Re: [MacGroup] Secure Erase in ElCap??

[William Rising]

On Oct 25, 2015, at 05:21, R. D. Preston  wrote:
> 
> I can not find the “Secure Erase” option in El Capitan (10.11.1).  Is it 
> there?  The “Mac Help” file says it is by referring to it, but it or its 
> option checkbox don’t seem to be anywhere.
> 

This discussion indicates it is gone (but has a way to use the terminal):


https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7250851

Bill

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[MacGroup] Secure Erase in ElCap??

[R. D. Preston]

I can not find the “Secure Erase” option in El Capitan (10.11.1).  Is it there? 
 The “Mac Help” file says it is by referring to it, but it or its option 
checkbox don’t seem to be anywhere.

Pls & thx for any help.
-russ preston

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Re: [MacGroup] "Library" in my Users/ folder is hidden in ElCap…

[R. D. Preston]

Hadn’t tried that yet.  Thanks.

It’s a ClickToFlash with an extension of [.webplugin], and I want to enable it 
for web viewing with Safari, since it wasn’t enabled after the installation.  
No luck so far.

-russ


> On Oct 25, 2015, at 9:54 PM, Jonathan Fletcher  wrote:
> 
> Russ, hold down the option key when hitting the Go menu in Finder.
> 
> j
> 
> 
>> On Oct 25, 2015, at 7:40 PM, "R. D. Preston"  wrote:
>> 
>> I’ve searched for an installed item, which shows as being in this folder 
>> (reference subject line).  However, it’s hidden, and I want to make it 
>> visible to access the installed item for prefs/options, etc.
> 
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Re: [MacGroup] Secure Erase in ElCap??

[John Robinson]

Lee,

I have always been afraid I would lose my key or logon info…then I am in deep 
trouble…if I get the nerve will turning FileVault on encrypt all 4 of the 
drives on my MacPro?  If the data is encrypted will it have to be unencrypted 
to be used, (done on the fly?) and can I put the encrypted file in my iCloud 
drive and DropBox and then when moved to another machine the files can be used?

Thanks for a little more help.

John


> On Oct 25, 2015, at 2:25 PM, Lee Larson  wrote:
> 
> On 10/25/2015 05:21 AM, R. D. Preston wrote:
>> I can not find the “Secure Erase” option in El Capitan (10.11.1).  Is it 
>> there?  The “Mac Help” file says it is by referring to it, but it or its 
>> option checkbox don’t seem to be anywhere.
> Why not just use Filevault? This makes your whole drive secure so you don't 
> have to worry about securing individual files. Once it's set up you won't 
> even notice it's working. I use it on all my Macs.
> 
> 
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Re: [MacGroup] Secure Erase in ElCap??

[John Robinson]

Thank you ever so much Lee, you are always so helpful.  

John

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 25, 2015, at 9:23 PM, Lee Larson  wrote:
> 
>> On Oct 25, 2015, at 6:58 PM, John Robinson  wrote:
>> 
>> I have always been afraid I would lose my key or logon info…then I am in 
>> deep trouble…if I get the nerve will turning FileVault on encrypt all 4 of 
>> the drives on my MacPro?  If the data is encrypted will it have to be 
>> unencrypted to be used, (done on the fly?) and can I put the encrypted file 
>> in my iCloud drive and DropBox and then when moved to another machine the 
>> files can be used?
> 
> If you forget your account password, you can get into your stuff with your 
> iCloud password or your recovery key, if you set one.
> 
> It’s pretty easy to add FileVault to your external drives. Just control-click 
> them and choose to encrypt them from the popup menu. After the drive's 
> encrypted, you can add the drive’s password to your keychain to make the 
> mounting automatic.
> 
> Since Dropbox and iCloud are programs running on your Mac, they see the data 
> as unencrypted and store the unencrypted version in the cloud. Of course, the 
> cloud images are encrypted by Dropbox and iCloud themselves, so the security 
> is still protected just as it is now. Basically, the files on the cloud 
> behave as they would without FileVault.
> 
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Re: [MacGroup] Secure Erase in ElCap??

[R. D. Preston]

On Oct 25, 2015, at 2:25 PM, Lee Larson  wrote:
> 
> On 10/25/2015 05:21 AM, R. D. Preston wrote:
>> I can not find the “Secure Erase” option in El Capitan (10.11.1).  Is it 
>> there?  The “Mac Help” file says it is by referring to it, but it or its 
>> option checkbox don’t seem to be anywhere.
> Why not just use Filevault? This makes your whole drive secure so you don't 
> have to worry about securing individual files. Once it's set up you won't 
> even notice it's working. I use it on all my Macs.
Thanks for the reply and suggestion, but not an option for my setup and usage.

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[MacGroup] "Library" in my Users/ folder is hidden in ElCap…

[R. D. Preston]

Help needed again:
I’ve searched for an installed item, which shows as being in this folder 
(reference subject line).  However, it’s hidden, and I want to make it visible 
to access the installed item for prefs/options, etc.

pls & thx
-russ

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Re: [MacGroup] Secure Erase in ElCap??

[Lee Larson]

On Oct 25, 2015, at 6:58 PM, John Robinson  wrote:

> I have always been afraid I would lose my key or logon info…then I am in deep 
> trouble…if I get the nerve will turning FileVault on encrypt all 4 of the 
> drives on my MacPro?  If the data is encrypted will it have to be unencrypted 
> to be used, (done on the fly?) and can I put the encrypted file in my iCloud 
> drive and DropBox and then when moved to another machine the files can be 
> used?

If you forget your account password, you can get into your stuff with your 
iCloud password or your recovery key, if you set one.

It’s pretty easy to add FileVault to your external drives. Just control-click 
them and choose to encrypt them from the popup menu. After the drive's 
encrypted, you can add the drive’s password to your keychain to make the 
mounting automatic.

Since Dropbox and iCloud are programs running on your Mac, they see the data as 
unencrypted and store the unencrypted version in the cloud. Of course, the 
cloud images are encrypted by Dropbox and iCloud themselves, so the security is 
still protected just as it is now. Basically, the files on the cloud behave as 
they would without FileVault.

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Re: [MacGroup] "Library" in my Users/ folder is hidden in ElCap…

[Jonathan Fletcher]

Russ, hold down the option key when hitting the Go menu in Finder.

j


> On Oct 25, 2015, at 7:40 PM, "R. D. Preston"  wrote:
> 
> I’ve searched for an installed item, which shows as being in this folder 
> (reference subject line).  However, it’s hidden, and I want to make it 
> visible to access the installed item for prefs/options, etc.

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Re: [MacGroup] Secure Erase in ElCap??

[R. D. Preston]

On Oct 25, 2015, at 8:38 AM, William Rising  wrote:
> 
> On Oct 25, 2015, at 05:21, R. D. Preston  wrote:
>> 
>> I can not find the “Secure Erase” option in El Capitan (10.11.1).  Is it 
>> there?  The “Mac Help” file says it is by referring to it, but it or its 
>> option checkbox don’t seem to be anywhere.
>> 
> 
> This discussion indicates it is gone (but has a way to use the terminal):
> 
> 
> https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7250851
> 
> Bill
Thanks for the reply and included link to discussion(s).



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Re: [MacGroup] Secure Erase in ElCap??

[Pen Helm]

I use "srm" in Terminal.  (Haven't tried in El Capitan.)


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