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The problem with digital storage is the immense difference in filesize. Removing those tax-forms isn't going to help you at all in freeing space, they are prob
by berkes 5y ago
The problem with digital storage is the immense difference in filesize.
Removing those tax-forms isn't going to help you at all in freeing space, they are probably compressed XML or just PDFs. Yet, for example, that single slideshow for granma's 90th birthday gobbles up 95% of all the diskspace all your presentations combined use.
It is far more effective to hunt those large files and go through those only. I have largest.sh and baobab for that, but there are numerous other (GUI) tools for this.
Less fun, though. But after seeing my wife spend an entire afternoon sifting through her files (look! I already deleted 22 GB) and me going: did you see the 'Photoshoot 2012-04-01 waalkant (kopie)' full of Raws? That is 210GB. Can it go? done! Then I realised we need better tools and educate people a little here.
- rambambram 5y agoThis is cool. I triggered on 'waalkant', then I saw your topbanner on Twitter, now I think I've been looking at your house last year from the back of a garbage truck a couple of times. But on topic: indeed, chase these big duplicate files first!
- berkes 5y agoWow, you probably have the best garbage-truck-run around here, then. Well, it probably is a lot of hanging and little garbage-hauling!
- rambambram 5y agoIt was a perfect summer indeed. I called it a 'paid vacation'. Wave to my ex-colleagues in the white truck!