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Futility

Futility - 1.0.4

delete forks, files & folders; flips forks & more

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Selected Version: 1.0.4
Release Date: 2007-02-17
License: Commercial
Downloads (version 1.0.4): 554
Downloads (all versions): 2,371
Price: donationware

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Product Description:

Futility: contextual menu and application for:

  • Moving the data fork of a file into the resource fork, then deleting the data fork.
  • Listing all resources in a resource fork by ID, type and name.
  • Deleting a file's data fork.
  • Deleting a file's resource fork.
  • Deleting a file, folder or folder contents (i.e. without moving to the trash.)
  • Displaying a file's fork sizes.

Use with extreme caution! Operations can NOT be undone by this program.

What's new in this version:

Added new functionality:
  • Deleting a file's data fork.
  • Deleting a file's resource fork.
  • Deleting a file, folder or folder contents (i.e. without moving to the trash.)
  • Displaying a file's fork sizes.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 or higher

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Futility Commentarycurious - why flip the fork? - Version: 1.0.4, 2/18/2007 11:34AM PST

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jared9
i don't understand the HFS+ filesystem. coming from BFS and, of course, VFAT: can someone explain to me what the difference is between resource and data forks and why i'd want to flip them?
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