[Discuss] [OT] [Mac related] Wiping an old Mac

[Chris O'Connell]

Sorry guys, I meant OSX, not iOS... Ooops.


On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> wrote:

> On 11/02/2011 09:56 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
> >> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org [mailto:discuss-
> >> bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org] On Behalf Of Jerry Feldman
> >>
> >> One of the ladies in the office has an old Mac G3 Macbook that she wants
> >> to donate. But I always prefer that people wipe their drives first. For
> >> PC stuff, I use the Ultimate Boot CD. I was just wondering if there are
> >> any OpenSource or freeware standalone wipe CDs et. al.
> > The OSX installation disc.  At the first screen, when most people would
> > click "Next," you can instead go to the File menu, Disk Utility, and
> Erase
> > Disk.  (With option for secure erase.)
> >
> > 'Course, ability to do that is dependent on the ability to find the
> > installation disk.
> >
> > Another option:  during power on, hold the "T" key.  The mac will enter
> > "target disk mode," so you connect a firewire cable to any other
> computer,
> > the mac has become a dumb external disk enclosure.  So you're able to use
> > any other computer with a firewire port to erase your mac.
> >
> >
> This is not an OSX Mac
>
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