Best way to recycle a 2003 emac
Hello! Apple recycled a Performa 560 and blue iMac for me. But it’s a shame to see working obsolete tech go to waste. This is especially true because these machines can open old file formats that are difficult to open, like .cwk files. I tried to see if there was a tv or movie studio who might want a working 2003 eMac, but I came up empty handed. I also looked, but found no recent outreach from anyone who needed cwk files opened, which I thought might be a good use for it! I converted all mine to PDF and burned them to a CD to save them since the browser was unable to respond to requests to attach files to emails. (In fact, I can’t get into gmail at all on this machine, although yahoo mail works.) I have been enjoying my DVDs on this machine. The picture and sound are superior to my Macbook. But **** this 50lb computer is a lot to lug around! It’s been through 13 moves with me.
1) Any suggestions on where this eMac should go, or should it go off to Apple for recycling?
2) How do I wipe it? Do I need the original startup discs to do that? I want to make sure all my data is wiped before it gets recycled.
Thanks!
