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delete personal info without reformatting the drive? can it be done?
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<blockquote data-quote="IWT" data-source="post: 1751935" data-attributes="member: 83420"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>Obviously you have your own reasons for doing things this way, but I think it is possible.</p><p></p><p>If you create another User on your Mac and give it Admin status, you can log in via that User and - I think - delete the the original user account, thereby retaining the OS and apps, but removing all the data associated with the original account ----- I've just realised that you included a link to the video. I hadn't appreciated that before. My error.</p><p></p><p>Well, rather than scrub all I've written, there it is. Same as video says, huh!</p><p></p><p>Of course you are correct up to a point - the original data could be recovered by the FBI or CIA or similar. But short of physically destroying the HDD, that possibility, however remote, still exists. Even after a reformat/reinstall.</p><p></p><p>But, in real life, the account is gone and access to the data with it. Your choice, your "paranoia" (no offence - everybody's different).</p><p></p><p>Ian</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IWT, post: 1751935, member: 83420"] Hi, Obviously you have your own reasons for doing things this way, but I think it is possible. If you create another User on your Mac and give it Admin status, you can log in via that User and - I think - delete the the original user account, thereby retaining the OS and apps, but removing all the data associated with the original account ----- I've just realised that you included a link to the video. I hadn't appreciated that before. My error. Well, rather than scrub all I've written, there it is. Same as video says, huh! Of course you are correct up to a point - the original data could be recovered by the FBI or CIA or similar. But short of physically destroying the HDD, that possibility, however remote, still exists. Even after a reformat/reinstall. But, in real life, the account is gone and access to the data with it. Your choice, your "paranoia" (no offence - everybody's different). Ian [/QUOTE]
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