[Hidden-tech] so many duplicate files

Fri Jan 3 21:56:20 UTC 2020

+1 for Clean My Mac 
<https://cleanmymac.macpaw.com/20?campaign=cmmx_search_text_brand_us&ci=105095406&adgroupid=15565330806&adpos=1t1&ck=cleanmymac%203&targetid=kwd-111733657446&match=%7Bif:e%7D&gnetwork=g&creative=197446344603&placement=&placecat=&accname=cmm&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjO-Yi6ro5gIVCmyGCh2qHQPzEAAYASAAEgKZhvD_BwE>.  
Thanks for Gemini 2 <https://macpaw.com/gemini> - I would hope it would 
distinguish between dupes that are part of active system files and those 
from earlier systems!

Anyone here use OnyX <https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11582/onyx>?

On 1/3/2020 4:26 PM, Chris Landry via Hidden-discuss wrote:
> Hi Elyssa,
>
> As others have said, an external drive will be your friend. Here’s a 
> process you might use.
>
> 1. Download Grand Perspective 
> <http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net>, a free app that will show 
> graphically what’s taking up the most space. DaisyDisk 
> <https://daisydiskapp.com> is similar, and costs $10.
>
> 2. Run either one of those apps to show what’s on your Mac and it will 
> show you the largest files. Move them to your backup disk (if you 
> still need them, otherwise delete them), then delete them from your 
> Mac (and empty the trash).
>
> 3. If you have 12,000 jpgs you could just move all of them to a photos 
> folder on the external drive, too.
>
> 4. Then get an app like Gemini 2 <https://macpaw.com/gemini>, which 
> will find and delete duplicate files on your Mac. (You can also run it 
> on the external hard drive to get rid of duplicates there).
>
> 5. Clean My Mac 
> <https://cleanmymac.macpaw.com/20?campaign=cmmx_search_text_brand_us&ci=105095406&adgroupid=15565330806&adpos=1t1&ck=cleanmymac%203&targetid=kwd-111733657446&match=%7Bif:e%7D&gnetwork=g&creative=197446344603&placement=&placecat=&accname=cmm&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjO-Yi6ro5gIVCmyGCh2qHQPzEAAYASAAEgKZhvD_BwE> is 
> another very good app that gets rid of lots of built-up “system junk" 
> and other files you don’t need. It’s good for regular maintenance and 
> will often create a huge amount of space.
>
> 6. Go to Settings > iCloud and set it to hold your photos in the cloud 
> so they are not taking up space on your Mac. You can get 50gb of 
> storage for a dollar a month, or 200gb for $3/month. You can also 
> store other files (documents, etc) in the cloud. You will see small 
> versions of the photos in the Photos app, but they won’t be taking up 
> so much space and they will be safer in the cloud, too.
>
> 7. You might need help getting rid of the duplicate accounts, since 
> the apps mentioned above will only check one account at a time. If you 
> make an appointment at the Apple store it won’t cost you anything.
>
> 8. Once you have your machine in good order, duplicate files gone and 
> large files moved to the backup drive, you want to keep things 
> orderly. Maybe you want to buy a second 2 TB hard drive and use Disk 
> Utility to split it into two virtual drives. Use one half for Time 
> Machine backups and use the other for occasional Super Duper backups 
> of your Mac. The Apple store might be able to help with this, too.
>
> Most people are terrible at backing up their stuff. Here’s a basic 
> approach <https://www.backblaze.com/blog/the-3-2-1-backup-strategy/>.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Chris
>
>
> Chris Landry
> Landry Communications
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>
>
>
>>
>> *From: *"Rich at tnr" <rich at tnrglobal.com <mailto:rich at tnrglobal.com>>
>> *Subject: **Re: [Hidden-tech] halp ......so many duplicate files*
>> *Date: *January 3, 2020 at 9:26:17 AM EST
>> *To: *hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net 
>> <mailto:hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net>
>> *Reply-To: *rich at tnrglobal.com <mailto:rich at tnrglobal.com>
>>
>>
>> I am dealing with a similar case now, and a warning - Time machine 
>> requires a good bit of working space
>> SO if you are having space issues, time machine will not work even 
>> incrementally.
>>
>> As 2nd drive is the best solution. There are various 'diff' versions 
>> that can do bulk and sub-directory comparisons.
>> Well worth having.
>>
>> Also, I have found switching from iPhoto to Photo appears to leave a 
>> large number of complex working files,
>> sorting that out now.
>>
>> In general, images and worse videos is what fills up a disk, it takes 
>> 1000's of documents to take the same place as one video.
>> Also, if the older machine backup includes system images and/or 
>> downloaded installers (usually many copies)
>> those can be deleted - they are of no use.
>>
>> Advanced technical help is often very warned, think about it - few 
>> people have a car without regular use of a shop.
>> Computers are equally or more complex.
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> Rich
>>
>> On 1/3/2020 8:10 AM, Hai Nguyen Ly via Hidden-discuss 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 
>>>> <mailto: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 Magyckeand Divine Play
>>>>
>>>> Elyssa Marie Serrilli
>>>> /
>>>> /
>>>> Cultural Engineer
>>>> **
>>>> *
>>>> *
>>>>
>>
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