MacBook :: How To Remove Private Data And Passwords
Jul 2, 2014I am selling my 2011 Mac Book and want to remove all identifying data and passwords
View 1 RepliesI am selling my 2011 Mac Book and want to remove all identifying data and passwords
View 1 RepliesI need to return company Macbook Air and I want to be sure all my private data are permanently deleted and unrecoverable. I know it is not enough to simply delete them, so please, can someone suggest a more secure way? Should I format my Air and if so, how can I do it?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI've been a PC user for 20 years, but thinking of switching to an Imac. My main concern before plunging in is with regards to data protection - particularly if I have to send the Imac in for repair. On my PC, I can control what part I want to replace, and I never send a harddrive in for repair. I'm paranoid about data privacy.
But if I buy an Imac, removing the harddrive violates the warranty. And if my Imac refuses to bootup, I can't wipe the drive before sending in for repair. Will the apple repair center be willing to remove the harddrive and return it to me before starting repair?
I 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?
View 5 Replies View RelatedFirstly i am running chrome.
When i go to some websites (which i have the password stored in keychain) it auto fills in username and passwords, but i have to click ok (seems pointless).
Other sites (such as facebook) when i load them they already have been logged in.
How to I get it to do this for all websites.
I'm able to look at all my keychains, except Private Encrypted Data. Any ideas why? I've used my Mac password on every keychain, but this one I just can't open.
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View 1 Replies View RelatedI tried searching the boards already but I didn't get a clear answer I was looking for.
So I have an external harddrive with data already on (it takes up only 40% of the harddrive). Now, I want to partition the harddrive and use the new partition for a Time Machine backup of my Mac.
Now, here's the question; would I be able to delete the Time Machine partition in the future and still leave the external harddrive's data (the original 40% of data I had in the first partition?
An older iBook of mine had several problems and ended up being toasted. I have the hard drive from it, and now have a new Mac. Is there anyway I can the data off of that HD? ISn't there something you plug it into to turn it into an external HD?
View 2 Replies View Relatedjust simply can anyone tell me how to remove this data from imail when viewing my emails
I want to resell my iMac, so how do I remove the personal information off, as well as things I've installed
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iMac
just eagerly downloaded the update which supposedly fixed the problem with the "remove website data" from the Safari privacy pane, the one that doesn't work, right, well, it's just the same as it ever was, cookies popping up all over the place, even after deletion. Again, I do not wish to trawl my computer looking for plists or prefs to delete, I just want the "remove all website data" button to work. Any others still experiencing this or is it just me? Has anyone found an answer to this yet?Â
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
how do you remove back up data from the memory storage? my storage data states that i have over 80gb of data used for back ups and i dont know why as i use a external hard drive as a time machine .now my 250gb flash storage is nearly full..
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MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
How do i remove my credit card data from Apple Store? It is very important that I do NOT use it, due to bank security mesures.Â
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MacBook Air
I forgot the password when i encrypt my external hard disk .
Is there any method i can do to remove my password without lose the data .
My website host says spam is being sent out from my computer over my private email account and I should scan my computer for virus or malware. Which app should I use? I checked my Macbook Air, iPad and iPhone and none show any emails being sent other than the few I have sent. Website host says they are coming from my computer and going through his server.Â
View 1 Replies View RelatedI did a terrible mistake by deleting the whole of /private file using daisy-disk. The file probably would not have been in the trash as they had warn me beforehand, saying that it will be deleted forever. Can anyone tell me how I can solve thi s problem without losing my data, as I have tons of important files inside?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
How do I delete the option for private browsing completely from my MacPro
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MacBook Pro, iOS 5.1
For some reason this is now visible in my hard drive's root. How do I hide it again? I don't wanna go near that thing!
View 7 Replies View RelatedI have an encrypted McAfee USB that I use at work on a windows computer. I need to be able to access it at home on my MacBook Pro. It allows me to login to the USB but the partition never come up.
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MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
II cannot log into my mac. I have two profiles. The first is my main one and the second is a "home" acct for the kids for browsing.  However neither password is working for either profile and even my master password is not working. I am literally locked out of my Mac.
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011)
Where do I locate the various passwords for accounts on the MacPro?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have allowed my macbook to generate several passwords, how do I find what the passwords are?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)
i just got a new macbook pro 13" laptop and am trying to transfer my itunes music as well as some data i have compiled into a single folder from my (2005) Powerbook G4 12" laptop. Please help me out with this i have no idea how to do this and the Apple Store said they will do it for $100 and i just poured every penny i own into this computer and cannot sell me old computer to pay bills until i transfer this data.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI'm having a problem with autofill not completing passwords. Usernames / IDs are being completed on websites but associated passwordsa are not being autofilled. I have tried to delete them from Safari/Preferences/Autofill/Usernames and Passords but I cannot delete a single entry or even the entire list! I have even tried deleting the site info: UserID and password from Keychain Access and then re-entering them manually but this does not seem to rectify the problem. Every time I open a website with a log in required, the username / ID is autofilled, but the password is now not. (It all worked previously) When I input the password, a dropdown window asks if I wish to have it remembered and I say yes, but it is not. Â
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MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I am looking for an app/software to store all my passwords
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iPod shuffle
I had recently installed a new software from 10.5.4 to 10.6.8.... when i went to pick up my laptop, they show me that was installed, the girl that show me, she asked if I remember the login password, I sayd no, I have this machine from 4 years and with my old system I never had to use the login password and the keychain as well, so I forgot both of them.I can't change what i want on the system preferences because it's all loked I can't delete things and when I use safari it's asking me the keychain password every 2 minutes.
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clearing history removes passwords
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MacBook Pro, iOS 8
I have lost all my data from my harts drive. The laptop is under warranty. I have been told that they have replaced my hard drive but could not get any data off the old one. I have now lost all my data, photos, files, music etc. NO backups, only simply because i did not know how to do them. Is there any way of getting the files back? All my work spreadsheets and accounts were also lost.
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
When I fill in username and password into a website I am not being asked if I want to save the password.
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.3)