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  1. M

    Secure Erasing Intel Macs that DON'T have FileVault on

    I'm not able to find anything saying if this will work or not. I have a bunch of Intel iMacs to erase company data off of then get rid of. They were setup before I got here, and they were setup without FileVault. If I turn FileVault ON, let it encrypt then forget the password and reinstall...
    • Monologue0283
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    • filevault filevault disabled recovery mode secure erase
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    • Forum: macOS
  2. jannikmeissner

    Secure Erase option in Big Sur Recovery Mode?

    I searched and found nothing (maybe I didn't search well enough) - is the secure erase option still there? I can't find it. After a recent M1 Upgrade I was planning to sell my old MacBook Pro and wanted to secure erase for this purpose.... But the option seems to be no longer inside of Disk...
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