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permanently erase data before donating or selling your M1 Mac computer

Your old M1 MacBook Pro runs slow and does not provide enough disk space for data storage? Or you just want to purchase a brand new Mac computer.? You might be able to get some money by selling your old M1 MacBook Pro. But before you do, you'll need to migrate its data to your new Mac computer and wipe the old MacBook Pro clean.

How to permanently erase data from a M1 Mac computer? Actually, whether you erase the hard drive with Disk Utility or reinstall macOS can not permanently erase the data because data recovery software is able to quickly recover the lost data.

How to permanently erase data from a M1 Mac?

If you don’t want to the next owner has the chance to recover or access to your personal data, you should use a third-party data erasure software to help you permanently erase your data. DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac is one of the best Mac data erasure software. It offers military level data erasure standards to permanently erase data from T1/T2/M1 Mac, portable hard drive, USB flash drive, memory card, digital camera, etc.

If you want to permanently erase data from a M1 Mac, just download and install it on your Mac computer. It can help you permanently shred a file/folder, wipe an entire hard drive or erase deleted data. Once your data is erased by DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac, the data will be gone forever, can’t be recovered by any data recovery software.

Now, we will show you the three modes provided by DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac to help you securely and permanently erase data from a M1 Mac computer (such as MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, Mac Mini).

Mode 1. Permanently delete files/folders on M1 Mac.

Run DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac on your Mac computer, just add files/folders to the erasure list. Then click on Erase Now button to permanently erase these files and folders.

permanently erase data before donating or selling your M1 Mac computer

Mode 2. Wipe an entire hard drive on a M1 Mac.

If you want to permanently erase all data on a hard drive, just select data erasure mode - Wipe Hard Drive. This mode will format and wipe the selected hard drive. All data on the selected hard drive will be permanently erased.

permanently erase data before donating or selling your M1 Mac computer

Mode 3. Erase deleted data on M1 Mac.

Wipe Free Space mode will wipe the free disk space of the M1 Mac and permanently erase all already deleted data. It will not erase the existing data on the M1 Mac.

permanently erase data before donating or selling your M1 Mac computer

Please note that once your M1 Mac data is erased by DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac, your data will be lost forever, can’t be recovered by any data recovery software. So, you’d better make a full backup of your data in case you want it back in the future. Then you can run DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac to permanently erase your data before you sell, donate or dispose of your M1 Mac. Of course, you’d better reinstall the macOS, just follow this guide: reinstall macOS before you sell or donate your Mac.

DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac is a powerful Mac data erasure software. It also can help you erase data from T1, T2 Mac computer, USB flash drive, digital camera, portable disk drive, etc. It is fully compatible with all OSX and macOS versions. Download it here:

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Written & Updated by Shirly Chen

Shirly Chen has been writing data recovery, data erasure articles for DoYourData over 4 years. She has been working as a professional website content writer & editor for quite a long time. She also writes articles about disk clone, Mac optimization, disk backup, etc.

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