MARGUIS  ive been trying to download appleoff from every single website, including this, and when i click on the link it stays "contacting www.macupdate.com" and then goes to the "failed to open page - safari can't open the page “http://www.macupdate.com/download.php/18885/AppleOffv1.2.4.bin” because the server where this page is located isn’t responding."

Ive tried holding another key while clicking on the link and still doesnt download to my downloads folder.  
(Version 1.2.4)

RICARDOS  Came up with a syntax error while trying to add a folder with a '(' in the folder directory.  
(Version 1.2.4)

JSTRAIT  First off I'm using this to solve the simplification of a task that I used to have with my PC (recently moved to mac.)

I used to be able to shove my CF card in the reader (a convenient window would open - wish I could get that back too as I've optioned not to show my drives on my desktop, I've got lots of them and don't want the clutter.) After copying the files I'd delete them from the CF card and yank it out of the reader. Didn't have to empty the trash or eject it, very simple and quick.

So basically I want to combine the delete, empty trash and eject into one button, keystroke or icon.

This may sound quite trivial but if you're doing it constantly it can be quite annoying. I also don't like completely emptying the trash all the time in case I might need to recover something.

This product came close to doing this, it basically did everything it said. Well done! I was even able to drag the application icon to the finder window so it's always handy.

Now if it just did two other simple things it would be perfect. 1. Delete files that are dragged into it from removable drives (not send them to the trash or create a trashes file.) 2. Close it's window once complete. Also if possible create the option to always eject removable drives once cleaned.

That would be perfect.  
(Version 1.2.4)

ANONYMOUS  Sloppy Programming!

- First of all, the requirements for this shouldn't be limitted to one OS X flavour, it's such a simple task that any Mac OS X could easily handle!!!

- Second, why in God's name was this compressed, you saved 190 BYTES and wasted time doing nothing virtualy! An Apple Disk Image contains only a data fork which is 'net friendly. I used DropDMG (2.74) and ended up with 120k file instead of 140!

Great idea for anyone that burn's non-Mac discs like DVD movies or Audio CD's and the rest.  
(Version 1.2.4)

ANONYMOUS  CLIX cleans out DS store files, plus about a gazillion other things.......  
(Version 1.2.3)

JEFF H.  Please be aware that the fix for the find command has created a problem with the output information. With this version (1.2.3), only the .DS_Store files are being displayed/output on the 'Output' tab. The other files, '._*', and '.Trashes' are still being deleted, however.

This the does not affect people who use the 'Live-Dangerously' option.

Thanks for your patience in getting this resolved.  
(Version 1.2.3)

CROW  This is an excellent application for removing these files. I work as a webmaster in a mostly Windows environment. My users are not all computer-literate, and when they use Contribute to edit their sections of the site, they see a list of files - half of which are not "real" files to them. For every web page, there is a ._ equivalent, and they are listed first. My users open those, do not get their expected page, and then call me to tell me something is wrong. Or, they complain that they have to see these files. In addition, DS_Store files present something of a security issue on a webserver, in that they can contain info about the directory structure.

If you don't understand what this is for, or don't know why someone would use it - don't download it. At the very least, please keep unproductive opinions to yourself. It clutters up the reviews with unnecessary garbage. This application does what it is supposed to do, and there are people like me who appreciate it, and use it.  
(Version 1.2.3)

SECTION 8  why would you want to delete .DS_Store files anyways, who cares if it adds 1 lousy, tiny file to each directory. BIG DEAL! The .DS_Store file stores window settings like icon size etc. for your mac, so why would you want to delete it if you are going to be using the drive again? And if your not, why do you care anyways...??

PC users are used to seeing random files all over the place, and even if one happens not to, i think they can deal with it. I mean, GUI front-ends for terminal commands are great, but I really don't understand all the flaming going on in these comments.  
(Version 1.2.3)

ANONYMOUS  Isn't it the rule of thumb with computer is,

"Don't make waves if there isn't anything wrong?"

Is there anyone going to the dentist's to have some teeth pulled out when there is is nothing wrong with his teeth?  
(Version 1.2.2)

MARAUNDI  i didn't buy a mac to have to use command lines as if i were using one of those awful peecees - give me gui any day, especially if it's free  
(Version 1.2)

TNH  As usual this DS_Store remover is a useful GUI for anyone using devices that at some point choke on .DS_Store files. Deleting files beginning w/ a . isn't as important to me as files beginning with ._ (same filename as another file since these are metadata). It would be great to have it work on specific drives.

So here's the score (since I have devices that choke on .DS_Store files and metadata ones):

In order of things that cause problems:

1) .DS_Store

2) ._filename

Then the things that could be nice

3) Thumbnails/Previews. A lot of things won't use the embedded thumbnails or previews so you can reduce 20 megs of files to about 16 megs just stripping these q/ quickimage or something like that.

Sure, I fix the problem causers in the terminal; but that doesn't mean I like wasting my time doing it. This a useful application and it's not based on paranoia, but messages like 'the movie could not be deleted' on a psp or whatever.  
(Version 1.2)

PIBLOKTO  I'm totally allergic to these terminal's hyeroglyphs and I refuse to type anything on my mac that is not in plain human language. So many thanks to all the nice people who make command lines accessible to people like me through a simple click...   
(Version 1.2)

ANONYMOUS  To the previous two posters...

So, everytime I copy files to my PSP or mobile phone and the Mac OS copies loads of additional hidden files my PSP and mobile phone don't need, or understand, you think I should fire up the Terminal app, type in a bunch of geek-code I don't understand (risking making a mistake and doing something dangerous) instead of just double-clicking this apps icon and clicking "Clean Now"?

Two clicks versus multiple clicks and typing multiple characters into the potentially dangerous Terminal?

Sounds like some people just like making life hard for themselves. Perhaps you'd be better off using Windows and DOS!! Geeks!  
(Version 1.2)

ANONYMOUS  For goodness' sake, this can't be said too often:

MAC USERS NEED TO GET A GRIP.

No wonder Windows users laugh at them. (I'll say nothing about the Unix guys.) OK, it is a smart move to buy a machine with OS X and get on the other side of the fence, but if you pay up for stuff that merely does what you could do for yourself in Terminal you just admit that you are an example of the proverbial clueless "Maccie".

Quote:

"Optionally can be set to delete all files that start with a period."

Extremely unwise. do you know what files you'll be deleting? No? OK, then don't.

Quote:

"Automatically scans folders to remove the following files: .DS_Store, ._*, .Trashes."

Trashes? WTF?

.DS-Store. Oh, OK ... I'm sick of this already. Apple shouldn't be dropping these files on the hard disk in the first place, but it's not a big deal. They do no harm. If you want them gone, don't use this and don't use the other program some equally clueless person below mentions. Open Terminal. You'll find it in "Utilities", which is in "Applications". Type this:

sudo find / -name \.DS_Store -exec rm -f {} \;

Oh, while you're there, you could do this, too:

sudo find / -name \.localized -exec rm -f {} \;

There. Not so hard was it? Not even for a Maccie. Put your wallet back in your pocket and go and buy a drink with the money you saved.  
(Version 1.2)

SEAGULL  sudo find / -name \.DS_Store -exec rm -f {} \;

Put it in file, chmod 0700, run it.

It won't crash and there's nothing to download.

Get a grip and grow up.  
(Version 1.2)

WIRELESSMONKEY  Earlier version occasionally works but this version displays error messages rendering it useless for the described task. It's a good application if the developer will only address the errors. Still using the earlier version with significant success to spite having to run it a few times to achieve its goal.  
(Version 1.1.3)

ANONYMOUS  Crapware ! Constant errors !

Get DS store cleaner (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11163) which work every time.  
(Version 1.1.3)

WENDY  Excellent, useful program!  
(Version 1.1.3)

ANONYMOUS  this never works, constant script errors.

useless.  
(Version 1.1.3)

ANONYMOUS  Just downloaded AppleOff 1.1.3 to my desktop, but can't open it. When I attempt to, I get a warning message stating that the disk image failed to mount because of a corrupt image.

I don't know if the source of the problem is at the developer's end or mine.  
(Version 1.1.3)

PETE  For the past couple versions, including this one, all I get is a corrupt image.  
(Version 1.1.3)

JEFF H.  The user path error has been corrected 100%, guaranteed. The version and details are still the same, but the build date for the app should reflect 8/4/05.

Unfortunately, you may have to set your folders and toolbar settings back up, but this will be the last time. No major changes planned for the future.

The next update should include more output details, among other tweaks, as requested.  
(Version 1.1.2)

ANONYMOUS  Why is this program better than FinderCleaner?

FinderCleaner will even delete the drive when done. Does this application do the same?  
(Version 1.1.1)

ANONYMOUS  Avoid this application. It does not work.  
(Version 1.1.1)

ANONYMOUS  Same here

sh: line 1: /Users/jeffholcombe/Library/Application Support/AppleOff/output.txt: No such file or directory (1)  
(Version 1.1.1)

ANONYMOUS  sh: line 1: /Users/jeffholcombe/Library/ApplicationSupport/AppleOff/output.txt: No such file or directory (1)

Error.  
(Version 1.1.1)

ANONYMOUS  Or just type this in your terminal:

defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true  
(Version 1.1.1)

ROB  Now I am getting same error as Franz's below.

Tried removing pref.plist and reinstall same thing!

It should be good when it works.  
(Version 1.1.1)

ANONYMOUS  Just downloaded AppleOff 1.1.1 to my desktop. When I try to open the BIN file, I get this message: "The following disk image failed to mount. Reason: corrupt image". What could the problem be?  
(Version 1.1.1)

JEFF H.  I hope that fixes all of the problems for everyone. If you have any further issues just let me know.

Also, thanks to Franz for letting me use your machine to test some scripts.  
(Version 1.1.1)

ANONYMOUS  Same error here...please fix the bug if it is one... btw, thanks for the nice program!  
(Version 1.1)

ANONYMOUS  I get the same errors...  
(Version 1.1)

FRANZ  sends me an error...

"AppleScript Error

File file

my machine:users:jeffholcombe:library:application support:appleOff:output.txt wasn't found. (-43)"  
(Version 1.1)

ANONYMOUS  There's a reason all those files begin with '.' Because you're not supposed to see them or interfere with them.  
(Version 1.01)

OZ  Great app and does exactly what it says on the tin. I have a request though. If you want to make this app really super dooper, you could also add the ability to delete those really annoying ._ files. They are resource forks dropped usually onto removable media (USB keys etc) by Mac OSX. Very annoying when connecting my mobile phone up and copying media to it. I end up with a load of ._ files which my phone can't read or delete!

Keep up the good work!  
(Version 1.01)

ROB  This selective deletion of .DS_store is convenient,essentially functional and one of a kind. Thanks!  
(Version 1.01)

SJK  To anyone considering swallowing the pompous Anonymous koolaid below, here are a couple things you might want to know:

Running any "sudo find / ..." command will attempt to traverse *every* directory of *every* volume on your system as the root (fully privileged admin) user. That alone can be reason enough not to risk running it unless you really understand it. The general recommendation is to be careful running any command prefixed with "sudo".

Using Anonymous's example, every .DS_Store that can be deleted will be deleted, which may have unwanted side effects (e.g. all Finder comments removed). And it's often not the best idea to run find commands over network volumes.

If you want to do this, I suggest first running a command like "sudo find / -type f -name .DS_Store" to search for and list the .DS_Store files before running the command to delete them.  
(Version 1.0)

ANONYMOUS  And if Hackit has left you out of their plans because you haven't swallowed the Tiger koolaid yet, paste the following into your terminal window:

echo -n 'CLIX cleaning .DS_Store files... ';sudo find / -name \.DS_Store -exec rm -f {} \;;echo done.

Or just download CLIX, instead of accumulating several handfuls of applications like this one.  
(Version 1.0)