Active@ KillDisk for Mac is an easy-to use & compact freeware utility that allows to sanitize attached media storage with the 24 international data sanitizing standards.
It permanently erases all data on Hard Disks, Solid State Drives, Memory Cards & USB drives, SCSI storage & RAID disk arrays.
Freeware version installation package (dmg) includes executable, being able to run on iMac, MacBook & Mac Pro family and erase all attached disks
except the system disk with One Pass Zeros data sanitizing standard. On latest ARM-based M1 processors it can only be run in Apple Rosetta environment.
Professional version package (zip) contains KillDisk installation (dmg).
Installation include executable, being able to run on iMac, MacBook & Mac Pro family.
On latest ARM-based M1 processors it can only be run in Apple Rosetta environment.
After registration it erases all attached disks with 24 international data sanitizing standards including US DoD 5220.22-M and allows parallel erases.
Apple OS X 10.7 and higher
14MB free disk's space
1GB+ RAM to operate
iMac, MacBook, Mac Pro family
Attached HDD/SSD, SATA/eSATA, USB/USB3 or Memory Card storage to sanitize
True parallel erasing of two disks at the same time, providing independent erase & wipe sessions
Unused space on all disks can be wiped out by overwriting data securely using One Pass Zeros data destruction method
Powerful disk examination tools such as File Browser & Disk Viewer give you a complete overview of your hard drives
After sanitizing completion, work results can be printed or saved in PDF and exported to XML
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Parallel erasing of multiple disks at the same time, independent erase & wipe sessions |
2 disks | 2+ disks |
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Erasing disks with One Pass Zeros sanitizing standard |
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Support for more than 20 international erasing standards including US DoD 5220.22 M and User Defined method |
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Command Line parameters used in scripting allow to automate erase procedures (Batch Mode) |
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Certificates can be customized with company's logo & comments can be easily added to certificates for each session |
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User defined erase method can specify custom pattern for each pass using even hexadecimal (HEX) values |
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Detects, displays and resets/erases Hard Disk Drive hidden zones (HPA/DCO areas) |
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Ability to send e-mail reports via pre-configured FREE SMTP account at www.smtp-server.com |
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Save Log & Shutdown PC option after erase completed |
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Fingerprint including sanitizing status can be placed to disk's first sector & displayed after boot up the disk |
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Displays information about all volumes, partitions, hard disks, external USB disks & Memory sards currently connected |
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Wipes out unused space on all disks completely by securely overwriting data on the physical level |
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Support for wiping out unused sectors on Apple HFS+, Linux Ext2/Ext3/Ext4, Unix UFS/XFS/JFS & FAT/exFAT/NTFS file systems |
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Supports all possible I/O interfaces: IDE / USB / SATA / eSATA / SSD / SCSI disks, LUN / RAID disk arrays |
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Supports large-size disks (more than 4TB in size) & new disks having 4kb sector size |
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Built-in Hex Viewer allows to inspect raw disk's sectors: MBR, volume boot sectors, file system records & data file clusters |
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Very easy to use: intuitive user interface for beginners, as well as a powerful command line mode for advanced users |
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Supports fixed disks (HDD), Solid State Disks (SSD), Memory Cards and USB/USB3 external devices |
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Supports MBR and GPT (GUID Partition Table) style partitioning for wiping/erasing of volumes |
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Certificate can be displayed after erase/wipe completion and saved as PDF |
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Erases physical disks, partitions, logical drives & even unused disk space |
