how do you erase an encrypted HD

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without the password? Obviously it can be done, but ****ing disk utility has the option shaded. It seems like APPLE is putting this restriction on the user, rather than there being a legitimate technical limitation.



please help

thanks


it seems like apple is placing this **** limitation so only mac users can't erase a locked hard drive to "protect the user". I've about ****ing had it with apple

 

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nobody knows?

 

[juanm]

Try Windows. Try some USB boot disk (they usually have an option during installing to format HDDs)

 

[cgk.emu]

Who did you steal the laptop from?

Edit: do some effing research man. DBAN. Download it. Burn it to a disk. Come on. Lots of hand holding here.

 

[Demigod Mac]

I had to use the Terminal to properly erase encrypted disks

diskutil eraseDisk command

 

[gnasher729]

Who did you steal the laptop from?

Edit: do some effing research man. DBAN. Download it. Burn it to a disk. Come on. Lots of hand holding here.

In their documentation about how full disk encryption works, Apple says the biggest problem was users who turn on encryption, enter a password, hard disk is encrypted, and then the user figures out that they have already forgotten the password

 

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I'm just wondering why apple block this from their diskutility GUI. it is shaded out and the option to erase an encrypted hard drive isn't there. You can't even mount the locked hard drive. So you have to use terminal to do it why?

 

[old-wiz]

I'm just wondering why apple block this from their diskutility GUI. it is shaded out and the option to erase an encrypted hard drive isn't there. You can't even mount the locked hard drive. So you have to use terminal to do it why?

Maybe to make it harder for thieves to re-use a stolen Mac?

 

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Maybe to make it harder for thieves to re-use a stolen Mac?

its just an external HD

the only thing it would do is prevent theives who use a mac from doing anything