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SkVan

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Jun 5, 2016
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I noticed that the options for Secure Erase and Erase Free Space were greyed out on my rMBP within Disk Utility.

Why might that be???
 
Do you have an SSD instead of a hard drive. Apple has disabled secure erase for SSD's as being unnecessary.
 
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