>
>
>
>
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>
> *"If you have come here to help me, you are wasting our time. But if you
> have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work
> together." ~ Lilla Watson*
>
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