MD5 Editor's Review

MD5 is a simple utility that allows you to create and compare MD5 checksums.

This tool is a very simple interface for the Mac OS X's MD5 command line functionality that has been built-in. Instead of typing complicate commands, you can do the same job very easily from a graphical user interface.

This interface is very simple and it is split. The first half is dedicated to the md5 files and the other half is dedicated for single files.

Depending on the working mode, you can do certain operations with the checksums. For example when working with single files you can get the checksum from a file, you can compare the file with the checksum, or you can compare couple of files.

The MD5 files area has several kinds of functionalities such as the creation engine and the opening engine. The creation engine is used for creation of new MD5 files. The opening engine is used to compare the file with the checksum from a previously created MD5 file.

Pluses: it as a simple and easy to understand user interface, it is intuitive as well as learning how to use this application takes no time.

Drawbacks / flaws: you can't resize the main window. This might be disturbing if you would like to display all the available information without using a scrollbar.

In conclusion: is a simple tool that provides you a graphical interface for the built in MD5 functionality.

version reviewed: 2.0