by Shirly Chen, updated on 2016-10-31 to Mac Data Wipe

Although it can’t wipe the volume that has installed the operating system, it is a good option to wipe other hard drives and external storage devices under Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. I just need to select the target hard drive or media and click on 'Wipe Now' button, all the data on the selected hard drive/media will be permanently lost. To find particularly large files on your Mac’s hard disk, the quickest way is to use Finder: Open a new Finder window In the search field just enter a space asterisk this will ensure that all items are included Click on the little + icon located just below the search field.

I have an old Mac with OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard operating system. Now I am planning to sell it on eBay.com to get money to buy a new MacBook Pro. However, before delivering it to the buyer, I want to make sure all the existing data and history data on the hard drive has been wiped off. I delete all my documents and empty the trash bin, but the deleted documents and other more files still can be recovered by a data recovery program on my Mac. Nowadays, data recovery programs are very popular. So people can recover my deleted documents, intentionally or unintentionally. How can I do to permanently erase hard drive data under Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard?

Start the healthy mac completely. Connect to the ailing mac with your chosen cable (depending on each macs ports). To use the ailing mac as an external drive (hold CMD+T at startup chime) - this will bring it up on your healthy mac as a drive where you can open it and you can dump some unneeded files in the trash to free up a bit of space.

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Data Erasure Software

After many times of ‘search & try’, I find this powerful Mac data erasure program – DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac. Thank goodness. It supports for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. I download it and install it on my Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. It is pretty simple to use. Here I can show how it works to permanently destroy data under Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. If you are going to erase hard drive data under Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, you can follow these instructions.

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Selectively Erase Files/Folders under Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

When I launch it on my Mac, it shows three data erasure modes on the left of the main interface. The first mode is 'Erase Files/Folders'. This mode is designed for permanently erasing selected files or folders on the Mac. I add some documents that contain my private data information, and click on 'Erase Now' button. It is very fast. The selected files are permanently erased within a short time. This is a good option to destroy some files or folders under Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Wipe Entire Hard Drive under Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

This mode 'Wipe Volume/Device' can erase all existing data and history data/traces on the selected hard drive volume under Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. Although it can’t wipe the volume that has installed the operating system, it is a good option to wipe other hard drives and external storage devices under Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. I just need to select the target hard drive or media and click on 'Wipe Now' button, all the data on the selected hard drive/media will be permanently lost.

Erase Free Disk Space under Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

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I love this mode. It only erases the deleted/lost files on my Mac and it will not affect the existing data/files. It is just like erasing Mac trash bin. All the deleted/lost files and disk traces on the Mac will be permanently erased.

Compared with other Mac OS X 10.6 data erasure solutions, DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac is much more efficient. I would like to recommend it to anyone who wants to permanently erase data under Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. And it has been developed for all popular Mac operating systems, from OS X 10.6 to latest macOS. So I will install it on my new MacBook Pro.

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