Im selling my mac book pro, it has some sensitive info which im concerned about, how can i completely erase it from the disk. Im not very familiar with mac so plz help me with easy and effective steps. Also option of erasing without the system cds.
Sorry if this has been asked before, i tried but couldnt find it. Big thanks in advance.
If that Mac is an Intel Mac, you could get the Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Upgrade DVD for 29 USD and use that to perform a clean install and choose "ZERO OUT" in the Security Options of Disk Utility.
Btw, if you have another Mac with Firewire and the Mac you want to sell has Firewire, you could use TargetDiskMode.
Or if you have neither the money for the Upgrade DVD nor another Mac nor Firewire, you could just create a new admin account via System Preferences > Accounts and then login to that new account, delete the old account and then use Disk Utility to "ERASE FREE SPACE" and choosing ZERO OUT as method.
