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

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

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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