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?
SSD
If macOS can’t do it, how should we check the integrity of important files? Use a checksum, or a hash function? And which?
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?
First release version, for El Capitan to Catalina. And completely free of course.
Other major changes include detailed reporting, and user control over the size of buffer used, bringing big performance improvements.
How can you tell whether the file you see in storage today is the same as it was a year ago when you last opened it?
Over time, stored data gets gradually corrupted. But over what period – months, years or centuries? And at what rate?
Time Machine supported Time Capsules, which generated revenue which was lost nearly 2 years ago. How could Apple replace it and fund further Time Machine development?
Now is a good time to re-evaluate which version of macOS your Macs are running. In the next […]
The plan was simple: replace my 8 year-old Promise Pegasus RAID system with a shiny new SSD RAID system, for Time Machine backups. What could go wrong?
The Eclectic Light Company 