From: "Mike Abbott" Received: from outmx-028.london.gridhost.co.uk ([95.142.156.253] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.0) with ESMTPS id 6394889 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sat, 27 Jan 2018 10:58:51 +0100 Received: from [192.168.1.100] (unknown [82.69.32.195]) (Authenticated sender: mda@vantagegraphics.co.uk) by outmx-028.london.gridhost.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 051E1201488CE for ; Sat, 27 Jan 2018 10:01:05 +0000 (GMT) To: After Effects Mail List Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 10:01:40 +0000 Message-ID: <1613710bfa0.2768.8e350b80a7dd32caadd9e18830c18b9b@vantagegraphics.co.uk> In-Reply-To: References: User-Agent: AquaMail/1.13.2-730 (build: 101300200) Subject: Re: [AE] [OT] software to consolidate / clean up files MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----------1613710c2ab171927683c0b3dd7" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------------1613710c2ab171927683c0b3dd7 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I agree with Teddy 100% - Directory Opus Pro. Probably the best windows software I use. Has a great compare and synchronisation feature that I use very frequently - along with a boatload of other great features. The only downside - once you've used it, you'll hate being on a machine without it! Mike A On 27 January 2018 2:38:01 am "Teddy Gage" wrote: > Have you tried Directory Opus? I swear by it as a replacement for explorer, > has a ton of great features, I believe this is one of them > > On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 9:17 PM Chris Zwar wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Looking for recommendations for file management software, the sort of >> thing that can scan a drive / folder and find duplicates etc. >> It sounds so simple and there seem to be 1000 apps out there that claim to >> do it, but our IT guy said he’d tried several and none of them were good >> enough to recommend. >> >> Main purpose is to try and organise / optimise projects before they are >> archived. In some cases, mostly when we outsource to 3rd parties but also >> when a project is started in the office but then completed on-site, we can >> end up with 3 or 4 project folders with varying degrees of duplicate >> files. Sometimes projects can be terabytes in size. >> >> The idea is to copy everything to a single folder for archiving and avoid >> duplicates, but also ensure we aren’t overwriting newer versions of files >> with older versions. >> >> So obviously it’s easy to google for this and there’s no shortage of apps >> out there that CLAIM to do it, but can anyone recommend one that’s good? >> >> -Chris >> >> (PS- looking for both Mac and Windows recommednations) >> +---End of message---+ >> To unsubscribe send any message to >> > -- > _____________________________ > Teddy Gage > President > Shotgun Inc. > 360 VR | MOGRAPH | VFX > SHOTGUNPOST.COM > BKLYN NY 11215 ------------1613710c2ab171927683c0b3dd7 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I agree with Teddy 100% - Dir= ectory Opus Pro. Probably the best windows software I use. Has a great comp= are and synchronisation feature that I use very frequently - along with a b= oatload of other great features.
The only downside - once you've used it, you'll hate being on a machine wit= hout it!

Mike A

On 27 January 2018 2:38:01 am "Teddy Gage" <A= E-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:

Have you tried Directory Opus? I swear by it as a re= placement for explorer, has a ton of great features, I believe this is one = of them

On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 9:= 17 PM Chris Zwar <AE-List@med= ia-motion.tv> wrote:
Hi all,=

Looking for recommendations for file management software, the sort of thing= that can scan a drive / folder and find duplicates etc.
It sounds so simple and there seem to be 1000 apps out there that claim to = do it, but our IT guy said he=E2=80=99d tried several and none of them were= good enough to recommend.

Main purpose is to try and organise / optimise projects before they are arc= hived.=C2=A0 In some cases, mostly when we outsource to 3rd parties but als= o when a project is started in the office but then completed on-site, we ca= n end up with 3 or 4 project folders with varying degrees of duplicate file= s.=C2=A0 Sometimes projects can be terabytes in size.

The idea is to copy everything to a single folder for archiving and avoid d= uplicates, but also ensure we aren=E2=80=99t overwriting newer versions of = files with older versions.

So obviously it=E2=80=99s easy to google for this and there=E2=80=99s no sh= ortage of apps out there that CLAIM to do it, but can anyone recommend one = that=E2=80=99s good?

-Chris

(PS- looking for both Mac and Windows recommednations)
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