Photo Backup Stick
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Photo & Video Types
Photos & videos can come in many different image or file types. The most common type
for photos is JPEG or JPG. To scan for different photo/video types, go to the Options
screen and check the file types you wish to scan for:
Windows
Mac
Click the “OK” button to save your changes.
Remove Duplicates
The Photo Backup Stick is designed so it will only backup photos once. This means if
you perform a backup on a computer, phone, or tablet, it will back up all the photos
once. If you back up that device again, it will only backup new photos.
However, it cannot detect when a computer, phone, or tablet has duplicate photos. If
you have multiple copies of the same photo in different locations or with different
names, they will be backed up. Also, if you have the same photo on a computer and
phone or tablet and you back up both devices, your Photo Backup Stick will have both
copies on the stick.
To find these duplicates, the Photo Backup Stick calculates the hash value, otherwise
known as a file fingerprint, to detect duplicates. This means that no matter where the
duplicate is or what it is named, if it is an exact duplicate, we can detect it and remove it.
To remove duplicates, go to the Options screen and click the “Remove Duplicates”
button.
