ShredIt X

You cannot shred a file, if you are using an SSD. You might not be able to shred a file (completely), if you're using a Fusion Drive. Even if you're using an HDD, you might not be able to shred a file, if you're using a journaled HFS+. If you use APFS, you cannot shred a file. There is a very good reason why Apple removed "Secure Empty Trash" and the srm command line program from macOS, because they don't want to give their customers a false sense of security: shredding is probably impossible with modern devices and modern filesystems, and users should be aware that they are buying products from snake oil salesmen, if developers claim they can "shred" your files. Use File Vault 2 whole disk encryption instead and just delete/rm your files the normal way.

To MacUpdate: Shredit.app version 6.0.3 is only Intel. Valid for OSX.6 Snow Leopard. Not for OSX.5 (Universal Binary, valid on PowerPCs or Intel Mac).

I have tried for three weeks and several emails to get support for this product and the good folks at Mireth have not replied to my emails. I am very disappointed in their lack of support. WHY THE HECK WON'T YOU GUYS ANSWER MY EMAILS? I'M USING THE SAME EMAIL ADDRESS I USED TO PURCHASE AND REGISTER SHREDIT! VERY FRUSTRATING!!!

I think this download is still 6.0.2

PREVIOUSLY REGISTERED USERS: note that this version of the app seems to implement a new two-field registration scheme. a single (old) registration code no longer works.

Pretty much works perfect and the schedular is great you can leave it to do a free space wipe during the night while you sleep. Yeah good app and does what it says on the box. I tested it with some recovery software it does mess up recovery. You run this those files are really gone forever. BTW I see a unix command put here NEVER USE THIS COMMAND unless you know about unix. That one is a crazy command! :) I am not sure on OSX rm does a secure delete? Don't you need to pipe to a program like shred/gshred like on Linux/BSD?

Get On My Command contextual menu and choose delete files 7 up to 32 times. You can delete any files or folders anytime.

To permanently delete files/folders from your HD: 1)Open Terminal 2)cd FILE/FOLDER PATH 3)sudo rm -rv * Then you type in your admin password, and chosen data is gone...forever.

This is exactly what I needed. Thanks. Great app! :)

Shredit seems to create as many 1.95gb files on your HD as it can before it even BEGINS to shred - this takes DAYS...! Isn't there any program which can do this faster and without reducing your HD space to 0?

what does it mean to shred free space?

Superfluous rip off!!! Panther has an option of Delete or Secure Delete which does the same thing.........for FREE!

I have used Shredit X for quite a while. It is most useful for cleaning up hard drives. The shredding of free space is invaluable. The reviewers who only dwell on file removal haven't done their homework.

According to info posted on ShredIt website, it has also the ability to overwrite free space - I don't know of any in-built ability of Panther to do that. I have not yet used or tested ShredIt, but I am considering it, and I feel that this element should also be taken into consideration in order to evalute fairly. Unless somebody can recommend a better tool for overwriting free space?

if you just want to delete the files without moving them to the trash, you can use srm in terminal

Exactly what the others say - if you have OS X 10.3 (& why would't you..?) then this function is built into the Finder.

There's only one way to "securely delete" files: The Gutmann Method. It appears that Shredit X only overwrites a file with a "proprietary" bit pattern a "proprietary number of times." I've seen enough of these so called secure deletion programs posted on this board that I think I'm going to go write an open source program that uses the Gutmann method -- security and privacy should not have a price tag attached to them.

Now that Panther has the Secure Empty Trash option that is also compliant with the US DoD standards, I'm not sure what makes ShredItX worth the shareware fee. I looked on the web site and it still only compares ShredIt to using the ordinary Empty Trash. For those that don't know, in Panther you can now choose Secure Empty Trash from the finder.

Have have nothing but the highest respect for programmers, regardless of the size of their code. Unfortunately, some programs are destined to be obsolete before they are ever compiled. This is such the case. In OS X 10.3 (Panther), go to the "Finder" menu and select "Secure Empty Trash". It's almost instant and no separate applications to run. According to Apple, "Secure Erase Trash immediately overwrites the file with random data, so that the file disappears and cannot be reconstructed" [http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/security/] I had read that it overwrites the drive location 7 times with random data.