C Cap41 macrumors 6502 Original poster Nov 19, 2008 311 0 Nov 9, 2010 #1 I am going to sell my iMac. I would like to delete all my personal information. I do have the restore disks, but i think that will wipe my software. IS the a way to delete all personal information. but keep software?
I am going to sell my iMac. I would like to delete all my personal information. I do have the restore disks, but i think that will wipe my software. IS the a way to delete all personal information. but keep software?
spinnerlys Guest Sep 7, 2008 14,328 7 forlod bygningen Nov 9, 2010 #2 Do you sell the licenses to the applications (if they are not free software) you want to leave on the Mac? If not, you can't leave the software on there. If all your personal data is inside your Home folder: In Mac OS X, how do I create and delete users? How-to Secure Erase Files from Your Hard Drive in OSX (Mac OS X 10.4) - Erasing free disk space
Do you sell the licenses to the applications (if they are not free software) you want to leave on the Mac? If not, you can't leave the software on there. If all your personal data is inside your Home folder: In Mac OS X, how do I create and delete users? How-to Secure Erase Files from Your Hard Drive in OSX (Mac OS X 10.4) - Erasing free disk space