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SMF – Search my Files VS Cathy

Compare SMF – Search my Files VS Cathy and see what are their differences

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SMF - Search my Files v13 is the fastest duplicate files finder and a multi-dimensional - file searcher, - file copier / mover, - file deleter / eraser, - and

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An extremly small, very fast and easy to use media cataloging tool.
  • SMF – Search my Files Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-05-22
  • Cathy Landing page
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    2018-10-27

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Cathy might be a bit more popular than SMF – Search my Files. We know about 3 links to it since March 2021 and only 3 links to SMF – Search my Files. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

SMF – Search my Files mentions (3)

  • Program for cleaning up drives
    I use search my files (smf) from funk Https://funk.eu/smf/. Source: over 1 year ago
  • Looking for Powerful Deduplication software
    For an Hash based duplicate finder on Windows, take a look at https://funk.eu/smf/. Source: over 1 year ago
  • ISO: Binary File Comparison Tool for Duplicate File Checks
    Funk Software's Search My Files (SMF). Uses CRC calculation to find exact duplicates. It does a two stage match up. Files need to be exact size matches, then it does a CRC calc on these files.You do need to be careful as it prechecks by doing spot CRC calculations to speed things up and some files (in my experience e-books) this may be incorrect and generate false duplicates. You can over-ride this in setup by... Source: over 2 years ago

Cathy mentions (3)

  • Cathy alternative?
    I use Cathy (http://rva.mtg.sk/) to catalog partitioned 2T drives and have done for years. About a year ago I started getting errors, likely because I moved to single partition 4T drives or lost out after a Windows 10 upgrade. The program just couldn't parse the data anymore and would freeze or end abruptly. Source: 7 months ago
  • Any good recommendations for Linux software similar to VVV (VirtualVolumeView) which is cross-platform but apparently broken on Linux/MacOSX ?
    So apparently some people have done a python implementation of Robert Vasicek‘s popular cataloging tool „cathy“. Source: about 1 year ago
  • How do you keep track of it all?
    I've used Cathy for ages and it works extremely well for tracking (and searching) offline HDD contents. Source: over 2 years ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing SMF – Search my Files and Cathy, you can also consider the following products

SearchMyFiles - Alternative to the standard Search For Files And Folders module of Windows. Duplicates search is also supported.

Virtual Volumes View - VVV uses a relational database to store its data.

Advanced Recent Access - Advanced Recent Access is designed to see more properties of your recent used resources (files and directories). Key features: can see more properties of the recent resources, such as path, size, type, date modified and date created. And more.

DiskCatalogMaker - Simple, smart and fast disc management tool.

DocFetcher - DocFetcher is a portable German/English open source desktop search application.

Where Is It? - WhereIsIt is a Windows application, designed to organize and maintain a catalog of your computer media collection, including CD-ROMs, audio CDs, MP3s, removable disks...