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Appledoesnotlisten

macrumors 6502a
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Dec 2, 2017
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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 wiping everything out securely?
Maybe do a Factory Reset, sign up with a burner Apple ID and download 500Gb of random files so that they overwrite previosly existing data?

Thank you!
 

monokakata

macrumors 68020
May 8, 2008
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Ithaca, NY
The way I understand it, if you use File Vault to encrypt the MacBooks, and then do a clean install of a new MacOS, you're protected against anything short of NSA nerds.
 
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