The famous Audio Dedupe application by MindGems is released with full Windows 8 support

British Columbia, Canada -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/21/2013 -- MindGems Inc. the developer of Folder Size, Fast Duplicate File Finder, Visual Similarity Duplicate Image Finder, Audio Dedupe and other PC maintenance and optimization software has released a new version of the famous Audio Dedupe product.

"Our developer worked hard in order to make sure that all our tools are ready for the recent official release of Windows 8" says MindGems PR representative Linda Thompson. "I am glad to announce that all our tools are now Windows 8 compatible and our users can switch to the new operating system and buy a new PC knowing that they can install their favorite tools right away."

The tool is well known for its accurate and fast performance and besides finding duplicate mp3 files it can also find AAC Files (*.aac; *.mp4, *.m4a) - iTunes, iPod, iPhone Audio Files including Apple Lossles audio, AC3 Files (*.ac3), Audio IFF Files (*.aif; *.aiff), FLAC Files (*.flac), MPEG Audio Files (*.mp3;*.mp2;*.mp1;*.mpa), Musepack Files (*.mpc), OGG Files (*.ogg), WAVE Files (*.wav), WavPack Files (*.wv) and Windows Media Audio Files (*.wma). Not only the fact that it is extremely fast and accurate, but the "simplicity" is the key factor for the huge count of users that it attracts. The graphical interface is well organized and even a novice user can start using the application right away without the need of checking the documentation. The tool can scan thousands of audio files in less than a minute, but of course this performance can vary depending on the drive parameters, audio formats and hardware configuration.

The built-in audio player makes it easy to review the results which are grouped by similarity. The player keeps playing the files from the same position while switching between the duplicates via the mouse or the keyboard. This makes it very easy to compare the quality of the items and mark the ones with a lower quality for deletion. Plenty of filtering options are included for both auto-check and file scan that include filtering based on date, time, size, audio quality, name and location, duration and more. A "source" folder can be designated in order to compare and merge an existing audio collection with music from another location.

There is a free demo version of Audio Dedupe available for download from the company web site at www.mindgems.com. The Personal and Professional versions can be purchased for $29.95 and $39.95 respectively, and include free updates and support. The Corporate version provides interface for integration with third party software and portals. Promotional discounts are often available through the publisher's web site, Blog and Newsletter. Permanent discounts are available for large quantities and are applied immediately upon checkout.

Audio Dedupe was named the best duplicate mp3 finder tool by the major software magazines and music web sites.

About MindGems
Founded in 2001 MindGems is providing shareware and freeware products that are leaders on the market for home and business use. The products range from free disk management and maintenance tools like Folder Size and Fast Duplicate File Finder to corporate tools like Visual Similarity Duplicate Image finder that is used in stock photography web sites and health care applications.

MindGems tools are used by more than 100 million users around the globe and are reviewed and published on all the major software web sites and magazines including ZDNet, CNet, PCWorld and PCMagazine. The company products come pre-installed by the manufacturers on large quantities of desktop and laptop computers.

Contact:

press(at)mindgems.com
MindGems Inc.
9422 202A ST.
Langley, BC V1M3Z4
CA

For more information please visit:
http://www.mindgems.com

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

VSDIF by MindGems finds similar images regardless of their image format and dimensions.

British Columbia, Canada -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/18/2013 -- MindGems Inc. the developer of Folder Size, Fast Duplicate File Finder, Visual Similarity Duplicate Image Finder, Audio Dedupe and other PC maintenance and optimization software has released a new version of the famous Visual Similarity Duplicate Image Finder product.

"Our developer worked hard in order to make sure that all our tools are ready for the recent official release of Windows 8" says MindGems PR representative Linda Thompson. "I am glad to announce that all our tools are now Windows 8 compatible and our users can switch to the new operating system and buy a new PC knowing that they can install their favorite tools right away."

The tool is well known for its accurate and fast performance and its users range from photography fans and professional to corporate users. Not only the fact that it is extremely fast and accurate, but the "simplicity" is the key factor for the huge amount of users that VSDIF attracts. The graphical interface is well organized and even a novice user can start using the application right away without the need of checking the documentation. A quick scan of the drives reveals the duplicate images within minutes. The tool scans thousands of images in less than a minute, but of course this performance can vary depending on the drive parameters, image formats and hardware configuration.

A powerful new feature in this release is the Image Search that can find images similar to a preloaded sample image or a group of images. The tool will search for the samples in one or more folders that are added in the folders list. The relevance of the found duplicate images is controlled by tweaking the percentage of similarity option. The higher the percentage is the more relevant the results are.

Organizing an image collection is the other task that VSDIF handles and makes it the choice of professional photographers with its support for hundreds of image formats including more than 300 raw camera formats. VSDIF can find all duplicate and similar images on a computer or inside selected set of folders, or it can compare a "source" location versus "target" and an option to exclude the source from the "auto-check" feature is available. The mentioned "auto-check" is one of the options inside the tool for selecting the images for deletion based on different properties like date, time, size, image quality, name and location, dimensions and more. There are also filtering options that can narrow the search to certain file types and properties similar to the ones mentioned for the "auto-check"

There is a free demo version of Visual Similarity Duplicate Image Finder available for download from the company's web site at www.mindgems.com. The Personal and Professional versions can be purchased for $24.95 and $39.95 respectively, and include free updates and support. The Corporate version provides interface for integration with third party software and portals. Promotional discounts are often available through the publisher's web site, Blog and Newsletter. Permanent discounts are available for large quantities and are applied immediately upon checkout.

Visual Similarity Duplicate Image Finder was named the best duplicate image finder tool by the major software magazines and photography web sites.

About MindGems
Founded in 2001 MindGems is providing shareware and freeware products that are leaders on the market for home and business use. The products range from free disk management and maintenance tools like Folder Size and Fast Duplicate File Finder to corporate tools like Visual Similarity Duplicate Image finder that is used in stock photography web sites and health care applications.

MindGems tools are used by more than 100 million users around the globe and are reviewed and published on all the major software web sites and magazines including ZDNet, CNet, PCWorld and PCMagazine. The company products come preinstalled by the manufacturers on large quantities of desktop and laptop computers.

Contact
press(at)mindgems.com
MindGems Inc.
9422 202A ST.
Langley, BC V1M3Z4
CA

For more information please visit:
http://www.mindgems.com

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

MindGems Inc. the developer of Fast Duplicate File Finder and other PC maintenance and optimization software has released version 3.5.0.1 of its free disk cleanup software Fast Duplicate File Finder.

Langley, BC -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/18/2013 -- "Our developer worked hard in order to make sure that all our tools are ready for the recent official release of Windows 8" says MindGems PR representative Linda Thompson. "I am glad to announce that all our tools are now Windows 8 compatible and our users can switch to the new operating system and buy a new PC knowing that they can install their favorite tools right away"

Besides the Windows 8 compatibility the free version of Fast Duplicate File Finder is packed with plenty of new features and fixes. The tool is well know for its accurate and fast performance and the fact that it does not rely on file names and sizes in order to identify duplicates. Nevertheless there are situations where a search for similar and duplicate file names is necessary and this is the major new feature in this brand new release. The tool can now find files with exact or similar names and the threshold of similarity can be controlled by setting a percentage in the project settings. Finding similar names can easily reveal multiple versions of a file, as usually users name them with dates or version numbers or append a word to the end of the file name like "My CV1.doc", "My CV2013.doc", "My CV-updated.doc" and so on.

While the free version of Fast Duplicate File Finder provides features for finding exact file duplicates and search for similar and exact file names Fast Duplicate File Finder Pro offers an option to find files with similar content. This handy feature can identify multiple revisions of the same documents in seconds. Improvements in the Pro version also include an advanced filtering module where the search can be narrowed to certain file types or folders based on location, file extension, date, time and so on. Options to help automation and control the application via the command line are also included. The results can be exported to CSV and XML file formats for additional analysis or use in a third party tool. Comparing "Source" and "Target" folders is something that the PRO version can take care of too by excluding the items in the "Source" folders from the auto-check feature. Auto-check is mechanism in the application for selecting duplicate copies of the files base on different properties while keeping at least one file as original in every group of duplicates.

Fast Duplicate File Finder uses advanced algorithms in order to complete the scans fast without compromising the accuracy of the results. While the disk cleanup tool can utilize all the cores available in the modern systems in order to complete the tasks as quickly as possible an option is available in the settings to let it work in the background with a lower priority in order not to disturb the user's activity.

The free version of Fast Duplicate File Finder is available for download from the company web site at www.mindgems.com. The Professional version can be purchased for $39.95 and includes free updates and support. Promotional discounts are often available through the publisher's web site, Blog and Newsletter. Permanent discounts are available for large quantities and are applied immediately upon checkout.

The free version of Fast Duplicate File Finder is included in the PCWorld Windows CD that comes with this month's issue of the PCWorld Magazine.

Fast Duplicate File Finder was named the best duplicate file finder tool by the major software magazines and wed sites.

About MindGems
Founded in 2001 MindGems is providing shareware and freeware products that are leaders on the market for home and business use. The products range from free disk management and maintenance tools like Folder Size and Fast Duplicate File Finder to corporate tools like Visual Similarity Duplicate Image finder that is used in stock photography web sites and health care applications.

MindGems tools are used by more than 100 million users around the globe and are reviewed and published on all the major software web sites and magazines including ZDNet, CNet, PCWorld and PCMagazine. The company products come preinstalled by the manufacturers on large quantities of desktop and laptop computers.

For more information please visit: http://www.mindgems.com

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

The Windows 8 compatible disk analysis tool Folder Size by MindGems is available for download at the company’s web site.

Langley, BC -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/18/2013 -- MindGems Inc. the developer of Folder Size, Fast Duplicate File Finder, Visual Similarity Duplicate Image Finder, Audio Dedupe and other PC maintenance and optimization software has released version 2.9.0.0 of its free disk cleanup software Folder Size.

"Our developer worked hard in order to make sure that all our tools are ready for the recent official release of Windows 8" says MindGems PR representative Linda Thompson. "I am glad to announce that all our tools are now Windows 8 compatible and our users can switch to the new operating system and buy a new PC knowing that they can install their favorite tools right away."

The tool is well known for its accurate and fast performance and its users range from beginner desktop users to corporate network administrators. Not only the fact that it is free, but the "simplicity" is the key factor for the huge amount of users that Folder Size attracts. The graphical interface resembles the one of Windows Explorer and even a novice user can start using the application right away without the need of checking the documentation. A quick scan of the drives reveals the space hogs within minutes. The tool scans a 2 TB drive in less than a minute, but of course this performance can vary depending on the drive parameters.

Besides the Windows 8 compatibility the free version of Folder Size is packed with plenty of new features and fixes. There is improved memory management in this release for both x86 and x64 operating systems makes it possible to scan over 100TB storage easily. 4GT (4-Gigabyte Tuning Windows) on x86 systems is also utilized. A new feature available also in the free version of the disk cleanup tool is the combined "Largest files and folders" report. It will sort in a flat list the top fifty largest files and folders that are located inside the currently selected folder and all its subfolder providing a real-time preview of the distribution of the disk space

While the free version of Folder Size provides all the features necessary for a home user and even more, Folder Size Pro extends them with ones necessary for corporate it specialists and administrators making automation an easy task. The command line options can be used to schedule scans of storage on a regular basis and the results can be archived or sent via e-mail. There are plenty of export and print features that provide XML, CSV, PDF, TIFF, JPG and many other formats.

The free version of Folder Size is available for download from the company web site at www.mindgems.com. The Personal and Professional versions can be purchased for $24.95 and $39.95 respectively, and includes free updates and support. Promotional discounts are often available through the publisher's web site, Blog and Newsletter. Permanent discounts are available for large quantities and are applied immediately upon checkout.

The free version of Folder Size is included in the PCWorld Windows CD that comes with this month's issue of the PCWorld Magazine.

Folder Size was named the best disk analysis tool by the major software magazines and wed sites.

Company background

Founded in 2001 MindGems is providing shareware and freeware products that are leaders on the market for home and business use. The products range from free disk management and maintenance tools like Folder Size and Fast Duplicate File Finder to corporate tools like Visual Similarity Duplicate Image finder that is used in stock photography web sites and health care applications.

MindGems tools are used by more than 100 million users around the globe and are reviewed and published on all the major software web sites and magazines including ZDNet, CNet, PCWorld and PCMagazine. The company products come preinstalled by the manufacturers on large quantities of desktop and laptop computers.

More information at: http://www.mindgems.com

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm