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disposal of old Mac
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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1942161" data-attributes="member: 204485"><p>With a hammer<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😉" title="Winking face :wink:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" data-shortname=":wink:" /></p><p>No seriously, with a 2008 iMac apart from physically destroying the HD your only way is to use Disk Utility to erase the Macintosh HD. If this is not the Pro version then I suppose you were running El Capitan?</p><p>If so, these are Apples instructions for Intel Macs; <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/102639" target="_blank">Use Disk Utility to erase an Intel-based Mac - Apple Support</a></p><p>El Capitan removed "Secure Erase" from the menu but if you are on Yosemite this option is available for a HDD but not advised for an SSD.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1942161, member: 204485"] With a hammer😉 No seriously, with a 2008 iMac apart from physically destroying the HD your only way is to use Disk Utility to erase the Macintosh HD. If this is not the Pro version then I suppose you were running El Capitan? If so, these are Apples instructions for Intel Macs; [URL="https://support.apple.com/en-us/102639"]Use Disk Utility to erase an Intel-based Mac - Apple Support[/URL] El Capitan removed "Secure Erase" from the menu but if you are on Yosemite this option is available for a HDD but not advised for an SSD. [/QUOTE]
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