ShredIt

ShredIt
Original author(s) Mireth Technology
Developer(s) Mireth Technology
Initial release 1998 (1998)
Stable release
Shredit 6.0.3 / July 20, 2012 (2012-07-20)
Written in Objective-C, C
Operating system Mac OS 7, Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9, Mac OS X, Windows, iOS[1]
Platform Intel, PowerPC,[1] Apple A4 Apple A5(ARM)
Size 3.5 MB
Type Data erasure
License Proprietary
Website Shredit Product Page

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[2][3][4][5] and later and iOS(sublicensed by Burningthumb Software).[6] 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.

Features

Overwriting Standards

References

  1. 1 2 "Shredit System Requirements".
  2. Jerad Hill (23 August 2011). "Mireth technology Updates Shredit X for Lion - Version 6 Released.". Daily App Show. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  3. Reinhold, Arnold (2009). Switching to a Mac For Dummies. John Wiley & Sons. pp. Bonus Chapter 7. ISBN 9780470466612.
  4. Wang, Wallace (2006). Steal This Computer Book 4.0: What They Won't Tell You about the Internet. No Starch Press. p. 318. ISBN 9781593271053.
  5. Marcella, Albert; Doug Menendez (2007). Cyber Forensics: A Field Manual for Collecting, Examining, and Preserving Evidence of Computer Crimes. CRC Press. p. 96. ISBN 9780849383281.
  6. "App Store - Shredit HD". Apple Inc. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  7. "Why A little Paranois Is Good For Security, And A Mac App That Permenetly Deletes Files". Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  8. 1 2 Fitzgerald, Thomas (November 3, 2005). "Deleted but Not Gone". The New York times. Retrieved 23 September 2012.


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