Removing resource forks from photos and videos etc.?

A couple of years ago I was recommended to use BlueHarvest or ZapResourceForks to remove the duplicate "thumbnail" images I was getting when playing photos on an SD card inserted into my Sony TV.
I am now using Mountain Lion and ZapResourceForks does not appear to work on anything past Snow Leopard.
I have downloaded the 30 day demo of BlueHarvest which works perfectly but for my occasional needs I can't justify the $15 cost.
Is there any free method of doing the job in ML ?

Here's an update which may be of use to others with a similar problem.
R-C-R suggested this free app which works marvellously and is available from the AppStore
http://macpaw.com/cleanmydrive
Another problem I mentioned earlier was that when playing photos on my BD player, they were listed and appeared in a random order.
Several Google searches revealed that this was a common problem dating back several years but with no apparent solution.
After experimenting I discovered it is caused by using photo file names containing an odd number of numerals such as 001 or 00001 etc. (Any letters or words prefixing the number don't matter).
Simply using 01 or 0001 etc.ensures everything is listed in the correct order.

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i recently plugged my iphone4 into my laptop to sync, when i plugged it in, itunes told me that i needed to update my software, so i clicked up date and walked awayfrom my computer leaving it to do the rest, but by the time i came back to my laptop 2-3 hours later i had realized that it has run out of charge and because of it my phone had gone into retoration mode- and the only way to fix it was to press restore. what do i do? do i click restore or will that take my phone back to factory settings as i have a tonne of photos and videos etc that i have not backed up yet?
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The first step in the upgrade process is a backup.
Did iTunes not create a new backup when you first connected it?
You really should be syncing your device and copying pictures off of it on a regular basis.
Starting an upgrade without first syncing and copying the pictures off is not a bright idea.
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Uncheck all of the albums and videos that you want to remove under the Sync Photos from heading.
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Her camera roll photos and videos would be included in her backup. Restoring her backup to the iPad should recover them.
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iTunes: Syncing photos
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4236
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766
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This may sound like a completely basic issue but i can't for the life of me work out how to transfer photos and videos onto my macbook. I can easily put them on iphoto but i don't really want to put them there as i keep all my photos under the normal photos folder. When I plug it in it just opens iphoto though and doesn't give me the option to put them anywhere else. When i used to have a windows pc and plugged my phone in it asked me if i wanted to open and view files, then you would just drag them into whatever folder on your pc you wanted them in. But there doesn't seem to be a similar system on the mac. does anyone have any ideas? it's probably something very simple but i just can't work it out.

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