MacBook :: Completely Erase Personal Data
Oct 27, 2010I am selling my MacBook, is there a way to completely erase it of my personal data if I don't have the original disks?
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PowerPC :: How To Erase Personal Data On IMac G5
Nov 2, 2009I'm in the process of selling my iMac G5 (I'm getting a new iMac). I've got all my personal data backed up onto an external hard drive. The question I have is regarding my G5 - what's the best way of deleting all my personal data on it? Should I reinstall Tiger using the CD that came with the system and do a complete "Erase and Install", or is there a simpler way?
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Jan 16, 2009I'm selling my Macbook in the morning and was wondering how do I clear all my personal information and my iTunes account before he picks it up.I'm hopeing some one won't say use the install discs ?
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Jul 5, 2009I am selling my Macbook Pro and need to wipe all my personal data off of it. I gave the guy buying it the option of me cleaning it out and leaving the applications and essentials on it or just putting in my install disk and wiping it all together. I was wondering if there was a simple way to ensure that my data is off of it (I've done tax returns on it, personal photos, etc...) without clearing data he is just going to have to put right back on it (Firefox, Photoshop, etc...)I thought I could create a new admin account and delete my user account but I just want to be sure that is enough and I couldn't find a solid answer searching the forums. This is the first time I've had to create a new post and haven't just found it by searching, I know how much we all hate repetitive threads.
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Oct 9, 2009I seemed to have had a keylogger or virus on my MAC. I had to reformat it. I used google, I am relatively new to MACs, and the method I used was inserting the disk 1 while holding down the option key. It is reformatting as I type this. My question, does it completely erase everything? I know with PCs, a simple reformat like this does not always remove all the problems.
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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.
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May 10, 2008I've searched the forums, but nothing seems to answer my question specifically. I'm giving my computer to my mother and I wanted to permanently wipe all my data/documents for two reasons: 1. To allow her the maximum amount of space and 2. To clear up any embarrassing emails... etc. which I know I have.So,I diligently went in and erased all my mail from "Mail".I went into Users/MyName/Library -etc and found anything mail related and deleted that (as far as I could tell I was erasing all my folders, in box, out box, downloaded files etc.) I also hit "empty trash" after I deleted stuff. However, when I did a search using "spotlight" it was showing up old emails I thought I had permanently deleted. Eek! I found this by accident when I was teaching my mother about "spotlight". My mother's not computer savvy enough to even remember how to use spotlight... but nevertheless I don't want my stuff on there. Other than doing a clean swipe of my hard drive and reinstalling the operating system. (i had OS X 10.3.9) and a friend updated me to OS X 10.4 - yes for free... naughty me... I don't feel guilty coz I did buy a whole new computer coz my 3 1/2 year old couldn't do what I wanted anymore - ie burn dvds, video record, wifi, more than 40GB HD... so they made a lot of money out of me! Anyway. I also don't really want to wipe the applications just in case something happens to my new computer. I'd like to be able to use the old one as a back up.....
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Jan 7, 2010Every time I try to erase music from my USB Key or Phone.
You can see that the music or files have been erased, but it doesnt free up and space. When you pop the USB Key into the stereo or play music on the phone, all the files are there.
I have to go through the Disk Utility option to erase stuff, but this erases everything. When you erase on the PC, everything is fine.
MacBook Pro :: How To Erase All Data
Mar 28, 2012How can I erase all data from a MacBook Pro?
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MacBook :: Swap The Data (completely) Between Two?
Apr 9, 2012I am trying to swap my computer with my mums as hers is newer and has more memory; and I have run out! Is it possible to do this without losing everything?
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Applications :: Protection Programs - Privacy And Personal Data
Nov 27, 2010I got my first Mac yesterday after years of crappy Window PCs....the lower end 15 Mac Pro. I had to get Office to make it compatible with PCs otherwise I would have got iWork. I also use Firefox as my web browser. and i know i dont need antivirus but i would like some type of protection. so my question is: what free programs would protect you against privacy and personal issues such as data or spyware? And against Microsoft Office viruses that it brings in? And I know people don't like Java and you should block it?
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Jun 13, 2012I want a brand new OSX installatetion. What is the best way to completely erase my SSD (to make it brand new) and reinstall MAC OSX (i can use internet WPA secure Wi-Fi to reinstall MACOSX Lion). On macbook air late 2011.
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MacBook Air :: How To Erase All Data And Reinstall Maverick
Aug 30, 2014How do I erase all data and reinstall Maverick?
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MacBook Pro :: Wipe / Erase All Data Except Operating System
Jul 27, 2010From my PowerBook g4. Looking to give it away and want to erase all data except operating system.
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Dec 7, 2014How do I recover the data after erase the Macintosh HD disk and also reinstall the system?My laptop could not be turned on last Wednesday, but I needed to finish up my assignment and submit on Saturday.I searched online a way to keep my data but the laptop could be fix up.
Under disk utility, I erased the Mac OS Extended (Journaled), then reinstalled the system.It's said that in this way my data will be all kept, but when I finally got my laptop turned on.All my data was gone including my files, applications, and so on.
Hardware Overview:  Model Name: MacBook Air Model Identifier: MacBookAir4,1 Processor Name: Intel Core i5 Processor Speed: 1.6 GHz Number of Processors: 1 Total Number of Cores: 2 L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB L3 Cache: 3 MB Memory: 2 GB Boot ROM Version: MBA41.0077.B11 SMC Version (system): 1.74f4
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Applications :: Transfer Personal Data From Home User To New User On Same MacBook?
Sep 3, 2009I have tried very hard to find the answer to my transferring question, but nowhere do I find my answer nor does Apple offer free help or even help by email.
So here is my issue. I want to transfer all my personal data from my HOME user account on my MacBook to a NEW user account on the SAME MacBook. The reason is that my Microsoft Office has a certain issue that is only solvable by starting up in a new user. So now I want to transfer all the personality, data, files, and all that from my home user to the new user on the same computer. After that, I want to delete the old Home user and make the new user the default home user account.
MacBook Air :: How To Erase Data To Make Space Available To Reinstall Mac OS X Lion
Mar 13, 2012My MB Air is not booting (I get the ever gray Apple logo screen with the spinning wheel, and nothing happens) Following instructions I found online, I tried the disk utility repair disk and permissions and, apparently, there's nothing wrong. Still, the system won't boot!Â
I'm now trying to reinstall Mac OS X Lion, but the system requires about 0.5 GB of additional free disk space to install!Â
Is there anyway I can access the OS terminal screen (command line interface), so I may delete a few files, creating additional disk space?Â
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.3), OS reinstall
MacBook :: Erase Old Data And Start Anew Without Original Startup Disks?
Jun 25, 2012I was given this macbook by my boyfriend and wanted to erase all his data and stuff. I have the mac boxed set for snow leopard for this macbook but I am not sure where to begin, how to start from scratch.
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OS X :: How To Secure Erase Data On TC
Aug 5, 2010How do I do a secure erase (zero out data) on a Time Capsule?
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Feb 14, 2012I would like to pass on my mac mini 2006 to a friend, and need direction in how to remove my data, in other words, take it back to "fresh out of the box" condition.
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OS X :: Will Resizing Partitions Erase Data
Sep 19, 2009I have a 700 GB external HD with a 349 GB MacOSX Extended (Journaled) partition, and a 349 GB FAT32 Partition.
I need to shrink the FAT32 partition to make room for another smallish HFS+ partition so that I can back up my virtual machine (around 30 GB). My question is whether resizing the FAT32 partition in Disk Utility will harm the data in either of my existing partitions. I understand Leopard to have an on-the-fly partitioning ability, but I wasn't sure whether this applied only to certain file systems.
I am running OSX 10.5.8.
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)
OS X :: Zeroing Out Disk - Erase Disk Isn't Supposed To Be Completely Empty?
Aug 7, 2010I bought a used mac and when I erase the disk, afterwards it still shows 2 files and 2 folders on the disk taking up 40+mb of space. What is that? When you erase the disk isn't it supposed to be completely empty?
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Jun 4, 2010I have a mac I want to sell. How can I be sure that all of my private data is completely erased? Does a fresh install (complete) of OS X work?
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Sep 14, 2009I screwed up and used the snow leopard instead of using the ms os install disc when trying to erase my personal data to sell my macbook. then after 2 hours realized I used the incorrect disc I stopped it. Know I have a messed up drive a white screen and I have no idea what to do. macbook mid 2007 320 7200rpm hard drive. 2 gb ram
View 2 Replies View RelatedEMac :: How To Erase All Data Without Original Install CD
Mar 26, 2012I need deleting my personal info from my EMac but I've lost my original install cd. What are the steps to deleting this info without the cd, or how do I get a copy of the install cd? OBS, eMac (USB 2.0)
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OS X :: How To Erase Data From Hard Drive? - Dish Network HD DVR
Apr 4, 2010Very new wth mac. Got my first power mac G5 running OS x 10.5.8. I want to add second hard drive. I took the 320GB hard drive out of my Dish Network HD DVR receiver. Tried to erase the data from the drive by using Disk Utility and did not go through. It detect the drive but show 0 byte. Does anyone know what can I do?
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Mar 6, 2012I left my ipad on a plane. And then scheduled an automatic data erase once it was turned on. But because I did that now i can't locate it but the data erase email I got states it was initiated on3/3/12- 2 weeks after I lost it. the history on location only lasts for 24 hours- now how do I locate it
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Windows On Mac :: Slows Down And Completely Stops - Data Error (Cyclic Redundancy Check)?
Feb 8, 2009So after some hard work I finally got windows installed on my mac. I did so because I needed to run a program called 20-20 design for work. About halfway through the install i got this: Error: Data Error (Cyclic Redundancy Check) Right before this happens the disc kind of slows down and then completely stops. I googled this error and it says more than likely its a bad cd or dvd? Could this be an issue with my new partitioned hard drive?
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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'.
