Last updated: 2021/04/15
You are doing music professionally and running multiple tools to backup your work on your backup drives.
Sometimes you end up having multiple copies of the same MUSIC PROJECT folders.
So how to you filter and figure which is the latest, and the one you should KEEP?
Step 1:
On Windows, right click the folder (Folder 1), then select Properties.
Take note of the Size on disk value.
Also the “Files” and “Folders” in the “Contains” value.
Step 2:
Right click on the other folder (Folder 2), and select “Properties”.
If they match, then you should be fine, that both folders are the same. You can keep either.
If they do not match, then run Beyond Compare 3 or 4 from your Desktop.
Step 3:
Using Beyond Compare 3 or 4, select “Folder compare”
Drag Folder 1, into the LEFT panel of Beyond Compare.
Drag Folder 2, into the RIGHT panel of Beyond Compare.
Step 4:
You should start seeing “highlighted” areas where there are different files. You can right click on the “highlighted” files, to copy them to the LEFT or to the RIGHT, depending on which Folder is missing updated files.
So that’s it, use this method to compare your Music Folders, and figure which ones to keep or backup.