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cintch checks file integrity from the command line

This can now be incorporated into your own scripts, to check the integrity of important files automatically.

May 27, 2020 Macs, Technology

File Integrity 12 : Error correction for large files

Can you use error-correcting code to repair very large files, for example of around 20 GB or more?

May 5, 2020 Macs, Technology

File Integrity 5 : How well does error-correcting code work?

Simply having ECC enabled doesn’t mean that damaged files can be recovered. It appears promising, but needs careful real-world evaluation.

April 20, 2020 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Vandalism

We assume what we know to be impossible, and pretend that just making ‘safe’ copies of important documents will preserve them for the future.

April 19, 2020 Macs, Technology

File Integrity 4 : Error-correcting code is available for macOS

Do you want ECC for your important documents? It’s available now, free, without the complications of ZFS or cost of RAID 6.

April 16, 2020 Macs, Technology

Drag and drop for file integrity checks with Fintch

A nimbler version of Dintch is designed to drag and drop files and smaller folders to tag then and check their integrity.

April 15, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

The way ahead with integrity checks, and Dintch 1.1 adds timestamps

More about checking the integrity of files on macOS, with a new version of a free utility, news of the next apps, and error-correcting code perhaps?

April 13, 2020 Macs, Technology

File Integrity 3 : Where to store digests?

To check the integrity of important documents, we’re going to calculate their SHA256 digests. But where should those be stored if HFS+ and APFS don’t have a suitable attribute?

April 8, 2020 Macs, Technology

File Integrity 2 : Which digest?

If macOS can’t do it, how should we check the integrity of important files? Use a checksum, or a hash function? And which?

April 6, 2020 Macs, Technology

File Integrity 1 : Why bother?

We take for granted that our files remain uncorrupted, but know that isn’t always true. How can we fix or even detect such changes?

April 3, 2020 Macs, Technology

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