[X4U] Handy tidbit for those who connect to PCs from your Mac

[Jim Colgate]

Richard,

You are correct. The main difference is that Finder Cleaner and
WinFSCleanser are applescripts that you explicitly run to clean a specific
folder; BlueHarvest is a system preference that monitors finder (and maybe
others) writes to MSDOS formatted file systems and prevents the writing of
the offending "dot" files. It also has a capability to clean a user
specified folder on command (drag and drop the folder to an icon on the
preference pane).

I like the automatic feature of this capability.

Although not free, it is fully functional for a 30 day trial and I did not
see any nags before I purchased the serial number.

YMMV,

   Jim


> From: Richard Gilmore <rgilmor at uwo.ca>
> Reply-To: "A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual user."
> <x4u at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 10:02:12 -0400
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> Subject: Re: [X4U] Handy tidbit for those who connect to PCs from your Mac
> 
> On 15/5/07 10:29 PM, "Jim Colgate" <ColgateList at cox.net> wrote:
>> 
>> **********
>> BlueHarvest allows you to keep your disks and servers free of Mac "trails"
>> by:
>> 
>>     * Stopping the creation of ".DS_Store" files.
>>     * Automatically removing Resource forks ("dot underscore" files) and
>> hidden folders such as ".Trashes"
>>     * Providing simple drag and drop folder and volume cleaning.
> 
> I think Finder Cleaner and WinFSCleanser also do this.
> 
> 
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