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ShredIt

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Original author(s)
  
Mireth Technology

Initial release
  
1998 (1998)

Developer(s)
  
Mireth Technology

Written in
  
Objective-C, C

Stable release
  
Shredit 6.0.3 / July 20, 2012; 4 years ago (2012-07-20)

Operating system
  
Mac OS 7, Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9, Mac OS X, Windows, iOS

ShredIt is designed to securely erase files in a variety of ways, using various overwriting patterns. Originally released in 1998, Shredit is capable of erasing files on Mac OS 7 through Mac OS 10.8 and later, as well as Microsoft Windows 95 through Windows 7 and later and iOS(sublicensed by Burningthumb Software). Versions of ShredIt are available for 10.6 and later through the Mac OS X App Store, earlier and alternate versions are available through the Mireth website.

Contents

Features

  • Safeplace
  • Shredding by file, by folder or optical media

    • Overwriting Standards

  • DoD 5220 Clear & DoD 5220 Sanitize
  • DoE Secure Deletion
  • Gutmann 35 Way Overwrite
  • CD-RW Erasure

    • References

    ShredIt Wikipedia
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