On Feb 13, 2013, at 10:53 AM, [email protected] wrote: > A friend of mine is going to donate her old G4 iBook and I volunteered to get > rid of her personal stuff (User folder) on it. However, she does not have the > install CDs that came with it. It is running 10.4. > > So what would be the best way to delete her User Folder without deleting the > OS? > > Jane
Set up a new user account with the same privileges (admin, probably), log out of her user and then log in into the new user account. Go to System Preferences > Accounts and delete her user account immediately. It will take awhile if she's got a lot of music, pix, etc. Make sure to check the hard drive contents for user stuff as some folks like to stash tax returns, personal documents and the like OUTSIDE their user folder. Voila! All her user stuff is gone. If you want to be really paranoid about it, you can move the old user folder to the trash can and then do a secure delete. Jim -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
