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Computer Help and Support

Eyeball_Kid

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3. Apple recycles their old products.

Reply to japple (Original post)

Sun Jan 30, 2022, 01:00 PM

Jan 2022

You can just give it to them if no one wants it. In any case, scrubbing the drive would be good. You can remove the drive from the 20 inch by removing the back, taking the drive out, and giving it a good soaking in a pot of water. You can also use software to wipe the drive clean if you are giving the machine away, but make sure that you are using software that makes your data unrecoverable.

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What to do with old I MAC? [View all] japple Jan 2022 OP

Guy I knew way back then... MiHale Jan 2022 #1

put linux on it and sell for cheep. AllaN01Bear Jan 2022 #2

Apple recycles their old products. Eyeball_Kid Jan 2022 #3

"You can remove the drive "I did that with my old mac and took a sledge hammer to it mitch96 Jan 2022 #6

Macs Are Good Nearly Forever... wyn borkins Jan 2022 #4

Scrubbing the disk CloudWatcher Jan 2022 #5

Excellent Advice - HHD Destruction NOT Necessary (n/t) wyn borkins Jan 2022 #8

I'm still using an old iMac from 2006. eppur_se_muova Jan 2022 #7