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Leslie

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 12:19 am
Post subject: Question: How do I go about erasing free space on a Mac?
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Hi. I got a new Mac for my birthday and my parents are making me give
my old one to my younger sister. I don't want the letters and photos
that I trashed resurrected by her. Thank you.
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 9:54 am
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On 5/17/08 2:19 AM, in article 170520080019233514%Leslie@UW.edu, "Leslie"
<Leslie DeleteThis @UW.edu> wrote:

> Hi. I got a new Mac for my birthday and my parents are making me give
> my old one to my younger sister. I don't want the letters and photos
> that I trashed resurrected by her. Thank you.


To answer your question, your best bet is to format the hard drive and
reinstall everything.

Practically speaking however, she would have a little trouble recovering
those files without special software.
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 1:43 pm
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Leslie <Leslie.RemoveThis@UW.edu> wrote:

> Hi. I got a new Mac for my birthday and my parents are making
> me give my old one to my younger sister. I don't want the
> letters and photos that I trashed resurrected by her.


Disk Utility> Volume> Erase> Erase Free Space

should do the trick. Your options there are:

Zero out erase

7-pass erase

35-pass erase

Just what kind of letters and photos WERE they? ;^)
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Leslie

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 12:33 am
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In article <whewitt-E0F09B.13435117052008.TakeThisOut@news-server.orange.rr.com>,
Barbarossa <whewitt.TakeThisOut@ucsd.edu> wrote:

> Leslie <Leslie.TakeThisOut@UW.edu> wrote:
>
> > Hi. I got a new Mac for my birthday and my parents are making
> > me give my old one to my younger sister. I don't want the
> > letters and photos that I trashed resurrected by her.
>
>
> Disk Utility> Volume> Erase> Erase Free Space
>
> should do the trick. Your options there are:
>
> Zero out erase
>
> 7-pass erase
>
> 35-pass erase
>
> Just what kind of letters and photos WERE they? ;^)


Thank you Barbie,
The letters included my most pious and saintly correspondence with
friends of the Pope, and photos taken at my most favorite places to go
fishing.
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