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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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