Over on TidBITS Talk, user Lucas043 posed a question that prompted a fascinating discussion. Lucas043 has a Samsung Portable T7 SSD being used for backup. The SSD has intermittent access problems and ...

Reader Steve Carter would like his deleted files to be really, really gone. He writes: How do you delete a file completely and forever? I thought the original still remains on the hard drive until it ...

There’s a trick to thoroughly wiping all your data before you junk your old external solid state drive—or even computer.

NOTE: In macOS Monterey and later, Other storage was renamed System Data. Here’s how to delete System Data on a Mac. Storage space on your Mac is precious, especially if you have a 128GB or 256GB SSD.

Deleting a file on a computer rarely means it is gone. On traditional hard drives and many solid-state drives, what ...

Storage management on any device can be a challenge. Often without warning, your Mac is like, “Hey, I’m full, friend. Delete some stuff.” Of course, you oblige, but there’s a hitch: “Other” files are ...