Decloner — a fast and reliable duplicate file finder for PC and Mac

Software Reviews and Criticism

• By evilpeacock

  One of the best Duplicate tools

  Over the course of a few years I tried all the duplicate file utilities I could find and eventually settled on DeCloner. This was after version 1.4 came out because it added multiple source options. 64-bit support probably helped too since I scan a lot of extensive archive hard drives with lots of files. TidyUp is a good alternate, but I think it is cumbersome to set up and use if you need simple comparison of folders or drives. In a nutshell I found DeCloner the easiest to use. Has a slight cosmetic redraw glitch in Lion, which I'm assuming will be fixed soon.

  
  
• By geojak

  iphoto not obviously scannable

  I bought this lieu of duplicate annihilator. I'm running it on my whole personal documents folder including all libraries but was not able to hit just the iphoto library like I really wanted. Where's the refund button on the Microsoft App store?!

  
  
• By The-Sisko

  Easy to use and works well

  What more could you ask for for $20? Good product.

  
  
• By iTunes Yahoo

  I use it all the time!

  Over the last two years I've used both Decloner and Araxis Find Duplicate Files apps. Both are great! They just offer different features. I would say that Decloner's GUI is more simple than Araxis FDF. I noticed that in recent updates the feature of "select duplictes (after a search)" has been modified to just auto select a group of files. In the past there was an option to either select "older" or "newer." I can see why this feature was removed because sometimes people would just use the delete "newer" or "older" and think that the files being deleted where all in one directory. Not the case. So, in the new version there is no "older" or "newer" option and forces you to make sure you want to delete the ones it selected. By default it selects what Decloner thinks are the "newest" files and leaves the older ones alone no matter what directory it's found in. I do vistual inspections on results always before this change since it's better safe to be sure than sorry. Another feature I like is than when you finally do decide to press the "delete duplicates" it puts the files in a temporary trash can and offers you the option to come back later after checking with your files and make sure that the correct files were removed. Then, you can come back and emtpy the Decloner's trash which moves the files to the OS X trash can on your Dock. Now, lets compare Araxis FDF... Araxis FDF doesn't have an interal trash can feature. Once you delete them it moves them to the Dock's trash. Note, there is no "undo" feature like Decloner so you have to be more careful. Next, Araxis FDF has a nifty color coding for rows of dupliate files which allows one to visually see different groups of dupliates files easily. It also uses hash tags so you can actually see the "md5" hash strings. FDF has a search feature similar to Decloner in which it has an auto-select "newer" files. But it also offers "other (than newer)," "all files" and "non-duplicates". So, it is much more detailed. You also have an option to select what type of files you want to search. I have mine set to "all files" not to be confused with "any" files. You will get different results so make sure you test this before you start searching for dupes. All in all, I use Araxis FDF when I have to delete 1000+ files for heavy duty de-duplicating. And I use Decloner when I dealing with 100s or less since the GUI is easier to read and has safty mechanisms built-in. P.S. If you haven't noticed, I love both apps and recommend both!

  
  

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