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How to use the confirmation feature
of NetShred X
Internet Eraser for Mac OS X
NetShred X can be configured to require confirmation before erasing takes place. This is particularly useful when you first use a track eraser, since once an item has been erased, it cannot be recovered - even by us.
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Requirements
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Instructions
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If you haven't already done so, configure NetShred X to require confirmation before erasing
In NetShred X Preferences Control Tab, tick the Confirm Shredding Option.
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The next time NetShred X is run, it will ask you to confirm before erasing will take place.
- To erase the internet tracks click the "Yes" button on the confirmation dialog.
- To cancel, click the "No" button.
By default, NetShred X is set up to required confiramtion. To turn confirmation off, untick the confirmation tick box in the NetShred X Preferences Control Tab
For further information on updating the preferences, refer to the "How to Install NetShred X" section of the NetShred X ReadMe (pdf)
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Notes
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- For more detailed information about NetShred X for Mac OS X, refer to the
- To ensure that all of your current internet tracks are erased, not just deleted remember to run NetShred X each time you quit from your browser or email program.
- There's an important difference between the technical terms "delete" and "secure delete".
- The technical computer term "delete" refers to the type of computer function where the data is marked as deleted, but not really gone. Functions such as dragging a file to the trash/recycle bin and then emptying it marks the data as deleted so the space can be used again, but the data itself remains on the hard drive and recoverable until it is overwritten by something else. On a hard drive with lots of free space, this could take months or even years.
- On the other hand, the technical term "secure delete" refers to the type of computer function where the data is overwritten by other characters so the data can't be recovered. "Secure Delete" is also referred to as "clean", "wipe", "erase" and "shred". Computer software that performs this type of function is often called a "file shredder" a "data shredder" or "secure delete utility".
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