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Re: Sierra Upgrade Questions

Subject Re: Sierra Upgrade Questions
Date 2017-02-19 13:17 -0800
From Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Message-ID <190220171317498668%otto@bogus.address.com> (permalink)
References <190220171138059200%otto@bogus.address.com> <190220171510268225%nospam@nospam.invalid>

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In article <190220171510268225%nospam@nospam.invalid>, nospam
<nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

> In article <190220171138059200%otto@bogus.address.com>, Otto Pylot
> <otto@bogus.address.com> wrote:
> 
> > Emptying trash. There used to be an option for Secure Erase when
> > emptying the trash. Now it's just delete and gone. Is Secure Erase now
> > incorporated into emptying the trash?
> 
> secure erase is not needed with ssds, and in fact, is a very bad idea,
> so it's gone. every erase on an ssd is secure.
> 
> > Disk Utility. Verify/Repair disk permissions is gone. Or is it now part
> > of FirstAid? Was it even necessary?
> 
> repair permissions hasn't been needed in years, so it too is gone.

Thank you both. Very helpful.

-- 
Deja Moo: I've seen this bullshit before.

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      Re: Sierra Upgrade Questions nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-20 16:02 -0500
        Re: Sierra Upgrade Questions Fred Moore <fmoore@gfcn.huh> - 2017-02-21 16:33 -0500
          Re: Sierra Upgrade Questions nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-21 17:04 -0500
          Re: Sierra Upgrade Questions Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-22 00:05 +0000
  Re: Sierra Upgrade Questions nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-19 15:10 -0500
    Re: Sierra Upgrade Questions Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2017-02-19 13:17 -0800

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