Hash For Mac

Checksums are long strings of tangled numbers and letters that can be easily considered as the fingerprints of certain files. Checksums are very useful for ensuring the integrity of files that need to be moved between storage devices, regardless of their nature.

The checksum is generated with the help of hash functions and is popularly found on the same page with the download. In order to be sure that your downloaded files haven’t been tempered with, one of the first steps towards that direction is to use a hash calculator app.

One such app of this sort is Hash, a small and efficient macOS application that helps you determine the checksum validity for your downloaded files.

Getting to grips with this lightweight application is one of the most easy things you will do on your Mac as, in order to calculate the checksum of a file, you only have to drag and drop the file in question from the Finder onto Hash’s interface.

Once this is done, Hash will swiftly calculate and display the  checksum using a large array of supported hash algorithms, namely Adler32, CRC16, CRC32, DSS1, MD4, MD5, MDC2, RMD160, SHA, SHA1, and SHA256.

Worth mentioning is the fact that Hash, with the help of its Algorithms menu, enables you to designate which specific algorithms you want to use for checking your file’s integrity.

In order to compare the result, you must add the file’s original hash in the bottom “Compare” field. As expected, If the hash differs from the original one the result will be displayed with red, otherwise it will be displayed using the green color.

Taking the above into consideration, Hash is a worth considering software solution if you want to be sure that no one has tempered with the files you downloaded and that their integrity hasn't been compromised.