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In addition to allowing us to establish any changes to a file that have occurred over time, fixity is also useful when we are migrating files between different storage media, units, or digital depositories. It is highly advisable to apply a fixity check after each such file transfer to establish any changes that might have occurred in the course of the file '''[[Maintenance: Preservation, Development and Migrations#Active maintenance: Migration|migration]]'''.

In addition to allowing us to establish any changes to a file that have occurred over time, fixity is also useful when we are migrating files between different storage media, units, or digital depositories. It is highly advisable to apply a fixity check after each such file transfer to establish any changes that might have occurred in the course of the file migration.