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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1886121" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>You can MAKE it safe by securely erasing your hard drive.</p><p></p><p>There used to be a Secure Erase option in Disk Utility that would allow you to erase your hard drive with as many as 7 passes, making it impossible for any new owner to resurrect your data from a wiped hard drive. Ever since Mac OS El Capitan (10.11), that feature has been removed from Disk Utility (Apple was afraid that users might use this feature on an SSD, which would the lifespan of an SSD.) NEVER SECURELY ERASE AN SSD!</p><p></p><p>You can still do a Secure Erase using the Terminal:</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.macworld.com/article/1139688/erasefreespace.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p>or with a utility program:</p><p></p><p>BitRaser File Eraser ($30)</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.bitraser.com/bitraser-file-eraser.php[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1886121, member: 190607"] You can MAKE it safe by securely erasing your hard drive. There used to be a Secure Erase option in Disk Utility that would allow you to erase your hard drive with as many as 7 passes, making it impossible for any new owner to resurrect your data from a wiped hard drive. Ever since Mac OS El Capitan (10.11), that feature has been removed from Disk Utility (Apple was afraid that users might use this feature on an SSD, which would the lifespan of an SSD.) NEVER SECURELY ERASE AN SSD! You can still do a Secure Erase using the Terminal: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.macworld.com/article/1139688/erasefreespace.html[/URL] or with a utility program: BitRaser File Eraser ($30) [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.bitraser.com/bitraser-file-eraser.php[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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