BlueHarvest 4

BlueHarvest is the easiest way to keep your disks and file servers clean of Mac "dust".

"A nice little program that saves me a lot of tedious cleaning up, and saves my windows-using colleagues a lot of confusion"

BlueHarvest is the easiest way to keep your disks and file servers clean of Mac “dust”. BlueHarvest automatically removes DS_Store and ._ AppleDouble files from your USB keys, SD cards and file servers, etc. BlueHarvest removes these items as they’re created so you’ll always be “dust” free.

Need more control? No problem, simply control-click a disk or folder in the Finder and select “Clean using BlueHarvest” to clean it imediately. BlueHarvest features a very simple user interface and is fully configurable via System Preferences.

While BlueHarvest is very easy to use, it isn’t a toy, so be sure to read the How To and FAQs (above) before installing.

Latest News

Version 4.0.3 (29-Jun-2010)

  • Added support for cleaning tar gzip archives.
  • .Folders can now be deleted from servers (non-AFP only).
  • Now displays the number of items deleted when manually cleaning.

Links & Reviews

BlueHarvest on MacUpdate, iusethis.com, Versiontracker

Play nice with non-Mac volumes – MacWorld
Put a stop to pesky hidden files with BlueHarvest – The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Clear folder view problems by removing DS_Store files – MacFixIt
Avoid creation of those pesky ._ and .ds_store files – MacOSXHints
Dealing with Resource Forks and .DS_Store Files on non-Mac Volumes – Low End Mac

WARRANTIES AND DISCLAIMER

Read the BlueHarvest end user license agreement.

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You’ll need a Mac with an Intel processor running 10.6 Snow Leopard or 10.5 Leopard.

If you’re using an older PowerPC Mac or 10.4 Tiger then Download BlueHarvest 2.06

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What people are saying:

...if you frequently interact with non-Mac servers and shares, an easier – and more comprehensive – option is zeroonetwenty's BlueHarvest... Macworld.com Living in the world of both Macs & PCs (like many nowdays)I find this little app very handy as I am constantly shifting files between systems. You can remove those damn .DS_Store files and resource folks with a little work in Terminal but using BlueHarvest definitely saves time and effort. I was happy to pay the small fee to register. User, Macupdate.com This is exactly what I needed. User, VersionTracker I have since version 1.0, the software avoid TONS of problems, support is fast and excellent. A must to have for hybrid networks. User, VersionTracker No lie. This is saving my a$$ We have a process that scavenges our Win2003 servers for data in website creation, and it always fails unless we log out the Mac users and delete these invisible files first – MAJOR PAIN, MAJOR TIME LOST. User, VersionTracker

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