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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Desktop Hardware
is it normal for my computer to slow down this much?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kokopelli" data-source="post: 102202"><p>The problem with secure delete is that is overwrites the space. This is a whole lot of reads and writes when you are talking that much space. </p><p></p><p>Secure delete is great if you are removing financial information or things of that nature. That way if your computer gets stolen or sold it would not be recoverable. So I would use secure delete when you delete personal information that is sensitive in nature, but not all the time. You could leave it on and wipe everything with secure delete, but I would argue that it is not necessary, takes longer, and is harder on your drive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kokopelli, post: 102202"] The problem with secure delete is that is overwrites the space. This is a whole lot of reads and writes when you are talking that much space. Secure delete is great if you are removing financial information or things of that nature. That way if your computer gets stolen or sold it would not be recoverable. So I would use secure delete when you delete personal information that is sensitive in nature, but not all the time. You could leave it on and wipe everything with secure delete, but I would argue that it is not necessary, takes longer, and is harder on your drive. [/QUOTE]
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