iMac

[Jason_Fisher]

I am selling my iMac for an upgrade. How do you delete everything off it?

Thanks?

 

[maxine]

No idea but hopefully James from PureIT will be along soon

 

[cjd]

Here ya go:

http://www.macworld.com/article/141358/2009/06/securely_wipe_hard_drive.html

 

[SneakSMS]

Top tip I learned - take out the hard drive and put one of these through it a couple of times

[edit]

Just noticed you're going to sell it on. Perhaps ignore my advice

 

[Jason_Fisher]

Things like iTunes, i wont lose all the music i have bought will i? Will i be able to log in to my new iMac with the same user name and password and everything will still be there? Is that right?

Thanks again in advance.

 

[Leo-InstallingIT]

You will need to copy all the stuff you need off your old mac (including music) to your new one. When you log into itunes that simply authorises the computer to play the music, it doesn't download it again.

Many Thanks

Leo

 

[ecenica]

What we do when we sell on our Applle Macbook Pros is to reload the mac using the original OS X install disks.

During the install select the option to completely reformat your drive.

There's an option to securely overwrite the data, right up to some FBI/Gov'T standard - or similar. Doing this makes it impossible to recover any data.

As with anything, Apple it's really simple and well explained.

What are you upgrading to? 27" Cinema Display and MacPro ?

EDIT: Make sure you transfer your files to your new Mac first though LOL.

^R.

 

[Jason_Fisher]

Thanks for that.

I'm going to be on the move quite alot now so wanted to get a Macbook Pro, so i guess its not really an upgrade, just a switch. I do love the iMac tho.

 

[PureIT]

I'd boot it from the orginial OS disks and format it using the 'disk utility' - then reinstall the OS. That should do it.

If you want to securely wipe all the data first you can use use the built in 'secure erase option' which is built in to the disk utility

Regards

James

 

[thecyclingartist]

yes, DO backup first! I've lost iTunes libraries that way.

My suggestion: get what should be an internal hard drive and usb casing on Amazon or similar for very cheap, then use the Disk Utility to 'clone' the entire drive. Voila, you have an exact duplicate! The nice thing about this is you can boot from it in your new computer if you need to or actually swap it into the new computer if the OS is compatible, tho that may violate the warranty. (I've done that but only after warranty expired, so I could put a 320Gig hard drive into my MacBook.)

Tina.

 

[ecenica]

Thanks for that.

I'm going to be on the move quite alot now so wanted to get a Macbook Pro, so i guess its not really an upgrade, just a switch. I do love the iMac tho.

Wise choice! We exclusively use Macbook Pro's. Trully awesome bits of kit.

Currently got the new Macbook Pro's with that faster Intel 7 chip. Super fast. Highly recommend ticking the option for the higher res, matte screen.

The uni-body design really makes the unit feel ultra solid. Should last years.

^R.

 

[Jason_Fisher]

Thanks for all your comments. Yes i'm looking at the i7 Macbook Pro.

My buyer has pulled out. Does anyone on here in the market for an iMac? Spec below:-

-27" 16:9 widescreen LED-Backlit display, 2560 by 1440 pixels.
-3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 3MB shared L2 Cache.
-4GB of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM:supports up to 16GB.
-1TB Serial ATA Hard Drive.
-8x slot-loading SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD+RW/CD-RW).
-ATI Radeon HD 4670 graphics processor with 256MB of GDDR3 memory.
-Built-in iSight video camera.
-Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (external DSL and cable modem ready).
-SD card slot, Firewire 800 port, four high speed USB 2.0 ports.
-Built-in Airport Extreme wireless networking (802.11n) and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR.
-Audio: built-in stereo speakers, integrated microphone, optical digital audio input/audio line in, optical digital audio output/headphone out.
-Mini display port output port with support for VGA,DVI and dual link DVI, also supports input from external display port sources.
-Apple wireless keyboard and wireless magic mouse.
-Mac OS X and iLife.
-MEETS ENERGY STANDARDS

PM me.

 

[Jason_Fisher]

Open to offers