First, delete your user files: I recommend that you create a new, admin user, log in as that user, and then delete your previous user(s) completely using the Accounts preference panel. (Choose to 'Delete immediately', not save as an image). Also uninstall any applications that you aren't passing on the disks or licences for.
Then, using Disk Utility, click on your HD on the left side, click the Erase tab, and use Erase Free Space to write over the now-empty space on your drive. One pass of zeros is usually quite sufficient (unless you have military secrets).
Matt
Also uninstall any applications that you aren't passing on the disks or licences for. Then, using Disk Utility, click on your HD on the left side, click the Erase tab, and use Erase Free Space to write over the now-empty space on your drive. One pass of zeros is usually quite sufficient (unless you have military secrets).
Sep 20, 2010 11:51 AM
Wipe Mac Hard Drive Clean Install Tool
Also uninstall any applications that you aren't passing on the disks or licences for. Then, using Disk Utility, click on your HD on the left side, click the Erase tab, and use Erase Free Space to write over the now-empty space on your drive. One pass of zeros is usually quite sufficient (unless you have military secrets). Wipe Your Drive in Windows 8.1. In Windows 8.1, go to Settings Change PC Settings Update and recovery Recovery.Click the Get Started button under the section heading Remove everything. Mac studio fix c7. May 29, 2018 DRIVE should be changed to the name of your hard drive. To run a 7-pass erase of your SSD drive in 'JohnB-Macbook', you would enter the following: diskutil secureErase freespace 2 /Volumes/JohnB-Macbook. And remember, if you used a space in the name of your Mac's hard drive, you need to insert a leading backslash before the space.
