Ask Different is a question and answer site for power users of Apple hardware and software. It only takes a minute to sign up. Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. I'd like to wipe the computer to get rid of any personal data before we get rid of it.
Just in case. Unfortunately I don't have any of the install disks, because, well, I knew Mum was gonna get rid of the computer so I binned them when I was having a big sort out when I moved house. Call me stupid but I didn't exactly expect to need the install disk to uninstall it. But then I'd forgotten the old adage, if you want to lock yourself out of your house, make sure you keep your house keys with you at all times.
Erasing an old 'spinning rust' Hard Drive is not the safest or most secure way to totally prevent data recovery by a bad actor, even if you use the old 'secure erase' functions. Whether that's by drilling holes through it or taking a very large hammer to it is pretty much dependant on how much fun you may find either option ;.
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Sign in Sign in Sign in corporate. Browse Search. Ask a question. User profile for user: neovernacular neovernacular. Computer Spec's: 2. Reply I have this question too 32 I have this question too Me too 32 Me too. All replies Drop Down menu. Then, how do i know if there are any separation between the different command? Do i hit enter for each line, if so, i get back to a new line with "rooth" and no message about anything being executed, is that correct? If you have superuser privileges, your prompt probably ends in a.
They're usually included in these posts to indicate a new command line. I was wondering if anyone has used this successfully in Lion. I've been using this for a few years now with great success but it looks like they changed the location or name of com.
Anyone know how to proceed from here? I noticed the dscl error and kinda freaked out a bit. I've been doing basically the same process through the gui with decent results but it's way more time consuming. Thanks again.
Lost your password? Powered by the Parse. This really old hint has the basics for resetting a machine back to no users, so it boots to the Setup Assistant again. Things have changed in Leopard, so here's some new info. This hint will probably be most useful for folks who configure machines for a living, but if you're selling or giving away your machine, or just troubleshooting login issues, it may come in handy.
Here are the Terminal commands to delete a temporary or lone account in single-user mode on Leopard in the following commands, replace username with whatever account short name you've created. Note that this must all be done in single user mode hold Command-S during boot. However, I do this after simple configs or installs, e. AppleSetupDone While getting rid of.
AppleSetupDone wasn't really necessary for OSes I was hoping that I might be able to just type dscl. Even if you enable Root and log in as that, the Accounts prefpane in Leopard won't let you delete the last or only Admin user account. I also discovered something interesting: if you give your temporary account or any Admin account no password, you'll find that when you boot up and try to run sudo from a shell bash at least , it won't work -- it just dumps back to the main user prompt.
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