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Secure Delete not working?
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Los Angeles
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I've tried and tried to do a "secure delete" but NOTHING happens. No progress bar, nothing, and this is happening on both of my Macs.
Thinking it's just a long process and I'm just not being patient, I create a very small file, around 10k. Move it to the trash, then secure delete it. Nothing happens, but I wait hours and hours thinking maybe there is no progress bar for this. After hours, it's still sitting in my trash can, and deletes instantly with a basic delete.
Anybody else having this problem?
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Robert - Mac Addict since 1984
Titanium Powerbook 500/512MB/30GB
iMac G4 800/256MB/60GB
OS X
"Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most."
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Nov 2001
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I just tried it on mine....worked flawlessly and very fast...
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Los Angeles
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Robert - Mac Addict since 1984
Titanium Powerbook 500/512MB/30GB
iMac G4 800/256MB/60GB
OS X
"Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most."
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Nov 2001
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Originally posted by vidiot1701:
So if yours is working, what does it do? The same typical progress bar as a standard delete?
Yep, identical.
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Los Angeles
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I fixed it. In case anyone is wondering, you have to have the BSD subsystem installed to use Secure Delete.
You'd think Apple would have removed this item from the Menu if you can't use it without BSD, but oh well. Works now!
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Robert - Mac Addict since 1984
Titanium Powerbook 500/512MB/30GB
iMac G4 800/256MB/60GB
OS X
"Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most."
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jan 2001
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I would recommend always installing BSD subsystem, MANY programs use it, and do not even think that it could not have been installed.
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Los Angeles
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Agreed. With my previous OS X (10.0-10.2) installations I always installed BSD, but for some reason I thought I could do without it and save the disk space. Guess not!
Lesson learned.
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Robert - Mac Addict since 1984
Titanium Powerbook 500/512MB/30GB
iMac G4 800/256MB/60GB
OS X
"Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most."
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Walnut Creek, California
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Originally posted by vidiot1701:
Agreed. With my previous OS X (10.0-10.2) installations I always installed BSD, but for some reason I thought I could do without it and save the disk space. Guess not!
Lesson learned.
Ha ha! I just inherited an old G3 tower- I installed Panther on the 6 gig HD, and I tried to get away with not installing the BSD subsystem, but then discovered that I could not do the secure delete.
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