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security & privacy

  1. Appledoesnotlisten

    Preventing Data Recovery from a Factory Reset Mac

    I am going to sell two Macbooks that are now hosting a bunch of sensitive info. i am aware that certain apps can recover deleted data, even after a factory reset, and want to prevent that from happening to my computers. What are the most reliable and yet not overly time-consuming ways of...
  2. haralds

    Preference Panel Security & Privacy crashes - cannot be opened

    On one of my system the Security & Privacy panel cannot be opened. I cannot approve extensions for Parallels or any other setting. I logged out of my iCloud account and then back in. I tried systemextensionsctl reset etc. etc. If fails for all accounts. I have reinstalled once and it did not...