Weekly Utilities Update: Tidy Up!, CleanMyMac, A Better Finder Rename X, more...
<p><b>Staff Pick: Checksum</b></p> <p>We recently wrote a small <a href="http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20090706160236565">article</a> on how to run a checksum routine on files as an extra verification against file corruption or incorrect fi
Staff Pick: Checksum
We recently wrote a small article on how to run a checksum routine on files as an extra verification against file corruption or incorrect file download. The way to check this is to run a simple "openssl" terminal command for a specific message digest routine (SHA1, MD5, etc). For people who need to run checksums on either multiple files or very frequently, "Checksum" is a perfect utility for this.
Built as a cocoa wrapper to the built-in "openssl" command, it provides you with a drag-and-drop interface that will output the various checksums available for the given file.
The latest version (v1.5) has just been released and is available from the developer's site: http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/#checksum
- CleanMyMac 1.5.1 - Clean up your Mac & free up hard drive space with a few clicks.
- Tidy Up! 2.0.3 - Locate duplicate files & tidy up your hard drive.
- Baseline 1.5 - Disk sizing tool compares your disk against previous scans.
- A Better Finder Rename X 8.23 - File, photo, MP3 batch renamer.
- A Better Finder Attributes 4.34 - Adjust: exif capture date, file dates, attributes, invisible files.
- CheckUp 2.5b2 - Check your memory and disks. Monitor the health of your Mac.
- BackupLoupe 1.5 - Browse Time Machine backups & find frequently copied items.
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