I am preparing to send in my iMac to be recycled. Instructions said to backup personal files (which I have done) and wipe data before shipping. How do I "wipe data?"
If you are very concerned about the data, you may want to do a more thorough erase. See section 8 in:
Erase a volume using Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support
One pass, or moving the slider one position to the right, is enough.
If you are very concerned about the data, you may want to do a more thorough erase. See section 8 in:
Erase a volume using Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support
One pass, or moving the slider one position to the right, is enough.
The most simple method is to restart in the Recovery Partition (Command + R on startup) and then open Disk Liabilities and format the internal drive. This will wipe the HD clean. If you have a bootable clone backup EHD, you can also boot from the clone and open Disk Utilities - Format and format the internal HD on the computer.
Instructions for formatting the drive can be found in many places, for example this Youtube video:
I suggest that you try the first two steps in the following article:
I am preparing to send in my iMac to be recycled. Instructions said to backup personal files (which I have done) and wipe data before shipping. How do I "wipe data?"
