Executing an ATA Secure Erase command to SSDs on OS X
Is there a way to securely erase an SSD (I'm working with Crucial M500) from OS X? I'm not interested in zeroing the drive. What I need is the ATA Secure Erase which basically erases all data on the drive in a matter of seconds. I have looked and found that it's possible in Windows, but can't seem to find away in OS X.
(This post says it's not possible, but it was from 2011, so hopefully things might have changed since then How to use ATA security on a hard disk in practice? )
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Is there a way to securely erase an SSD (I'm working with Crucial M500) from OS X? I'm not interested in zeroing the drive. What I need is the ATA Secure Erase which basically erases all data on the drive in a matter of seconds. I have looked and found that it's possible in Windows, but can't seem to find away in OS X.
(This post says it's not possible, but it was from 2011, so hopefully things might have changed since then How to use ATA security on a hard disk in practice? )
macos security ssd
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Is there a way to securely erase an SSD (I'm working with Crucial M500) from OS X? I'm not interested in zeroing the drive. What I need is the ATA Secure Erase which basically erases all data on the drive in a matter of seconds. I have looked and found that it's possible in Windows, but can't seem to find away in OS X.
(This post says it's not possible, but it was from 2011, so hopefully things might have changed since then How to use ATA security on a hard disk in practice? )
macos security ssd
edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17
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asked May 22 '14 at 1:15
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Is there a way to securely erase an SSD (I'm working with Crucial M500) from OS X? I'm not interested in zeroing the drive. What I need is the ATA Secure Erase which basically erases all data on the drive in a matter of seconds. I have looked and found that it's possible in Windows, but can't seem to find away in OS X.
(This post says it's not possible, but it was from 2011, so hopefully things might have changed since then How to use ATA security on a hard disk in practice? )
macos security ssd
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Yes/No, It's a pain in a** depending on what Mac you have. You will need to boot to linux distro off USB or external drive. Other key factor will be getting your computer to sleep so SSD no longer frozen. Then open terminal and run few commands.
Check out the link for commands and more info.
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Yes/No, It's a pain in a** depending on what Mac you have. You will need to boot to linux distro off USB or external drive. Other key factor will be getting your computer to sleep so SSD no longer frozen. Then open terminal and run few commands.
Check out the link for commands and more info.
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Yes/No, It's a pain in a** depending on what Mac you have. You will need to boot to linux distro off USB or external drive. Other key factor will be getting your computer to sleep so SSD no longer frozen. Then open terminal and run few commands.
Check out the link for commands and more info.
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Yes/No, It's a pain in a** depending on what Mac you have. You will need to boot to linux distro off USB or external drive. Other key factor will be getting your computer to sleep so SSD no longer frozen. Then open terminal and run few commands.
Check out the link for commands and more info.
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Yes/No, It's a pain in a** depending on what Mac you have. You will need to boot to linux distro off USB or external drive. Other key factor will be getting your computer to sleep so SSD no longer frozen. Then open terminal and run few commands.
Check out the link for commands and more info.
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