Go to the Finder menu and choose preferences, this will open the Finder Preferences panel.
A side effect of this security measure is that it much much slower to empty trash.įollow these steps to configure the Secure Empty Trash default setting:ġ. Secure empty trash is a utility thats built into Mac OS X that attempts foils data recovery methods by repeatedly writing over the blocks the deleted files occupied.
Instead of the file being destroyed in many cases it is just the index that remembers the location of the files data that is erased, which leaves the actual data still salvageable by some data recovery programs. Most people believe that when they have deleted a file it is removed from the computers hard drive permanently, unfortunately it isn’t quite as simple as that. Before explaing how to configure this setting let me start by explaining what it is and how it works. Is your Mac taking forever to empty the trash? Well the reason for this could be down to one simple hidden setting Secure Empty trash has been turned on by default.
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