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comparing file size and deleting duplicates

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Hi

I have a bunch of sound files on my phone. I have renamed lots of them on my phone but I would like to do a backup of those files by copying them into an already existing directory. Per default the files are named: Voice 001, Voice 002, etc. But I have renamed them. Meaning that some of the files that I already renamed on my phone from e.g. "Voice 001" to "Cool idea". So now I have an old duplicate of same file which is still named "Voice 001" but I would like to delete it and have "Cool idea" instead.

Now I have lots of files and comparing them manually would take a long time.

Can someone please help me out? I can't seem to find "Compare files by content" from this guide http://www.ghisler.com/advanced.htm#tutorial_compare
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If you don't have any files that should be copied to phone, you can simply delete files with old names in backup directory, just open Sync tool, do compare and then (filter and) delete files that should be copied to phone.
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Try "Commands - Search"
Switch to "Advanced" tab
At the bottom enable options "Find duplicate files" and "same size" "same contents"
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Thanks for the replies. I will try it and eventually get back with the result.
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