January 2018

7-minute read

I had a situation where I needed to pass code to Python in the form of a single command instead of a script file. While this is easily done by invoking Python in command mode, the code contained a conditional statement that caused Python to throw an error.

(more…)

Read on Read later

Secure Erasing a Mac Fusion Drive

Steve

Mac

9-minute read

Before selling my late 2015 27″ iMac Retina 5K I wanted to secure erase its 1TB Fusion Drive consisting of a 24GB SSD and 1TB HDD. Secure erasing an HDD is simple enough using the Security Options in Disk Utility, but for Fusion Drives and SSDs this option is not available. To secure erase the iMac’s HDD I first needed to break the Fusion Drive into its constituent parts using Terminal.

(more…)

Read on Read later

January 2018

Python Conditional (if) Statement Throwing Error in Command Mode One-Liner

Secure Erasing a Mac Fusion Drive

Recent Comments

Recent Posts