a1347, 2014 mac mini (about 30 of these)Īlthough ideally this question should have generic answers.

What can I do to achieve PURGE status on mac hardware? However, in this way, the items just disappear in your eyes, but they files inside are not actually erased. Here, you have finished a fast empty of Trash. Step 2: Select 'Empty Trash' in the popup. Step 1: Click and hold the 'Trash' icon in the Dock. And for many of the MBP and Air laptops, they are 'un- upgradeable' suggesting the storage is soldered to the mainboard leaving destruction as the only option. Getting a fast and secure Trash empty is very easy. There's a halfway house of removing the M2 cards from mac minis and onward-donating the remains, but that's sub-optimal. I've managed to boot the authorised software on minis and achieved 'NIST Clear' levels, which is insufficient. To be clear - the minimum requirement is 'NIST Purge' compliance.

If the macs get destroyed instead of reused, then there's no way for those users to experience a mac environment, and they get stuck with windows or maybe a linux distro. The cleared PC kit gets donated onward to local charities, minimising waste and all that good stuff.

I have a bunch of apple hardware at work that is to be destroyed, because the security guys claim it can't be wiped to NIST PURGE compliance.Īll the PC hardware can achieve this level, and we have a specific piece of licenced software authorised to do this, and provide reports.

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