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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
How do I wipe a hardrive on Mac laptop to the point of no file recovery?
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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1925199" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>If the drive is a rotating disk hard drive, you simply choose the secure erase option in Disk Utility that erases your data and overwrites it with zeros as many times as you feel is necessary.</p><p></p><p>If your internal drive is an SSD, that approach is inappropriate, and is likely not even available in Disk Utility. The thing to do in that instance is to encrypt your hard drive to make the data on it inaccessible. </p><p></p><p>For a detailed discussion of this, see:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://tidbits.com/2022/08/15/how-to-securely-erase-a-macs-ssd-or-hard-drive/" target="_blank">https://tidbits.com/2022/08/15/how-to-securely-erase-a-macs-ssd-or-hard-drive/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1925199, member: 190607"] If the drive is a rotating disk hard drive, you simply choose the secure erase option in Disk Utility that erases your data and overwrites it with zeros as many times as you feel is necessary. If your internal drive is an SSD, that approach is inappropriate, and is likely not even available in Disk Utility. The thing to do in that instance is to encrypt your hard drive to make the data on it inaccessible. For a detailed discussion of this, see: [URL code="true"]https://tidbits.com/2022/08/15/how-to-securely-erase-a-macs-ssd-or-hard-drive/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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How do I wipe a hardrive on Mac laptop to the point of no file recovery?
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