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How do I wipe a hardrive on Mac laptop to the point of no file recovery?
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1925854" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>The first line in that article you linked says:</p><p></p><p>And the instructions never mention writing 1s and 0s on the drive. I think you are thinking of "secure erase," which does do that and which is described here:</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/disk-utility/dskutl14079/mac[/URL]</p><p></p><p>But note that in step 8 of the process, it says this:</p><p></p><p>and in the footnote:</p><p></p><p>So, that is why I said what I said.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1925854, member: 396914"] The first line in that article you linked says: And the instructions never mention writing 1s and 0s on the drive. I think you are thinking of "secure erase," which does do that and which is described here: [URL unfurl="true"]https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/disk-utility/dskutl14079/mac[/URL] But note that in step 8 of the process, it says this: and in the footnote: So, that is why I said what I said. [/QUOTE]
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