How to Identify Corrupted Files?

Over time, a defective cable has led to me accidentally "unplugging" my external ssd without ejecting. As a result, a lot of my files have been corrupted, but I have no way of identifying which ones. I can replace the corrupted files without much issue, but the sum total of all of my files is so large that I can't replace them all, as I have to do it manually. So how do I identify which files are corrupted? Is there some app or script I can run to identify them? Most of the files are video and audio and if I open a corrupted file, I have to reset my laptop to get out of the freeze, so it would take far too long to go through them manually.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Jun 16, 2020 9:53 AM

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