Securely erase data from magnetic and solid-state memory.
The BCWipe software is intended to give you a confidence that your deleted files cannot be recovered by an intruder. BCWipe repeatedly overwrites special patterns to the files to be destroyed. BCWipe for UNIX offers two wiping schemas: US DoD 5200.28-STD standard and Peter Gutmann's 35 pass scheme.
The BCWipe software is intended to give you a confidence that your deleted files cannot be recovered by an intruder. BCWipe repeatedly overwrites special patterns to the files to be destroyed. BCWipe for UNIX offers two wiping schemas: US DoD 5200.28-STD standard and Peter Gutmann's 35 pass scheme.
To install bcwipe, run the following command in macOS terminal (Applications->Utilities->Terminal)
sudo port install bcwipe
To see what files were installed by bcwipe, run:
port contents bcwipe
To later upgrade bcwipe, run:
sudo port selfupdate && sudo port upgrade bcwipe
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