Checking for duplicate files

Thanks I actually found and downloaded one called Tidy Up! and it works wonderfully. Most importantly, it gives you an option as to which file you want to delete. In this way, I can find folders that may contain multiple duplicated files and just delete the entire folder.

So far, I'm only tidying up by using the "show in Finder" function then deleting from the Finder. That gives me the ability to delete intire folders after comparing with other duplicate folders (I seem to have a number of these containing photo projects).

What do you use yourself? I find most of my duplicates are photography, but there are also the usual iTunes ones as well.

Lucky you! My photos aveage 5 megabytes in size, and a couple of hundred can fill a hard drive quite easily. As a habit, I always create separate folders of photos that I intend to edit or to send on to clients, so that the originals are kept safe. However, I often forget to delete these secondary folders afterwards. Once I get the duplicates all cleard out, there should be no further problems, as I'll have a system in place to prevent this from occuring again.