This topic describes the File Maintenance action statement and the File>File Maintenance... menu item.
This function will perform one or more modifications to a file's out of bounds data in the file system. The following modifications can be performed:
- Remove extended Finder attributes
- If extended Finder attributes exist for a file and there is no associated icon, the Finder may not be able to display artwork for the file on an icon.
- Remove resource fork
- A resource fork on a file may also invalidate the display of artwork on a Finder icon.
- Remove Doppler extended attribute
- The Doppler music player uses an extended attribute to know when to reload a file's metadata. Yate can set the attribute automatically when saving files. Doppler removes the attribute after updating the file. If for any reason, the attribute is not removed, you can use this function to remove the attribute.
- Remove retained audio properties extended attributes
- See MPEG-4 Audio Properties for additional information. This item only applies to MPEG-4 files.
You can select to perform any combination of the above modifications. The presence of the attributes associated with the above modifications can be viewed in the Xattrs property.
The functions have no effect if the associated condition does not exist.
