Mac OS X Metadata Cleaner

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Description

This tool is designed to recursively search the current directory and all its subdirectories for .DS_Store files and __MACOSX directories and delete them. After the cleanup process, a dialog box will display which files and directories have been removed.

Usage

1. Download or compile the generated macosx_metadata_cleaner.exe executable file.
2. Place the executable file inside the folder that needs to be cleaned.
3. Just double-click the executable file and wait for the dialog box to show the list of deleted files.

Requirements

• Python 3.6+
• venv virtual environment
• pyinstaller for packaging
• UPX (optional, for reducing the size of the EXE file)

Setup

1. Create a virtual environment using init_venv.bat in this repository.

2. (Optional) Add upx.exe to .\venv\Scripts\ to compress the executable file.

3. Run build.bat to generate the executable file. N.B. If upx.exe is not provided, please delete --upx-dir .\venv\Scripts\upx.exe in the pyinstaller command in build.bat.

   .\venv\Scripts\activate.bat && pyinstaller -Fw .\macosx_metadata_cleaner.py --upx-dir .\venv\Scripts\upx.exe -n macosx_metadata_cleaner

   .\venv\Scripts\activate.bat && pyinstaller -Fw .\macosx_metadata_cleaner.py -n macosx_metadata_cleaner

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.