RE: Preparing a Mac for disposal

: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Hopewell Sent: Thursday, 1 March 2018 12:03 AM To: macvisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Subject: Preparing a Mac for disposal Hi Andrew and Nickus, Many thanks for your help. I hope to sell o

Re: Preparing a Mac for disposal

Hello, When you go to re-format your hard disk drive, you should be able to find an option to “safely erase” it. This is assuming you have a hard disk and not an SSD. The save erase function does not just mark all sectors as being empty, but also makes several write passes over each sector of

Preparing a Mac for disposal

Hi Andrew and Nickus, Many thanks for your help. I hope to sell or give away the old Mac but if no one wants it I will have it recycled. I am a bit paranoid about security and so want to be sure that all my private data is really gone before moving the Mac on. So can I use the disk utility

Re: Preparing a Mac for disposal

Hi Paul Do you plan to give this Mac to someone else or do you plan to have it destroyed and recycled? If you plan to have it destroyed and recycled, then simply format the hard drive using disc utility, remember to choose the highest security option so. that it formats the hard drive and

Re: Preparing a Mac for disposal

Hi Paul, Didn’t you receive my response yesterday regarding your challenge? Do you live in the UK? If yes, I could give you a ring to help a little. Andrew > On Feb 26, 2018, at 6:52 PM, Paul Hopewell wrote: > > Hello, > I am preparing a 2008 iMac for disposal. It

Preparing a Mac for disposal

Hello, I am preparing a 2008 iMac for disposal. It is running Mac OS 10.11.6. It has a. 319 GB hard disk. I need to reformat that disk to get rid of all private data and then re-install Mac OS. I have to use wifi to connect the iMac to the internet. I found the Apple info on this rather