Did you know that Apple, maker of the iPhone, also makes computers? It is true! You might even own one yourself! This tip is for those of you looking to sell your Mac to get an iPhone (or if you're selling it for any other reason in fact). Our friends at Small Dog Electronics have posted some tips on securely erasing your Mac's hard drive BEFORE you sell it to some random dude.Sure, you can just nuke and pave (aka reinstall OS X), but if you're using OS X 10.4 the Disk Utility can make sure none of your data will be readable from that drive (or least not without extreme effort). Head on over to Barkings and check it out.
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6-29-2007 @ 4:06PM
Fred said...
Very Hodgmanian opening line.
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6-29-2007 @ 4:08PM
Fred said...
or Hodgmanesque if you prefer.
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6-29-2007 @ 4:20PM
Scott McNulty said...
Thanks! I'm a fan of his work. :)
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6-29-2007 @ 4:35PM
E. said...
I just ran a 7-pass erase on my old Powerbook last night as a prelude to selling it on Craigslist. It took about 4-5 hours on an 80 gig drive.
Definitely a must-do for anyone getting rid of an old hard drive if it's still in working order.
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6-29-2007 @ 5:18PM
Billy K said...
I just sold my G5 20" iMac two weeks ago. I did not take into account how long it would take to zero-out the hard drive. 250GB took me almost 5 hours. I wanted to 7-pass it, but I was up til 3am as it was.
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