How to clear a macbook hard drive6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ( Tools required: Small Phillips screwdriver) 1. Pull the internal hard drive out before recycling! Here’s how: That’s not a good sign for long-term reliability! Therefore, I decided to retire the computer and recycle it (at the Amherst Highway Department). But I didn’t want to recycle it with any personal data inside. What to do? Simple. Recently, my laptop’s hard drive started making weird clicking noises. I’ve repurposed it the last few years as a “desktop” computer by attaching an external display and keyboard. I have a 6-year-old MacBook Pro computer with a non-functioning display and keyboard. ![]() If you’re the least bit concerned about privacy (and you should be), you should remove the hard drive from an old notebook computer before dropping it off for electronic-recycling. ![]()
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