DBAN a MacBook

bbigford

@RojoLoco said in DBAN a MacBook:

Just use one of these to access the secure boot options on a Mac... apply liberally, repeat as necessary.

Though that lacks the word "boot". lol

Although I guess here's the boot option...

Kelly

Mac's have the ability to securely wipe their drives, so you don't need DBAN assuming that OS X is a new enough version.

http://www.macworld.com/article/2906499/mac-911-how-to-erase-your-macs-hard-drive-the-right-way.html

bbigford

@Kelly said in DBAN a MacBook:

Mac's have the ability to securely wipe their drives, so you don't need DBAN assuming that OS X is a new enough version.

http://www.macworld.com/article/2906499/mac-911-how-to-erase-your-macs-hard-drive-the-right-way.html

I should have specified... I'd like to do this offline. It's on the notion that someone dropped a MacBook on my desk and said "So-and-so got fired. Wipe this."

Me: "What's the password? There's built in utilities to wipe the drive."

Manager: "Don't know. Wasn't provided one. Just wipe it."

Kelly

@BBigford said in DBAN a MacBook:

@Kelly said in DBAN a MacBook:

Mac's have the ability to securely wipe their drives, so you don't need DBAN assuming that OS X is a new enough version.

http://www.macworld.com/article/2906499/mac-911-how-to-erase-your-macs-hard-drive-the-right-way.html

I should have specified... I'd like to do this offline. It's on the notion that someone dropped a MacBook on my desk and said "So-and-so got fired. Wipe this."

Me: "What's the password? There's built in utilities to wipe the drive."

Manager: "Don't know. Wasn't provided one. Just wipe it."

It has been a little while since I last performed a CMD+R wipe, but I don't recall having to put in credentials.

bbigford

@Kelly said in DBAN a MacBook:

@BBigford said in DBAN a MacBook:

@Kelly said in DBAN a MacBook:

Mac's have the ability to securely wipe their drives, so you don't need DBAN assuming that OS X is a new enough version.

http://www.macworld.com/article/2906499/mac-911-how-to-erase-your-macs-hard-drive-the-right-way.html

I should have specified... I'd like to do this offline. It's on the notion that someone dropped a MacBook on my desk and said "So-and-so got fired. Wipe this."

Me: "What's the password? There's built in utilities to wipe the drive."

Manager: "Don't know. Wasn't provided one. Just wipe it."

It has been a little while since I last performed a CMD+R wipe, but I don't recall having to put in credentials.

Ah, I skimmed that article and thought it was going through Disk Utility (after logging in). I don't have bootable media handy. Looking for an image online since I don't have another Mac to download a copy from the App store.

Jason

If it's an SSD DBAN is pointless

Also most modern macs and auto download the install image from the interwebz https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201314

Jason

@Kelly said in DBAN a MacBook:

@BBigford said in DBAN a MacBook:

@Kelly said in DBAN a MacBook:

Mac's have the ability to securely wipe their drives, so you don't need DBAN assuming that OS X is a new enough version.

http://www.macworld.com/article/2906499/mac-911-how-to-erase-your-macs-hard-drive-the-right-way.html

I should have specified... I'd like to do this offline. It's on the notion that someone dropped a MacBook on my desk and said "So-and-so got fired. Wipe this."

Me: "What's the password? There's built in utilities to wipe the drive."

Manager: "Don't know. Wasn't provided one. Just wipe it."

It has been a little while since I last performed a CMD+R wipe, but I don't recall having to put in credentials.

I Don't think you do but Single user mode is easy enough to bypass the passwords

bbigford

@Jason said in DBAN a MacBook:

If it's an SSD DBAN is pointless

Also most modern macs and auto download the install image from the interwebz https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201314

It's a HDD (SSD will be going into it after I can get in image). I ended up torrenting the image since the software is free anymore, and it's going on Apple hardware so we're compliant there as well.

I do think that Internet Recovery should work by downloading the ISO... but I'm more focused on not reinstalling OSX to that drive. I'm replacing the drive with an SSD and installing the OS to that, but I'd need media since CMD+R wouldn't work on a blank drive... but I'll try it anyway with an Internet connection.

Edit: Sat at the white screen of death for a while... but now I'm getting a spinning globe like you see with NetBoot.

zuphzuph

@BBigford It could just be a UEFI boot too potato.

bbigford

@Jason said in DBAN a MacBook:

If it's an SSD DBAN is pointless

Also most modern macs and auto download the install image from the interwebz https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201314

So I don't have to boot with media... just an Internet connection. That's kind of cool. But it'll reinstall the software that it came with (in this case, that's 10.7 Lion, pretty far back). But still do-able. I guess that's the answer. Thanks for that part.

Still leaves the could of questions... why can't this thing boot from USB after trying GPT, etc. Also, why will Hiren's boot but you can't scroll through the options. It's a mystery!

bbigford

@zuphzuph said in DBAN a MacBook:

@BBigford It could just be a UEFI boot too potato.

I did choose UEFI... I tried MBR, GPT (UEFI), etc... showed you the Rufus screen shot.