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Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk

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Subject Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk
From George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com>
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On 10/15/13 5:49 PM, in article l3kgqn$f92$1@reader1.panix.com,
"billy@MIX.COM" <billy@MIX.COM> wrote:

> Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> writes:
> 
>> So I'm selling my older iMac.
>> 
>> Filevault 2 is on.
>> 
>>     So if I
>>         delete all the files
>>         Remove the account
>>         Turn off filevault2
>> 
>> Then I assume the files are practically unrecoverable (I'll destroy the
>> recovery key as well, naturally...).
> 
> If I was selling a computer with is disks, I'd zero them out
> and then reinstall the operating system, thus giving the new
> owner a clean system to mess up as she/he sees fit.  Or, this
> is what I've done when I've bought used computers...
> 
> Billy Y..

Sounds like a lot less trouble.

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Selling iMac - Securing the disk Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-15 15:50 -0400
  Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk billy@MIX.COM - 2013-10-15 22:49 +0000
    Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-10-15 18:00 -0500
    Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-16 13:34 +1300
    Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-17 17:54 -0400
      Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-10-17 18:31 -0400
        Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-17 19:57 -0400
          Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-10-18 13:03 +1300
            Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-17 20:51 -0400
          Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-17 20:53 -0400
        Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-17 20:53 -0400
          Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-10-18 00:27 -0400
            Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-18 03:09 -0400
      Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-10-18 12:30 +1300
        Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-17 20:03 -0400
        Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-17 20:53 -0400
          Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-10-18 16:01 +1300
            Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-17 23:42 -0400
      Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk Erik <spam@this.com> - 2013-10-17 17:27 -0700
        Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-17 20:50 -0400
      Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-17 20:53 -0400
  Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk Erik <spam@this.com> - 2013-10-15 18:59 -0700
    Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-10-16 15:33 +1300
      Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-10-18 13:08 -0500
        Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk Erik <spam@this.com> - 2013-10-18 12:06 -0700
          Re: Selling iMac - Securing the disk Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-19 10:17 +1300

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