How long does it take to delete all the files in a lost MacBook Pro?

How long does it take to delete all the files in a lost MacBook Pro?

Quite a while since there may be 1/2 million files or more to delete. There is only one quick way, and that is to reformat the drive.

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  • How long does it take to delete an old user/administrator from my MacBook Pro?  Hours/Days?

    I just bought a new 2011 MacBook Pro and I want to give my late 2006 MacBook Pro to my niece for college.  It's in near-perfect condition.
    I'm trying to delete all of my user info and files.  I went ahead and created an account for her as an "administrator".  Then, I logged off from my account, logged in as her and then tried to delete my old account under System Settings / Accounts.
    I got as far as to remove the user account and to delete the home folder for my old user account.  Now it says "Deleting account..." under my user name.  It's been this way for about 6 hours.
    I have no way of knowing how long it takes, but does anyone know if it takes hours?  A full day?  With no status bar to indicate the deletion process, I have no way of knowing if my old computer is "stuck" or if it's actually working.  I have yet to try and stop the process for fear of screwing something up.  But if anyone has any idea how long this might take, I'd appreciate it so I can move on and do other things while this computer just "does its thing".
    Thanks!
    -CSI

    Cool.  Thanks for the response back.
    The late 2006 is running on OS X Lion (10.7). 
    As for the "Activity Monitor", where would I find that?  I tried to search for it...but nothing popped up.
    I did, however, "get info" on the hard drive icon and noticed that the available disc space has gotten bigger, which would indicate to me that there have been some program and file deletions during the course of the day.  In fact, when I started the process, there was only about 50Gb of disc space available.  But, it seems like that number has doubled, which indicates to me the disc space is slowly freeing up. 
    Again, it would be nice to some how know how long it would take.  Maybe this "activity monitor" is something I can find and see.
    -Chris

  • No i'm using iPhone 4 16GB. i want to know how long does it take for "Erase All Content and Settings"?does it affects to iPhone's hardware? and if i want to restore my software in iPhone back, how i can do it?

    no i'm using iPhone 4 16GB. i want to know how long does it take for "Erase All Content and Settings"?does it affects to iPhone's hardware? and if i want to restore my software in iPhone back, how i can do it?

    it takes hours
    it does not damage or wear out hardware
    and you can restore any backup afterwards as yo see fit

  • How long does it take to delete an account from a macbook? I used secure delete (at the recommendation of the apple genius) and it has already taken 2 weeks... and still not deleted! Granted there was over 200GB of data... any ideas on this? thanks

    how long does it take to delete an account from a macbook (OSX 10.9.4)?  I used secure delete (at the recommendation of the apple genius) and it has already taken 2 weeks... and still not deleted! Granted there was over 200GB of data... any ideas on this? thanks

    how long does it take to delete an account from a macbook (OSX 10.9.4)?  I used secure delete (at the recommendation of the apple genius) and it has already taken 2 weeks... and still not deleted! Granted there was over 200GB of data... any ideas on this? thanks

  • How long does it take to Erase all content and settings on iphone 4G. It's been more than 30 minutes and in the phone screen it's still the circle rotating?

    How long does it take to Erase all content and settings on iphone 4G. It's been more than 30 minutes and in the phone screen it's still the circle rotating?

    thank you. hope not to last more than 1 or 2

  • HT4623 How long does it take to check for the new update?

    My iPod cannot check for the update.
    Normally how long does it take to check for the new update??

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    What happens when you try... Any Error messages or Alerts...

  • How long does it take to delete admin account on iMac and creating a disk image

    I recently upgraded to a new iMac. In the process, I used Migration Assistant to transfer data, network settings and user accounts from my old iMac. I ended up with two admin accounts. I reset permissions and began the process of deleting the second admin account. It seems to be taking a long time. How long does this process typically take?

    Depends on how much stuff there was in the account, but shouldn't be too long. Rather than muck with all of that, IMO, it's better to erase the new machine, reinstall the OS, and on first boot, use the Setup Assistant, as described in Pondini's Setup New Mac guide, to do the migration. That does the job correctly and doesn't muck up the system with that new admin account.
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  • Deleted all .kext files and now my macbook pro would not switch on. What do I need to do?

    By mistake I deleted all .kext files in the extensions folder and now the macbook will not go past the error screen at the start up with panic kernel. What do I need to do? How do I restore from back up drive or even re install OS???

    Are you able to get into Recovery Mode (Command+R) at startup?
    If your back up is a Time Machine back up you can boot from it by restarting while holding the Option key and select the back up drive. From there you can reinstall OS X Mavericks or Restore.

  • How long does it take to delete a user

    I just bought my MacAir OS X 10.9.3 version in April and today I bought the same computer for my daughter so I need to delete her from my computer can you please tell how long this take it has been saying "deleting user" for over an hour now and I can't close the program or shut the computer down.  How long is this going to take?  Should I stop it and if yes how do I stop it won't let me do anything and I don't know how to do a force stop. 

    All you need to do is go to System Preferences > Users & Groups and, as admin, highlight the user, click the minus sign at the bottom of the left sidebar, then tell OS X what you want to do with the files and settings:
    - Save the home folder in a disk image
    - Do not change the home folder
    - Delete the home folder
    And you are done.

  • How long does it take to delete a NSS volume

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    I deleted an NSS volume yesterday evening that was 180GB on the server from NSSMU and the free space still isn't showing available in the Pool...

    Are you writing zeros to the disk? It shouldn't take that long.

  • HT4060 How long does it take to charge your ipad once the battery is all gone?

    How long does it take to charge your ipad 4th generation with retina display  once the battery is all gone?

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  • "How long does it take to do a dist-upgrade on your distro?"

    Yesterday there was a question in the USALUG.org "How long does it take to do a dist-upgrade on your distro?"
    This question was a good question, so I decide to make the ultimate test. I have a lot of computers standing here around, and remembered that on one of them was have already Archlinux installation. I was right, when I booted, the system check said me, that the system was 253 days not checked anymore. I got so excited that I forgot to check was it one of my 0.7.2 Gimmick or 0.8 Voodoo installations.
    The Computer
    Dell OptiPlex GX110
    [jada@arch-02 ~]$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
    processor : 0
    vendor_id : GenuineIntel
    cpu family : 6
    model : 8
    model name : Pentium III (Coppermine)
    stepping : 6
    cpu MHz : 797.452
    cache size : 256 KB
    fdiv_bug : no
    hlt_bug : no
    f00f_bug : no
    coma_bug : no
    fpu : yes
    fpu_exception : yes
    cpuid level : 2
    wp : yes
    flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat p se36 mmx fxsr sse up
    bogomips : 1596.45
    clflush size : 32
    [jada@arch-02 ~]$
    I used the following command for the update
    $ time pacman -Syu
    The Test
    first update pacman
    [root@arch-02 jada]# pacman -Syu
    warning: current locale is invalid; using default "C" locale
    :: Synchronizing package databases...
    core 23.8K 80.0K/s 00:00:00 [#####################] 100%
    extra 310.5K 292.3K/s 00:00:01 [#####################] 100%
    community 341.0K 295.8K/s 00:00:01 [#####################] 100%
    :: Starting full system upgrade...
    :: Replace mktemp with core/coreutils? [Y/n] y
    :: Replace mpg321 with extra/mpg123? [Y/n] y
    warning: bind: forcing upgrade to version 9.4.2-1
    warning: cpufrequtils: forcing upgrade to version 002-3
    warning: dnsutils: forcing upgrade to version 9.4.2-1
    warning: flex: forcing upgrade to version 2.5.33-4
    warning: opera: forcing upgrade to version 9.25-2
    :: pacman has detected a newer version of the "pacman" package.
    :: It is recommended that you allow pacman to upgrade itself
    :: first, then you can re-run the operation with the newer version.
    :: Upgrade pacman first? [Y/n] y
    resolving dependencies... done.
    looking for inter-conflicts... done.
    Targets: libarchive-2.4.11-1 libdownload-1.3-1 pacman-3.1.1-1
    Total Package Size: 1.19 MB
    Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
    :: Retrieving packages from core...
    libarchive 314.8K 253.4K/s 00:00:01 [#####################] 100%
    libdownload 49.4K 97.9K/s 00:00:01 [#####################] 100%
    pacman 855.2K 460.4K/s 00:00:02 [#####################] 100%
    checking package integrity... done.
    cleaning up... done.
    (3/3) checking for file conflicts [#####################] 100%
    (1/3) upgrading libarchive [#####################] 100%
    (2/3) upgrading libdownload [#####################] 100%
    (3/3) upgrading pacman [#####################] 100%
    >>> The makepkg.conf syntax has changed, please note the new format
    >>> when merging the pacnew file with your old configuration.
    >>>
    >>> The pacman.conf default file has changed. Please update your
    >>> config to use the single mirrorlist, and any additional files
    >>> in /etc/pacman.d/ (core, extra, etc.) can be deleted.
    >>>
    >>> The location of sync DBs has moved from /var/lib/pacman/ to
    >>> /var/lib/pacman/sync/ for several reasons. To delete older
    >>> DBs, please run pacman -Sc and follow the instructions.
    >>> You will also have to run pacman -Sy to refresh the sync DBs.
    >>>
    >>> abs is no longer included; please install the 'abs' package
    >>> to use abs. You may need to edit abs.conf to re-enable repos.
    [root@arch-02 jada]#
    restart pacman 3.1.1 and update the packages
    [root@arch-02 jada]# time pacman -Syu
    :: Synchronizing package databases...
    core 23.8K 80.3K/s 00:00:00 [#####################] 100%
    extra 310.5K 261.1K/s 00:00:01 [#####################] 100%
    community 341.0K 302.5K/s 00:00:01 [#####################] 100%
    :: Starting full system upgrade...
    :: Replace mktemp with core/coreutils? [Y/n] y
    :: Replace mpg321 with extra/mpg123? [Y/n] y
    warning: bind: forcing upgrade to version 9.4.2-1
    warning: cpufrequtils: forcing upgrade to version 002-3
    warning: dnsutils: forcing upgrade to version 9.4.2-1
    warning: flex: forcing upgrade to version 2.5.33-4
    warning: opera: forcing upgrade to version 9.25-2
    resolving dependencies...
    warning: dependency cycle detected:
    warning: bash will be installed before its glibc dependency
    warning: dependency cycle detected:
    warning: readline will be installed before its glibc dependency
    warning: dependency cycle detected:
    warning: ncurses will be installed before its glibc dependency
    warning: dependency cycle detected:
    warning: db will be installed before its coreutils dependency
    looking for inter-conflicts...
    Remove: mktemp mpg321
    Total Removed Size: 0.08 MB
    Targets: ncurses-5.6-6 readline-5.2-7 bash-3.2.033-2
    kernel-headers-2.6.23.1-2 tzdata-2007k-1 glibc-2.7-7 attr-2.4.39-2
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    Total Download Size: 743.90 MB
    Total Installed Size: 748.87 MB
    Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
    Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
    :: Retrieving packages from core...
    ncurses-5.6-6-i686 1738.2K 518.0K/s 00:00:03 [#####################] 100%
    readline-5.2-7-i686 271.5K 228.3K/s 00:00:01 [#####################] 100%
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    :: Retrieving packages from community...
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    checking package integrity...
    (349/349) checking for file conflicts [#####################] 100%
    ( 1/349) upgrading ncurses [#####################] 100%
    ( 2/349) upgrading readline [#####################] 100%
    ( 3/349) upgrading bash [#####################] 100%
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    (342/349) upgrading xinetd [#####################] 100%
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    (344/349) upgrading xmms [#####################] 100%
    (345/349) upgrading xorg-server [#####################] 100%
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    (346/349) upgrading xorg-xinit [#####################] 100%
    (347/349) upgrading xscreensaver [#####################] 100%
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