Remove Amazon Drive Duplicate Files in Mac

Amazon Drive offers you an easy and reliable way to store photos, videos, and all other data with an added ability to synchronize your stuff. Your data is kept at a single place with up-to-date file versions that you can restore later. 

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Amazon Drive offers you a 3-month totally free trial of the storage plan you are opting to subscribe to.

Some of the distinct features of Amazon Drive for Mac are as follows:

• Synchronize files to Amazon Drive and Amazon Prime Photos
• Supports uploading large files, photos at once
• Keep track of the upload progress at all times
• The client app does not cost you anything, it is free of cost
• Amazon provides you an online platform to store your Kindle documents, images, favorite music, and videos
• Supports drag and drop functionality to make it easier and faster to upload multiple files at once without needing to browse one by one
• With a single click, you can download files from the cloud
• Supports pause and resume functionality if you ever face Internet connectivity issues, or need to continue a previously interrupted upload
• The app is also available for Android smartphones and iPhone devices

Amazon Drive is built to target individual users who already have an Amazon account. It is not meant for entrepreneurs and businesses who have massive data needs. Depending on your usage and requirements, you can select from different packages. A 5 GB of video storage comes with an Amazon Prime membership costing $12.99 per month. 100 GB of online photos and videos storage costs $19.99 annually whereas 1 TB of storage costs $59.99 every year

Manually Identify Duplicates in Amazon Drive

It is quite common to accumulate tons of duplicate data over the years. Duplicates can eat up a big amount of storage and make it difficult for you to find the right file, just when you need it the most. Let’s check the manual steps required to identify duplicate files in your Amazon Drive. The idea is to sort your files in an alphabetical manner. The duplicates can now be distinguishable from the original copies.

1. Open the Amazon Drive for Mac.
2. The default file sorting option is the date of creation.
3. Click the Name column-head to sort your files by their names alphabetically.
4. You should now be able to identify duplicates by their names. File copies are identifiable with prefix and postfixes. For example: – Copy(1), – Copy(2), etc.
5. Now, you have two options- Move all files to the Trash or move all duplicates to a folder of your choice. You can review them later separately.

Automatically Identify Duplicates Using Clone Files Checker

Clone Files Checker is a duplicate file finder app for Mac (and Windows). It uses algorithms to compare the contents of large files fast, and absolutely accurate. One of the key features of CFC is flexibility. It allows users to select directories, custom file types (such as documents, images, music, videos, archives), and file sizes (for example, between 1 MB to 20 MB).

The software interface is extremely easy, and any user with a basic understanding of Mac (and Windows) can easily use it. For users who still might be facing trouble using it, the Clone Files Checker support is always there to assist them.

1. Download the Clone Files Checker on your Macbook and install it by executing the DMG file.
2. Click the Include for Scan tab on the left panel.
3. Click Add, and select your Mac Amazon Drive folder.
4. Select the All Files option to search all files irrespective of their types. Click Custom and now choose your desired file types if you want to search for duplicates of only specified filetype(s).
5. Click on Start Search.
6. Once the results have been gathered, you will get the results pop up on the screen. Click Review & Fix. 
7. Now you will be seeing the duplicate scan results into a list view. Use Select Duplicates to automatically batch select duplicate files in each group. You can also manually check or uncheck boxes next to each duplicate if you want to manually select the duplicates.
8. Finally, click Select Action and choose whether to move your files to a folder or delete them permanently.

Deleting duplicates with CFC for Mac has several benefits:

• Recover valuable disk space: Regularly scanning your files for duplicates can free-up valuable storage space. You can get back that lost space and make room for new files.
• Better data organization: With a duplicate scan, you can clean-up storage and organize the data in a better manner.
• Economical: With more space requirements, you need to upgrade your cloud storage. Save a good amount of dollars every month by getting rid of data redundancy.
• Fix Cloud Duplicates Instantly: Clone Files Checker allows you to fix duplicate data on the cloud without having to download it separately. This saves a lot of bandwidth, and not to mention your precious time. You will get a complimentary membership account for Cloud Duplicate Finder web service that scans OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, Amazon S3 and Box data online.
• 100% Accuracy: With CFC, your files are in safe hands. The use of a combination of the latest technology and hashing algorithms guarantees accuracy.
• Folder Exclusion: With Clone Files Checker, you can exclude folders that you don’t want to scan. If you want the scan to be over in a short period of time, you can use this feature to leave out folders you don’t want to be scanned.