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The AI is sorting out my NAS. It holds 30 backups and years of syncs.

He has the AI dedupe and reorganize his NAS. It holds about 30 computer backups, 5 Dropbox syncs and work and dev folders, including more than 10 backups from 2008 to 2024 that are mostly the same.

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How it works

  1. Points the AI at his NAS
  2. The AI dedupes and reorganizes about 30 backups, 5 Dropbox syncs and old work and dev folders

Why it’s worth knowing

His NAS holds more than a decade of his own backups, most of them copies of each other. The AI is working through the pile.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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