

Then drag and drop the files you’d like to securely delete into the Terminal window

Open Terminal (Applications > Utilities) and type or copy/paste the following command:Ģ.

Beta 6 saw “Securely Empty Trash” disappear while Dashboard came up AWOL in Beta 7.įor what it’s worth, you can perform “secure file deletion” (seven-pass random erase) via the Terminal.ġ. While Apple offers little practical guidance on what has changed in OS X El Capitan Beta 7, users have noted that “Securely Empty Trash” and Dashboard have been, one presumes, temporarily disabled. And, public testers have received their fifth beta.
