Selling iBook, but I don't want to wipe it clean

[thewhitehart]

I'm selling my iBook G4 to a close friend. My 'hook' is that it's loaded with all the great software it originally came with, all the convenient software I downloaded, and updated with Leopard.

I want to spare myself the hassle of a clean install, so I just intend to delete my home folder completely. He is a close friend, but I want to wipe all of my info off of the mac. Where else might personally identifiable info be besides the home folder I'm deleting? I noticed that the system keychain has a 'back to my mac' key, should I delete this, or any other keychain items? The only things I intend to let him have are my wireless network password and access to my printer.

 

[iBecks]

I'm selling my iBook G4 to a close friend. My 'hook' is that it's loaded with all the great software it originally came with, all the convenient software I downloaded, and updated with Leopard.

I want to spare myself the hassle of a clean install, so I just intend to delete my home folder completely. He is a close friend, but I want to wipe all of my info off of the mac. Where else might personally identifiable info be besides the home folder I'm deleting? I noticed that the system keychain has a 'back to my mac' key, should I delete this, or any other keychain items? The only things I intend to let him have are my wireless network password and access to my printer.

Any saved passwords in Safari or Firefox?

 

[thewhitehart]

Any saved passwords in Safari or Firefox?

Yeah, there are a few in Safari. Would these get deleted when I delete my user account?

 

[iBecks]

Yeah, there are a few in Safari. Would these get deleted when I delete my user account?

I doubt it, I would delete them manually within the browser.

Also use secure empty trash (or whatever it is)

 

[thewhitehart]

Any other tips? I'm relinquishing my trusty iBook tomorrow, my very first mac

But a new macbook is on the way!

 

[djchristie]

Onyx has a setting to delete all caches, temporary files etc. Might be worth doing?

 

[compuwar]

I'm selling my iBook G4 to a close friend. My 'hook' is that it's loaded with all the great software it originally came with, all the convenient software I downloaded, and updated with Leopard.

I want to spare myself the hassle of a clean install, so I just intend to delete my home folder completely. He is a close friend, but I want to wipe all of my info off of the mac. Where else might personally identifiable info be besides the home folder I'm deleting? I noticed that the system keychain has a 'back to my mac' key, should I delete this, or any other keychain items? The only things I intend to let him have are my wireless network password and access to my printer.

If you didn't have "Empty Trash securely" checked in finder, or use srm from the console, then your data is recoverable unless you were using filevault with a good password or secure erase.