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Needs a Secure Empty Trash Option
Feedback Type: Commentary
Contributed by: mjnewman Wednesday, November 08 2006 @ 04:03 PM PST
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Less than a month
Recommend Product: NO
The product seems to fill a very important gap and I was very excited to use it. Unfortunately, even when you delete a file using Finder's Secure Empty Trash, the program saves the file without allowing you to securely delete it. This is too fundamental a problem for me. There must either be an option that the program will not save files that are deleted using the Secure Empty Trash or, if it is to be saved, then the saved file must have the option of a secure or multi-pass deletion. I also couldn't find where the saved files were kept. The user's manual should tell you where in the hard drive the saved files are.
I have already e-mailed the programmer and he agreed that my suggestion is a good idea and he will try to incorporate it into the next revision whenever that comes out. I have now uninstalled the program--the uninstaller did not delete everything; for that I manually checked for everything using the Finder under Acertant and Versomatic and then used Secure Empty Trash.
I look forward to the next revision but I can't recommend the current revision at this time. Also, the price seems a bit high.
Needs a Secure Empty Trash Option - mjnewman
To clarify my statement that I didn't know where the saved files were, I was mistaken. The program does let you know where they are in the hard drive. Sorry about that.Reply to This
Wednesday, November 08 2006 @ 04:17 PM PST