If you want to clear out the user, too, make a new user with the name
and short name you want, move everything out of the old user's home
folder that you want to keep (if anything), and delete the user. (From
the new user, in the Users pref pane.) This'll make it like a "new"
install, and you can set the preferences and everything how you like
them.
Also, G3 Macs aren't quite considered "vintage" just yet :) At least
not by LEM standards.
-Elliott Price
Mac Computer Repair - Santa Barbara
Graphic Design - Artwork Setup
Websites - Low Cost Custom Websites
On Dec 11, 2009, at 8:44 AM, Dan wrote:
> At 4:21 PM +0000 12/11/2009, [email protected] wrote:
>> I recent jumped in a dumpster and pulled out a nice fully functional
>> Graphite iMac G3 with 10.3 loaded (panther?) and full Microsoft
>> Office
>
> Nice dumpster dive!
>
> Yes, 10.3 is Panther.
>
>> how does one wipe clean the harddrive of everything except the
>> Office application and OS.??? I don't want to invest much into this
>> machine..
>
> Drag what you don't want to the trash and empty it.
>
> If you really want to erase things, Disk Utility has an erase free
> space function.
>
>
> Aside - since this involves an iMac and OS X.... it would be better
> posted on the imac list. The vintage list is really for 68k Macs etc.
>
> - Dan.
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