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how to find duplicate files on Mac

Mac system is prone duplicates because that there are no distinct partitions for easily saving and locating files. The Mac systems is more complicated that Windows system. These identical photos, videos, documents and other files waste a great deal of precious disk space of your Mac SSD. Instead of spending much money and time on a bigger external hard drive, you can use duplicate file finder to easily find and remove duplicate files on your Mac. Our recommendation is DuplicateViewer. This is an amazing duplicate finder that can quickly find and remove duplicate files on your Mac.

First of all, please download DuplicateViewer on your Mac. You can download it from Mac App Store or download it by clicking on the following button. Then easily install it.

DuplicateViewer is very easy to use. When you are going to find duplicates on your Mac, you only need add or drag the folder or hard drive to the DuplicateViewer interface. It will automatically analyze the files and list all the duplicate files. You can preview the duplicates and remove them by 1-click.

Drag or Add Folders

how to find duplicate files on Mac

Preview and Remove Duplicates

how to find duplicate files on Mac

DuplicateViewer only removes the duplicates, and will keep at least 1 copy on your Mac. It supports to both selective delete the duplicate files and delete all duplicates files by 1 click. It will help reclaim much disk space on your Mac. Moreover, DuplicateViewer also provide a feature that can help Mac user find large file on the disk space. It will list all the files by file size. You can preview the large files and selectively remove useless files.

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Written & Updated by Ricky Lin

Ricky Lin is an senior editor of DoYourData who lives in Adelaide, Australia. He is interested in writing technology articles related with data recovery, computer issue fixes, disk clone, iPhone data recovery, video edit, Mac optimization, etc. He Joined DoYourData in 2019 and have written 500+ articles to help both Windows users and Mac users to solve data or computer problems.

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