Intel Mac :: How To Erase All Information
Mar 26, 2012I have to erase all my files and personal information because I give my iMac to a friend and I don't know how to do it
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iMac
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Software :: Wipe Internal Hard Disk - Erase All Information?
Oct 26, 2008I'm wanting to sell my old Mac mini, but I need to know how to erase any and all private information that I don't want any possible buyers to have access to. How do I go about this?
View 6 Replies View RelatedOS X V10.7 Lion :: "Secure Erase Free Space Failed With The Error: Some Information Was Unavailable During An Internal Lookup"
Mar 25, 2012Out of the blue tonight, my Mac Mini running OS X Lion will no longer secure erase my empty space. Whenever I try to do so, I get the following error:Â "Secure Erase Free Space failed with the error:Â Some information was unavailable during an internal lookup"Â I've rebooted to no avail. I also did a complete shut down and boot up, but the error persists.
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Mac mini (Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
OS X :: How Can Be Achieved Disck Utility Erase, But Only Erase Free Space Was Highlighted
Jul 27, 2009I bought an imac 2 years ago, and updated it to leopard when that was released.
I no longer have the discs i used for Leopard, only the original mac os x 10.4 discs.I am very soon going to be selling this machine and need to wipe everything so that all is left if the operating system in the form you would expect as if you had just bought a new mac.How can this be achieved, i tried disck utility> erase, but only erase free space was 'highlighted'.
IMac (Intel) :: How To Clear All Information
Jun 29, 2014How do I clear all information from my iMac?
View 1 Replies View RelatedIntel Mac :: Best Way To Erase It For Resale?
Jun 25, 2012Getting a new iMac and sold my old one and need to know the best way to erase the old one. I still have the original installation disks.
Info:iMac, iOS 5.1.1
Intel Mac :: Cannot Get Past Registration Information Screen?
Mar 9, 2012I just bought a new iMac and I am trying to set it up. I first tried to migrate my information from my macbook to my imac and it was taking too long. Estimated time was 46-hours. So, I quit that and continued on with the set up. I am at the registration information screen and I have filled all my information out but it won't let me continue. The continue button is stilled greyed out. How do I continue???
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iMac
Intel Mac :: Erase Data From It Before Selling It?
Apr 20, 2012I have a mid-2007 20" iMac, 250 GB hard drive, 4 GB memory, and it runs Lion.I understand I will have to reboot the computer with Snow Leopard, since Lion is non-transferrable, but do I do this after I've deauthorized iTunes and done a 35-pass wipe of the hard drive?Also, do you recommend that I add biogradable peanuts to the inside of the box (I have the original) before shipping it, or are the Apple-provided styrofoam bumpers that fit on each corner sufficient? It's going USPS to a military base overseas.
Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.4)
Intel Mac :: Cannot Reinstall Mac OS X After 7 Pass Erase
May 9, 2012I cannot understand why I am unable to reinstall my Mac OS X installation disk 1 after performing a 7 pass erase. I kept the installation disk in the computer because iMac would not allow me to eject it. Plus I needed the installation disk in my computer to perform the erase in Disk Utility. did I erase the entire installation disk?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Intel Mac :: Erase A File That Says It Cannot Be Deleted?
May 29, 2012I have a file that suddenly appeared and it says that it can not be deleted. I dragged it to the trash and the exact message is:
The item "7702D020" can't be moved to the Trash because it can't be deleted. Â Â
I tried unlocking it. It does nothing when I try to find the info. It says that it is an Excel file and I can not open it either. I am afraid that it is a "nasty" type file. Malware or something along those lines. Â
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.1)
Intel Mac :: Delete All Private Information And ITunes Accounts?
Mar 25, 2012How do you delete all private information and iTunes accounts of iMac when wanting to sell,
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
Intel Mac :: How To Transfer PC Information From External Hard Drive
Apr 2, 2012I had an external hard drive I used for my pc with things on there I wanted to move over to my IMac. When I try to use it, the IMac wants to wipe it clean. How do I transfer the information from the external hard drive to the IMac?
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iMac
MacBook Pro :: Possible To Change Information To Information
Jun 24, 2012I have my dad's old mac book pro and am wondering if it is possible to change the information to my information. For example when I emailed my wife an invitation on icalendar my dad got it as well on his email.
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Mac Pro
Intel Mac :: Erase Time Machine Backups?
Feb 11, 2012I thought I could use a 1TB External drive to back up my 320GB startup disk, and use the rest of the empty 680GB for storage. However, Time Machine started taking up 600GB of spaceon the External drive! I was like "What the heck!?" So I put unwanted Time Machine Backups in the trash and emptied it. Nothing, they're stuck there now.Â
I'm planning on wiping the disk clean and starting over, but for future reference is there a proper way to delete Time Machine Backups? Surely there must be; (I mean, who would have known Time Machine would take up MORE SPACE than the drive it's backing up in the first place?
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Mac OS X (10.6.6)
Intel Mac :: Erase Stored Email Addresses?
Feb 25, 2012How can I erase stored email addresses?
View 1 Replies View RelatedIntel Mac :: How To Completely Erase Everything And Reinstall Lion
Mar 6, 2012I have this iMac, and now I mostly use my macbook pro. So what I want to do to this one is delete everything (of course I will back up what I need) and then reinstall Lion, so first it can be faster. And second imac run bootcamp on it so I can play some PC Games.
View 1 Replies View RelatedIntel Mac :: Erase And Reload Operating System?
Apr 22, 2012I need to erase my disk and reload the operating system. How do I do that?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Intel Mac :: Erase Everything And Make Computer Brand New?
May 5, 2012how do erase everything and make my computer brand new?
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iMac (Flat Panel 2003), iOS 5.0.1
Intel Mac :: Cannot Erase Emails From Gmail Account
Jun 11, 2012Cannot erase emails from my gmail account. All other email accounts work with me first deleting then erasing but the gmail account keeps on returning despite having been through all the different processes
View 1 Replies View RelatedIntel Mac :: Erase Accidentali Safari / How To Put Back?
Jun 11, 2012I erase in accident safari and now I dont know how to put back, is not in the trash any more.
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iMac, iOS 5.0.1, whit iCloud I have a mess
Intel Mac :: Retrieve Lost Information From A Time Machine Backup?
Apr 10, 2012All our itunes songs are no longer on our hard disk thumbnails of photos there - but can't access them on main screen.I backed up a week before info ws lost using time machine backup.How do i retrieve these pics, songs etc?
Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Intel Mac :: Can Erase One Volume On Hard Drive Without Affecting The Others
Mar 23, 2012I have my external HDD partitioned for my Media storage and for Time Machine. Unfortunately, my mac is having problems and I want to back up my computer to reinstall Lion. Problem is...Time Machine is also not backing up anymore (last backup was 2 months ago). So I want to erase the Time Machine volume of my HDD so I can use SuperDuper to backup my hard drive...but of course I don't want to erase the media partion. Â So...using Disk Utility, I can just erase the Time Machine partion (volume) of the HDD and leave the Media portion intact, correct? I would hate to erase the Time Machine volume and find out the Disk Utility also erased all my music and movies too!
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
Intel Mac :: How To Erase And Restore If OS X Install Dvd Wont Load
May 15, 2012wanting to erase and just restore my iMac back to the fatory settings and i've already tried to restart and load the OS X install dvd and hold down C when it starts up but the disk reads for about 15 seconds and then ejects and my regular screen appears. can access the disk utility application and it will only let me erase free space. Original OS X version 10.6.2 on dvd installer.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.2)
Intel Mac :: Safari And Firefox - Get Browsers To Retain User/pass Information?
May 6, 2012Just bought a new iMac and I'm not completely familiar with Lion yet. I cannot figure out how to get my browsers to retain user/pass information. When I am prompted to save U/P info from a site I click yes, but when I go back to the site the sign-in info is gone.Â
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Intel Mac :: Erase My Backup Files From My External Hard Drive?
Feb 26, 2012I tried to erase my backup files from my external hard drive. Once in the trash, I cannot delete the backup.backup file.
Info:Mac OS X (10.6.7)
Intel Mac :: Unable To Complete Snow Leopard Installation After Performing HDD Erase
Mar 29, 2012I experienced what I believe was a crash so after various attempts at doing a time machine restore, I performed an erase of the HDD and have been trying to install snow leopard from a disk I bought from the Apple store. I am not sure if the disk is the whole OS X or not as it was purchased to upgrade from the OS X that was on the machine. I am hoping to do a time machine backup to get my old programmes/software back afterwards but in the meantime just cannot seem to get snow leopard on my iMac.
Info:iMac
Intel Mac :: How To Erase Time Machine Backup On Old Unused Hard Drive
May 7, 2012How I can erase my old time machine backups on my old external hard drive and re-use for something else to back up.
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iMac (21.5-inch Late 2009)
IMac (Intel) :: Startup Disk Could Not Gather Enough Information On Selected Disk
Jul 1, 2014Every time I try to restart my computer on my Hard Drive I get this message "Startup disk could not gather enough information on the selected disk". As of right now I am running my whole computer off of a 16GB flash drive that is quickly running out of memory. How do I fix my Hard Drive without losing all 150GB worth of data. I am running off of OS X 10.6.8 and have another iMac that is working fine. Â
View 2 Replies View RelatedIntel Mac :: Erase Hard Drive Mac OS X (LION) "Couldn't Unmount Disk"
Apr 15, 2012I've just transferred my data to a new computer and now need to erase the hard drive on my old one.. I've tried Disk Utility, increased the security, and tried 'erase' but I keep getting an error message "couldn't unmount disk". I've gone into Partitions and tried deleting the HD there as well but I get the same message. I just want to get the computer securely wiped and would like to keep Lion as the operating system.Â
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Macbook 2GB ram, Mac OS X (10.4.9)
Intel Mac :: Unable To "Erase" Using Disk Utility
Jun 9, 2012My Time Machine quit BU for over 10 days and then it started to BU whole computer like it was an initial BU. Previously it used 1.5TB of 2TBHD so tried to BU everything again. I wasn't able to erase HD using Disk Utility so I changed the drive to a regular HD in Time Machine preferences and deleted data to trash. Tried to Erase in Disk Utility and it says disk is unformatted and stops utility. How do I erase this HD?
Info:Mac OS X (10.7.2), Parallels, Win7, FoxFire, iPhone3GS
