Another thing worth mentioning about SSD drives is that it is not recommended to erase them very often since the chances of them getting damaged by the process are higher compared to SATA drives. You can still erase your Mac’s SSD drive, and you can be fairly certain that no one is going to get hold of your data, but there would still be a theoretical chance of that happening. Secure erase allows you to more fully delete all data from your Mac so that there’s absolutely no chance of any of your data falling into the hands of other people. On Macs that have SSD rather than SATA drives, the secure erase option is not available. Most MacBook models that have come past 2010 use SSD drives rather than SATA HDD drives, and this may have a certain impact when performing a disk-wipe. There are obviously a lot of Mac models that have come out over the years and though most of them are quite similar, there are several important differences that need to be mentioned and taken into account before you start the disk-wiping process.

To make sure that all of your data gets erased when you reset your MacBook, select the drive shown at the top in the Disk Utility. To reset a MacBook, you must use the built-in Disk Utility that you can access while in Recovery Mode. We will show you how to use it to wipe your Mac down below, but before we get to the actual instructions, there are a few notes that we must make regarding the process of erasing all data from your Mac. The way to do this is rather easy, and it involves the use of a built-in Mac tool called Disk Utility. The go-to method to achieve this is to perform a disk-wipe – to delete all data stored on your Mac’s hard drives in one fell swoop and reset the machine to its factory settings. For this reason, if you intend to give away your Mac or sell it, even if its future owner is going to be a person you know, it would still be a good idea to erase all data on your Mac that may reveal any details about you, you would prefer to remain private. Your Mac likely has records of your credit/debit card and social security numbers, phone numbers, contacts, emails, online accounts passwords, and more.

Wiping a MacBook clean is a useful and oftentimes necessary thing to do as it ensures that any sensitive and personal details stored on the computer don’t fall into the hands of other people.

After this, you must enter the Disk Utility, select the drive you want to wipe, and erase it. To wipe a MacBook, you must first restart your Mac in Recovery Mode by pressing Command + R as soon as the computer begins to boot up.

How to Completely wipe a Macbook or Mac.

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