If I wipe my MacBook, is my information still on the encrypted hard drive?
If I wipe my MacBook to sell is my information still on the encrypted hard drive
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If I wipe my MacBook to sell is my information still on the encrypted hard drive
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What to do before you sell, give away, or trade in your Mac - Apple Support
Hi McBuckNastay,
As a general rule of thumb, no. Your data will be completely inaccessible unless you made a backup first.
If your Mac has an Apple silicon chip or uses the T2 Security Chip: Your Mac uses hardware encryption, even if FileVault is disabled. If you erase your Mac, the Secure Enclave (or the T2 chip itself) will irreversibly destroy the encryption keys, making your data inaccessible forever. The actual data will also be erased from the internal SSD.
If your Mac has an Intel processor, but not the T2 Security Chip: Hardware encryption isn't available. It is strongly recommended to enable FileVault and wait for encryption to complete before you erase your Mac. This ensures that when you erase your Mac, the encryption keys are destroyed, and your data is forever inaccessible.
If I wipe my MacBook, is my information still on the encrypted hard drive?