Removing Duplicate photos and other files from Backup HD

Hi I have a macbook air with USB and Thunderbolt ports. I connect them to a 200GB Maxtor external harddrive via USB
The HD seems to have created duplicates of many of my files. How can i remove the duplictaes from my HD?
Thanks - Pete

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Changes to files are stored, so if required, you can revert to previous versions.
Once the disk fills with data, old backups are deleted to make room for the newer.
So Time Machine automatically manages the disk.

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