Duplicate File Finder

I read through the answers to this question. However, I would like to know what DFF program people would recommend. I'm using Yosemite 10.10.3 on a MacBook Pro.

Personally I'm not keen on using DFF programs. The problem is that some files look almost exactly the same and you are faces with a decision of which to trash.
Of course there are some files which are duplicates but may be in different locations.
e.g you may have a Word document in your Home folder and a duplicate in Business Contracts or something similar. If you delete one copy you may then be faced with searching for the duplicate.
Having said that I have used MacPaw Gemini but I soon realised that I needed some duplicates for ease of operation. The bottom line is you have to review each case one at a time. The only satisfying thing about it was that it showed a very low level of duplication, which after 5 years is pretty good. And I have never used the app again. Bit of a waste of money really.

I also might add that the version I have will not open the Photos Library but there is an update available which might. I also notice the price has gone up to $12.99 for the current app in Australia.

One final word of caution if you do decide to try it, DO NOT drag directories off the finder window to the app. If you do you they will disappear off the Finder sidebar and you will have to reinstate them. Rather use the big "Add" button on the Gemini window.

Thank you.
I'll be careful with any program. I was working with Quicken and wanted to be sure I didn't corrupt the original and made mega copies. That and I did the same thing with photos.

PhotoSweeper is great. You can amend the '% exactness' on the fly and a closeup side by side view allows inspection before deleting.

bjpup, at the end of the day what we say to everyone still holds true. Make sure you have a complete system backup before trying anything new especially an app who's primary purpose is to delete things.
I think paying $12 just to find out you don't have any duplicates is a bit counterproductive.
I did end up updating Gemini though, and yes it now works for the Photos app. I ran it on the photoslibrary and guess what? No duplicates found.

Rod Sprague, thank you. I'm new to this forum and I wanted to give you a kudu and didn't know how to do that.

Sawday said:

PhotoSweeper is great. You can amend the '% exactness' on the fly and a closeup side by side view allows inspection before deleting.

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Thank you. I'll look into that for my photos. I still need something for the files.

For files other than photos I use Araxis Duplicate File Finder. It's about £10 but will only find exact duplicates. It works on photos as well but still only finds exact copies.

Thank you.

Rod Sprague said:

bjpup, at the end of the day what we say to everyone still holds true. Make sure you have a complete system backup before trying anything new especially an app who's primary purpose is to delete things.
I think paying $12 just to find out you don't have any duplicates is a bit counterproductive.
I did end up updating Gemini though, and yes it now works for the Photos app. I ran it on the photoslibrary and guess what? No duplicates found.

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Hello!

Please be advised that our developers are currently considering supporting the Photos application. However, we can't promise anything at this point in time.
As of now, Gemini only works with libraries which were originally created via the iPhoto application. We apologize for this inconvenience.

Regards,
MacPaw Support Team.

There you go, I'll bet they are. Possibly explains why no duplicates were found. I do get a lot of photo duplicates though due to using Burst mode on my iPhone and motor drive on my camera and use Duplicate Photos Fixer, much the same as Araxis but just for photos.
Thanks for the heads up though.