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is "erase free space" the same as "erase" when trying to erase all data from Mac HD?

is "erase free space" the same as "erase" when trying to erase all data from Mac HD?

iMac, macOS 10.13

Posted on Feb 11, 2021 1:30 PM

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Posted on Feb 11, 2021 1:41 PM

No. Erase Free Space does not erase any data. It just makes it impossible to recover data that has already been erased,

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is "erase free space" the same as "erase" when trying to erase all data from Mac HD?

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