Secure Deleting

[ktalebian]

Hi there,
I think i Have secure deleting on, on my Mac OS X 10.5.7. It takes a good 10mins to delete like only 200 files (relatively small, like picture/music/document files).
I don't remember how I turned this future on, but how can I turn it off? Its really annoying how long it takes to delete something!!

Thanks!

 

[175170]

The only secure deleting I know of is going into finder and selecting "Secure Empty Trash." To secure delete, you have to do that every time. Is that what you're talking about?

 

[gmanterry]

It's easy to fix.

Just go to Finder Preferences. Then under the "Advanced" tab uncheck the bottom item. "Empty Trash Securely".
That should fix your problem.

Terry

 

[Jethryn Freyman]

The secure empty trash function in the Finder does a 7 pass erase.

The terminal commands are:

"srm -rvfs " for a single pass erase.
"srm -rvfm " for a 7 pass erase.
"srm -rvf " for a 35 pass erase.