Contains binary data on the last integrity check made using fsck on a disk image. Can be deleted to enable some images to be mounted.
disk image
Contains details of the last checksum of a disk image, performed using hdiutil verify, which can be compared against that stored in the image. Read-only and compressed images only.
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