Giving away computer - how do I clean up the hd?
I would like to thoroughly clean / erase everything inside my iMac G5 before giving it away. What is the best way of doing this and can it be done without losing leopard? I have the Leopard disks so should be able to reinstall if necessary.
All help gratefully received! Thanks.
Boot from your install disc, go to Disk Utility, select zero out drive, then select seven passes. Once the drive is zeroed out, you can install Leopard and all traces of you will have vanished.
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EtreCheck version: 1.9.11 (43) - report generated May 29, 2014 at 9:53:52 AM PDT
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) - Uptime: 1 day 17:46:44
Disk Information:
TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF disk0 : (750.16 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 749.3 GB (477.03 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8
USB Information:
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. iPad
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper:
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions:
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[not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.3GData (3.0.2) Support
[not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.DisableAutoInstall (2.0.6) Support
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecDriverCore (5.2.4 - SDK 10.4) Support
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_4 (5.2.4 - SDK 10.4) Support
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_5 (5.2.4 - SDK 10.5) Support
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.SeagateDriveIcons (5.2.4 - SDK 10.4) Support
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[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraSwitchKicker (1.0.0) Support
[kext loaded] com.silex.driver.sxuptp (1.5.1) Support
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[not loaded] com.smithmicro.driver.SMSIWirelessModem (3.2.6) Support
[not loaded] com.smithmicro.driver.SMSIWirelessSerial (3.2.6) Support
Startup Items:
PKard: Path: /Library/StartupItems/PKard
ProTec6b: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ProTec6b
Problem System Launch Daemons:
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[running] com.distortedvista.istatmenusprocessserver.plist Support
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[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
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[running] com.wdc.WDSmartWareService.plist Support
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[running] com.google.Chrome.framework.plist Support
[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support
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Quıcĸsıɩⅴεʀ
AirPort Base Station Agent
Dropbox
WDDriveUtilityHelper
WDSecurityHelper
RescueTime
Dashlane
WDDriveUtilityHelper
Fantastical
Box Sync
WDQuickView
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PMCADownloader: Version: 1.2.1998.896 - SDK 10.5 Support
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.1.18709 Support
OVSHelper: Version: 1.0 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.3.8.1 Support
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.4 Support
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.1 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30317.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.1.18709 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.1 - SDK 10.6 Support
Safari Extensions:
B4G_Safari: Version: 1.0
Evernote Web Clipper: Version: 6.1
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins:
Move-Media-Player: Version: npmnqmp 071101000050 Support
Dashlane: Version: Dashlane 1.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support
Unity Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 1.6.2 Support
Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 2.0.2f2 Support
WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
RealPlayer Plugin: Version: Unknown
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Cineform Support
DivX Support
EarthDesk Support
Flash Player Support
Flip4Mac WMV Support
Growl Support
iStat menus Support
Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X Support
SANE Support
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: ON
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 697.84 GB Disk used: 253.57 GB
Destinations:
Reed Backup [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 2
Total number of backups: 14
Oldest backup: 2014-04-30 03:12:47 +0000
Last backup: 2014-05-28 23:48:29 +0000
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 2 > (Disk used 253.57 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
4% Activity Monitor
3% WindowServer
1% Box Sync Monitor
1% Dropbox
1% sysmond
Top Processes by Memory:
418 MB iTunes
147 MB Google Chrome
70 MB Spotify
45 MB WindowServer
41 MB Dashlane
Virtual Memory Information:
26 MB Free RAM
953 MB Active RAM
932 MB Inactive RAM
1.10 GB Wired RAM
27.07 GB Page-ins
587 MB Page-outsYou have a boatload of things that you can get rid of!
Kernel Extensions:
[not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.3G (3.0.2) Support
[not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.3GData (3.0.2) Support
[not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.DisableAutoInstall (2.0.6) Support
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecDriverCore (5.2.4 - SDK 10.4) Support
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_4 (5.2.4 - SDK 10.4) Support
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_5 (5.2.4 - SDK 10.5) Support
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.SeagateDriveIcons (5.2.4 - SDK 10.4) Support
[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraSupport (1.4.11) Support
[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraSwitch (1.2.2) Support
[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraSwitchKicker (1.0.0) Support
[kext loaded] com.silex.driver.sxuptp (1.5.1) Support
[not loaded] com.smithmicro.driver.SMSIWirelessCDC (3.2.6) Support
[not loaded] com.smithmicro.driver.SMSIWirelessModem (3.2.6) Support
[not loaded] com.smithmicro.driver.SMSIWirelessSerial (3.2.6) Support
Startup Items:
PKard: Path: /Library/StartupItems/PKard
ProTec6b: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ProTec6b
Problem System Launch Daemons:
[running] com.seagate.TBDecorator.plist Support
Problem System Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.paragon.NTFS.auth.plist Support
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
[running] com.prey.agent.plist Support
[running] com.wdc.SmartwareDriveService.plist Support
[running] com.wdc.WDSmartWareService.plist Support
[running] Nalpeirond6b.plist Support
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[running] com.Affinegy.InstaLANa.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[running] com.gopro.stereomodestatus.plist Support
[loaded] com.hp.messagecenter.launcher.plist Support
[running] com.seagate.SeagateStorageGauge.plist Support
[running] com.thursby.pkard.tokendagent.plist Support
You may need the "gopro" agent if you've a "GoPro" camera, and you may need the "sierrawireless" and "novatelwireless" if you use a Sierra Wireless device of some sort and if you actually need the novatel drivers, but I think that you can safely get rid of the Seagate drivers (unless you need them for some sort of NAS???) and the other stuff.
Give a call back and tell us what you actually have and actually need. Most of it just looks like junk!
Clinton
EDIT: And you definitely need to uninstall ANY SmithMicro software!!!
Message was edited by: clintonfrombirmingham
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