FinderCleaner 1.9 review

FinderCleaner cleans hidden files the Finder creates.

License:	Freeware
OS:	Mac OS X
File size:	550K
Developer:	Tim Goeree
Price:	$0.00
Updated:	29 Mar 2006

FinderCleaner cleans hidden files the Finder creates. These files can be annoying in mixed OS environments or they might even cause some devices like mp3 player to not function correctly. Useful for USB sticks or mp3 players for example.

FinderCleaner cleans the following items:

.DS_Store files
Resource forks
FBC files
.Trashes

Optionally FinderCleaner ejects the volume in a clean way so no new mess is being created by the Finder.
Use at your own risk and read the readme file (important)!

First of all: Do not use this program on volumes or folders that are being used by Mac OS 9 or earlier. Classic systems need resource forks and if you delete them you might find yourself in trouble. Mac Os X and other systems don't need resource forks so you should be safe.

What's New:
Last "Variable not defined" bug fixed.
Secure password box (10.4 only)
More elegant versioncheck (automatic).

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FinderCleaner 1.9 search tags

FinderCleaner 1.9: FinderCleaner cleans hidden files the Finder creates.
Check Resource Forks 1.0: The Check Resource Forks routine allows users of OS X, with the Unix subsystem installed, to check whether or not files have resource forks.
dropArchive 1.0: Use dropArchive for a simple way to archive and compress folders/files containing both data and resource forks.
Drag N Clean 1.0.3: Some applications bloat the size of a file unnecessarily by adding all sorts of doubtful extra material into the resource forks of their data files.
Moo.Trashes 2.7.106: Keeps you entertained, gives you a laugh and cleans up unneeded files.
Gif Prep 1.0.1: Gif Prep is a drag and drop utility that will strip the resource forks from GIF and JPEG files and ensure that the file size you see in the Finder's GetInfo dialog is accurate" (note most webservers will only serve the data fork of the file, eventhough the file may have a resource fork).
JPEGCleaner 1.6.1: JPEGCleaner removes unnecessary data (meta-data, resource forks) from jpeg and gif files.

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