Questions tagged [file-management]
Software to manage files stored on device(s), network(s), and/or in the cloud.
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Only keep __ most recent subfolder
I have my blog backup plugin configured to send backups to a folder on my Google Drive. I am looking for an application that I can set to monitor that folder and delete all but the n most recent ...
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Manage metadata for arbitrary files
I have a bunch of files sorted into folders on a Windows share, and I would like to attach some metadata to them. The files are mostly datasheets (.PDF) and tools (.ZIP, .EXE). I would like to be able ...
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I'm looking for a photo management software that works on Android & Windows
I have tried Plex & Google Photos but neither meets all my requirements:
I want to be able to put photos in multiple albums at once
Face recognition & sorting is a plus point, but I want to ...
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What application for storing data based on metadata, and retrieve it via metadata search?
In our institution we have a large database of observational data consisting in precipitation, temperature, elevation and a large number of other variables, coming from different projects and in ...
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For PhD: Software for Cross-Matching & Organizing Files & Recordings + Metadata
For my PhD I am accumulating thousands pdf and word documents from with lecture notes, transcriptions, powerpoint slides, and handouts.
I also have several thousand recordings of lectures & ...
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Linking phones to computer for photos
I work in an industry where the employees are continually taking photos of vehicles (25+ photos per vehicle) every day.
We currently use a memory card system where we remove the memory card out of the ...
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Deleting empty directories
I never thought I'm gonna need such a program and always wondered how one can come into a situation where he has many empty folders and wants to delete them. Now, I'm in that situation: I have ...
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What AI/automation software can help me with Desktop File Management and Desktop Customization?
I'm looking for AI/automation software that can help me with:
A) Desktop File Management
Declutter my devices by removing unnecessary files and apps.
Reorganize my most-used apps and categorize them ...
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Offline wireless data transfer
Requirements: File transfer (images/videos) from a PC/Mac to Mobile devices (android and iOS) with NO INTERNET AND DATA services.
I looked into Airdrop for IOS however the challenges is it's only for ...
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Send a file to yourself without registering
There is a specific computer which often generates files that I need to take with me to other machines. However, obvious solutions do not work:
I cannot bring a flash drive or similar physical ...
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Portable File Explorer alternative for Windows 10 that uses its own thumbnail cache?
I am looking for a File Explorer alternative that is:
Portable.
Generates its own thumbnails cache, separate from the Windows 10 native thumbnails cache.
Stores said thumbnails preferably in its own ...
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Project Information Management Tool
Me and my team are wondering if there's a tool (open-source or licensed) from where we can store the information of our projects (such as Description, Completion Status etc.) which will be already ...
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Which Android file manager supports sorting directories by their actual size?
Which Android file manager supports sorting directories by their "actual size"? By "actual size" I mean size in bytes calculated recursively as a sum of all sub directories and ...
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Reverse image search/duplicate finder like Google but locally?
I am not looking to find all duplicate files.
I have an image that is low resolution on my desktop, sadly as it's low resolution it's not really usable.
But somewhere on my computer, on one of the 4 ...
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Universal file viewer for many files
Looking for an application that can display many files at once of varying file types. Ideally there'd be a stellar grid view of previews so users could quickly scan through them - flagging a few or ...
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Is there any web browser for android with "File System Access API"?
Chromium based android browsers currently don't have the support for "File System Access API" and Firefox mobile also doesn't have the support.
I have checked caniuse.com where it shows some ...
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Tree View File Explorer for Windows
I would like a file explorer for Windows (10) that allows you to view everything, files and folders, in a single tree view, without having to open each folder to see a list of its files in a separate ...
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copy or move tool that will skip over error messages but will log them
I'm looking for tool for moving/copying files/folder which will not hang on errors like directories cannot be deleted or created due to permissions, long file/folder names etc. but rather will ...
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I need an audio duplicate finder with 100% accuracy (acoustic fingerprinting?)
I'm in the process of archiving/remixing band files from long ago, when I just started out. My tagging/naming skills were non existent, so Ive got a lot of duplicates. I've tried myriad "...
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Automatically synchronize OneDrive files when edited with specific software on iPad
Is it possible to edit PDF files, (for example,) with OneNote on my iPad and then those edited files are automatically updated also on my OneDrive? With edit, I mostly mean making notes with the Apple ...
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Android file manager that can select by date?
Is anyone aware of an Android file manager that allows selecting files by date, preferably OSS?
I'm mounting my camera's SD card with a USB OTG adapter and want to copy all taken pictures starting ...
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Finding duplicate images using SIFT / SURF algorithm
I have a large quantity of photos that I own spread across many sub directories on Windows 8. I wish to find all duplicate images, where the image may be resized, cropped, rotated or a border added ...
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Is there a backup software that emulates Windows 10 File History?
I'm not finding any software that emulates the File History of Windows 10.
I have 10 folders, with many subfolders and evermore files in it. Some files change frequently, some infrequently. I need to ...
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Web-based file manager with ability to check-out and check-in files
I am looking for a simple open source web-based file manager that can do the following:
List files
Allow logged-in users to check-out a file (i.e. download), whereupon the file will be "locked&...
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Visually map the contents of my Google Drive
I'm a fairly avid Google Drive user with hundreds of folders and files on drive.
However I find it difficult to stay organized sometimes and get a broader view of the state/organizational structure ...
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File Organizer and Indexer for an External SSD Drive
I will be using an an external SSD drive to store PDF and Word documents, but I'll add media (pictures, videos), Spreadsheets and Power Point files too.
I am looking for any solution to organize and ...
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monitor and send mail if file is not present or changed
I have a system that zips and copy the SQL-backup to a central FTP-server that I manage. Every client has its own folder wich contains the backups for the last 7 days.
Now I need a system that ...
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Digital archive - solution with metadata
I am in charge of a small digital archive and I am trying to figure out how to manage it.
I have another archive of my owm, but since I am a photographer, I am spoiled by EXIF & IPTC.
The other ...
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Android tools for unzipping corrupt zip files
I had searched for some tools that can unzip files from a large corrupt zip file on android.
I couldn't, so now I learned how to use ZipInputStream in java.
Now I want to share the fruit of my tiny ...
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Windows CLI tool to take full ownership of a file
I do auditing of Windows Systems, I need a simple and robust CLI tool that can take ownership of any file to the full extent.
I've dabbled with takeown and icacls but they seem to be quite limited, ...
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Need "One-Way" File Sharing Software/SaaS/PaaS
At work we have the need for around 100 vendors to send us some files "One-Way".
We need them to drop a file into a drive/box/webapp and then they're done.
We can see all the files/download/etc
But ...
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Alternative to Whereisit for Mac
I'm looking for an alternative to Whereisit on Windows to index my files and folders to a filetype and be able to browse the snapshot of the indexed files later.
Please could someone suggest an ...
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Graphical File Manager for Linux with Fuzzy Search for Navigation
I am looking for a feature-rich graphical file manager that supports (native or via plugin) fuzzy search (like fzf) for jumping to other directories. For example I'd like to press some key to open a ...
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Android file manager that preserves nanoseconds
I'm looking for an Android file manager that preserves modification nanoseconds when moving/copying. This is honestly a very basic requirement, that all the file managers I've tried so far appears to ...
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Tagging software that is friendly to moving to another computer
I've been looking to start adding tags to my images, but soon realised gif and png don't support that. So I started looking for third-party software; however as expected it saves information on tags ...
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A software on each computer in a classroom in which students can send their answers to the teacher's
I teach programming in a class - a real one not a virtual and online one. I ask my students to write a code during the class, and then I go on their desks and see their code, and I evaluate it and ...
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A generic editor for trees and graphs of text
I am missing a generic editor, similar to a plain text code editor (like Kate), but not for lines of text, but for trees and graphs of lines of text or variant data records.
I always wondered why this ...
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Management software to organize ISO Images
I am searching for management software to organize ISO images, like Calibre for E-Books.
Information:
Manufacturer
Version
Manufacturer's website
Optional functions:
Web server for external ...
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Video software that can delete or rename while watching
I need to go through 20 hours of videos that are split up into around 5 minutes each and was hoping someone can help me find software that can view these videos and while viewing to be able to delete ...
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Where can I fund a Windows OS GUI interface that would be a file manager to results output from the GNU find command?
I am very adept at using the GNU (Unix / Linux) find command.
Now I am looking for a GUI UI tool where I can run any find command I want, or point it to a script and have the results displayed in a ...
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Undelete tools for Windows with high recovery rates
I am looking for a Windows tool that tries to find & recover all deleted files on a NTFS hdd (including healthy parts of partially overwritten files).
From my experience, results greatly vary.
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Portable duplicate file finder for Windows that makes it easy to add/remove folders to search
I am seeking recommendations for a duplicate file finder for Windows with the following features:
Portable (no writing to registry or outside of its own folder)
Easy to add/remove folders and ...
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Filesharing solution for small architecture firm
I run a small architecture firm. Until recently this firm was just composed of myself and I used Google Drive to share files between my laptop and office computers. However I've recently began to work ...
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Digital light table for visually sorting/ordering image files before renaming them on Linux
Let me start by noting that this has already been answered for Windows at A program to sort and rename photos (drag & drop). I might go for that in the end, but I'm still wondering if there's ...
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LAN distributed file system
I have several computers at home (windows and linux), not to mention my android phone. I also have a music library, some commonly useful files, etc. I end up with copies of files scattered ...
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Alternative to File explorer that supports undo operation
In Windows 11, I am looking for an alternative file explorer that supports undo operation. Initially, I tried One-Commander which is amazing but unfortunately, it doesn't support undo operation: https:...
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Windows program for viewing which program is using a file
Often, on my Windows computers, when I go to delete or move directories or files, an error message appears explaining that this action can not be completed because one of the files is being used by ...
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Duplicate file finder that focuses on folders
I've tried many duplicate finder programs, but they tend to focus on the files by listing all the files on top of one another with the various locations. What I want is to focus on the folders.
After ...
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Software to find duplicate files
I need recommendations for a software for de-duplication.
Requirements:
Runs on Windows
Ability to find duplicate archives: files that have exactly the same content (and, so, the same size). Names, ...
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How to Mark Pictures as Favorites
I have recently downloaded 100's of thousands of of classical paintings, all in the public domain. They are organized very well already, but I want to be able to select individual images and "...
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