Re: Deleting files from external

Woody <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

JayOxO <jayoxo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

When I drag files off of an external to the Mac trash and empty it, is a
copy of those files made in the deep dark recesses of the Mac HD.

No

But the file data is not removed from the hard disc drive either: the
file data remains on disc until over-written by something.

So: if you want to remove the data, you need to over-write the disc
blocks where the files are stored. The straightforward way to do that
with MacOS X or higher is `Secure delete trash' from the Finder
application menu.

Rowland.

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