{"id":"duplicates.are-downloads-copies-like-file-1-found-as-duplicates","url":"/faq/duplicates/are-downloads-copies-like-file-1-found-as-duplicates","category":{"id":"duplicates","title":"Duplicate files"},"subcategory":{"id":"basics","title":"Duplicates basics"},"question":"Will it find downloads saved twice, like \"file (1).pdf\"?","alt_questions":["Remove duplicate downloads on Mac","Files with (1) in the name","Downloaded the same file twice mac","Clean up duplicate files in Downloads"],"short_answer":"Yes, if they're exact copies of at least 1 MB (or Include small files is on). Downloads is checked, and when another copy is filed in a working folder like Documents, Storage Studio recommends keeping that one and removing the Downloads copy.","answer_markdown":"Yes, as long as the two downloads are exact copies and at least 1 MB (or you've turned on **Include small files**). Downloads is one of the folders the **This Mac** source checks, and repeat downloads are one of the most common kinds of duplicate.\n\nWhen one copy is in Downloads or on the Desktop and another has been filed in a working folder such as Documents, Storage Studio recommends keeping the filed copy and removing the one in Downloads.","answer_html":"

Yes, as long as the two downloads are exact copies and at least 1 MB (or you've turned on Include small files). Downloads is one of the folders the This Mac source checks, and repeat downloads are one of the most common kinds of duplicate.

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When one copy is in Downloads or on the Desktop and another has been filed in a working folder such as Documents, Storage Studio recommends keeping the filed copy and removing the one in Downloads.

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Will it find downloads saved twice, like "file (1).pdf"?

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Short answer: Yes, if they're exact copies of at least 1 MB (or Include small files is on). Downloads is checked, and when another copy is filed in a working folder like Documents, Storage Studio recommends keeping that one and removing the Downloads copy.

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Yes, as long as the two downloads are exact copies and at least 1 MB (or you've turned on Include small files). Downloads is one of the folders the This Mac source checks, and repeat downloads are one of the most common kinds of duplicate.

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When one copy is in Downloads or on the Desktop and another has been filed in a working folder such as Documents, Storage Studio recommends keeping the filed copy and removing the one in Downloads.

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