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how to truly annihilate data from your flash/external drives for both windows and mac from someone who also glazes over and zones out of those jargon-laden tech bro tutorials trying to maximize your desperation for ad revenue by breaking every single step into a separate article with more jargon and more links and more jargon and more li-

So there you are, hand CLENCHED around your brand new 32GB flash drive from the discount bin left over from the back to school blitz at Walmart. 32GB of POSSIBILITY.

Unfortunately, after a few months or years of packing the damn thing with weird shit, like, idk, furry porn and weird candid shots of Gritty, idk I’m not here to judge your life, you clear out the damn thing, empty....but not.

Those 32GB of possibility now struggle to accommodate a PITIFUL 800MB of deep investigative research into the origins of the Florida Skunk Ape. What has happened? How could your memory have been eaten away like this?

So it turns out your flash drive will hold on to as much of the data you put onto it even AFTER you’ve dragged the files to the recycle bin or the trash. 

This sort of news can be a blessing or a curse. For the blessed, yes! If you’ve deleted something by accident, YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO GET IT BACK. But that’s not this tutorial. 

If You Gargle Cock For The Google PC Master Race:

>Plug in the flashdrive >Go to “Start” >Go to “This PC” >Go to “Devices and Drives” >Right click your flash drive >Click “Format” >Careful now boys, it can get scary here: >Okay, so now you’ve got some spicy options. >In “Capacity” This should show approximately whatever the drive’s original capacity was, maybe a little less. Leave this alone. >We’ll come back to “File System“ ignore for now >Skip to “Allocation Unit Size” and make sure it’s on the default setting, whatever that is. >For “Volume Label” this is just the name of your drive. Call it whatever you want. It’s the thing you can rename whenever, so it literally doesn’t matter. >Now all that’s left is “File System” and “Quick Format”

File System For Basic Bitches:

>All memes aside, you can end up with a few or a lot of options. I’m sure there’s a proper answer for this, but the options you MOST LIKELY need to worry about are “NTFS” and “ExFAT”. If you’re needing more than that, that’s way out of my paygrade. > “NTFS” is your default, 100% safe for windows option. Can’t go wrong, especially if this drive has only ever been used with Windows. >HOWEVER: >If you need to switch between Windows and Mac for whatever reason, you’ll want to pick “ExFAT” >”ExFAT” is the option for compatibility across both systems.

Format Options Making Your Files Unrecoverable Even With The Patriot Act:

>I’m being funny, but this IS actually, kinda, for real, what you’re dealing with, so READ CAREFULLY. >The default is for “Quick Format” to be UNchecked >UNchecked will unleash holy nuclear hellfire upon your drive, burning away your sins and leaving only a pure, newborn flash drive behind. >THIS CAN TAKE LONGER THAN YOU THINK IT SHOULD. If you need this drive quickly, DO NOT CHOOSE THIS OPTION. >This will annihilate all the data on the drive. The data will be UNRECOVERABLE. >Now, memes about the CIA and weird furry shit aside, you may want to be cautious about using this. If this flash drive has ever stored anything important, like family photos or important paperwork, or anything you’d be turbo fucked to lose, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE BACKUPS.

>If you’re uncertain about going full nuclear hellfire, CHECK the “Quick Format” option. >This is faster, and leaves the data somewhat recoverable on your drive. How much or how little? No idea. That Basic Bitch comment up in file systems also applies to me.

>WITH THAT NONSENSE DECIDED: >Click “Start” and then “Yes” >Now you’re cookin’ with peanut oil. Fresh, beautiful, full of data and ready to ride.

If You’re a Slut For Steve Jobs’ Forbidden Fruit:

>Plug that drive in >Go to “Applications“ >Go to “Utilities” >Go to “Disk Utility” >In the column on the left, you should see your main drive, and under “External” should be whatever you call your flashdrive. >Click it to enter the SpiceZone >Now here we have a few interesting things to note >The main section breaks down all of the info about your drive, and actually lets you see the Invisible Memory Eater haunting your device. You’ll see what data is under “Used“ versus the drive’s actual capacity. That used shit is what we’ll be clearing out. >On the top of the window, you’ll see five options: >First Aid (worth talking about, so we will) >Partition (abandon all hope ye who click thee) >Erase (THE GOOD SHIT WE CARE ABOUT) >Restore (out of my paygrade) >Unmount (fancy eject key this is fine we just don’t need it now)

File Systems For Basic Bitches: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO

>Click “Erase” >”Name” is whatever your drive is called. Call it whatever you want, it can change any time, no harm no foul. >”Format” is where it gets spicy > “Mac OS Extended (Journaled)” is your default, 100% safe option. Can’t go wrong, especially if this drive has only ever been used with Apple computers. >HOWEVER: >If you need to switch between Windows and Mac for whatever reason, you’ll want to pick “ExFAT” >”ExFAT” is the option for compatibility across both systems

Format Options So Tight It Meets The US Department Of Defense (DOD) 5220-22 M Standard For Fucking Over The CIA

>It sounds funny, but the title is literally an option you can pick, I’m not kidding >First off is “First Aid” >TECHNICALLY, this is not an erasure function. This is a basic system diagnostic tool that can be used on your main hard drive to find any errors or corrupted files. It can do the same for a flash drive, which in my experience often results in freeing up some of that precious precious data without the commitment of a full wipe. If you’re nervous about nuking the drive, this is a safe place to start. >If all you want is a quick and easy wipe of the drive, ignore “Security Options” and hit “Erase” >Now for the good shit: “Security Options” >Click this bad boy. The window that drops down will be a slider with four options. “Fastest -> Most Secure” The middle two don’t have names. >”Fastest” is the default option. This is the equivalent to Window’s “Quick Format” which clears your drive, but like, leaves a potential breadcrumb trail back to your embarrassing One-Direction-During-The-Purge fanfic, so be warned. The second and third options are escalations of erasure, each taking a little longer, since it’s re-writing the data more and more each time. >”Most Secure” is your CLEANSING NUCLEAR HELLFIRE option with the hilarious note about the DOD. >THIS CAN TAKE LONGER THAN YOU THINK IT SHOULD. If you need this drive quickly, DO NOT CHOOSE THIS OPTION. >This will annihilate all the data on the drive. The data will be UNRECOVERABLE. >Now, memes aside, you may want to be cautious about using this. If this flash drive has ever stored anything important, like family photos or important paperwork, or anything you’d be turbo fucked to lose, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE BACKUPS. >HAVE YOU CHOSEN? >Hit “OK” >Hit “Erase”

AND WE’RE DONE.

This last bit down here isn’t necessary for the tutorial, but I wanted to include it as a fun side trivia thing:

All this shit is the secret behind those cop shows recovering “““““deleted””””””” computer data. Remember how my joke example went from 32GB to 1GB despite the flash drive being “empty”? The Invisible Memory Eater is actually the drive’s previously held data, despite what efforts you may have put into deleting it. It’s still there, like a ghost. 

This is my best understanding of what exactly is happening, and why some data is recoverable, and why some is not: Using a painting as a metaphor, let’s say this:

You have a blank white panel and you paint a picture of a cat.

Next, you take white paint and cover the cat up. The cat is still there, but now there’s no way to see it. 

You paint a sunflower. And then you cover it in white paint. The cat and the sunflower are still there, and now your panel is pretty thick with paint. 

You paint a house. And then you cover the panel in white paint. All three paintings are still there, and the panel is really bloated and heavy. You had two options.  

1. It’s not as capable of being worked as it was previously, so you give the panel away. The next person gets the canvas and notices how thick the paint is. With an x-ray, they can see multiple paintings under the plain white layer. Now, with a special tool, they can carefully scrape off each layer of paint to see each image. The house shows up well enough, maybe a bit of a mess. The sunflower is more degraded, and the cat is unrecognizable. But now they have an idea of what the old paintings were. And that wasn’t your intention at all, that was private. But you can’t do anything about it now.

OR

2. You decide to freshen up the panel. Maybe it won’t be as good as new, but you can work with that. You take the panel around back, and blast the damn thing with the power washer until all traces of the paint are gone. Maybe the board is a little worse for wear, not quite brand new, but the evidence of the old work is absolutely gone, forever.  There’s no image left to access. 

Now when you give the panel away, well, maybe someone could notice the wear and tear, maybe a hint of old paint in the nooks and crannies, but there will never be enough to bring the old paintings back to life. Or even know that there were more than one painting at all. 

That’s simplifying, obviously, and doesn’t perfectly line up with the technical things that are happening, but I think it’s a decent metaphor. To line it back up to the cop show bits, they’ve basically got the x-ray and the special tools to get at the old data, and the tutorial above would be the power washer annihilating everything. 

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IOS: What to Do Whilst Your iPhone Receives Too Heat

Have you ever observed your iPhone feeling a piece Warm to touch, or maybe downright hot? Or perhaps you’ve run throughout a screen on your iPhone telling you that your tool needs to settle down before you can use it. If so, don’t rush off to the Genius Bar just yet. Here are some steps you could take to in all likelihood restoration the trouble While your iPhone Receives too Warm.

There are some of the the different motives for an iPhone to feel too Heat to the touch. If you permit it to take a seat on top of a radiator, as an instance, it’s going to truly overheat. The equal applies to letting it sit within the direct sunlight on a Heat day. Whilst that happens, your best bet is to eliminate the iPhone from the source of heat.

What to Do While My iPhone Receives Too Warm—Move See Apple? Gradual your roll, we’re now not done but. There are other possibilities. for example, In case you just up to date to a new version of iOS, your iPhone is prone to run Heat at the same time as the tool reindexes the statistics to your device. This is especially proper with an replace to iOS 10.three, given that a completely new record machine is installed location.

Right here are a few other commonplace answers for a Warm-to-the-touch iPhone.

eliminate the case: It’s arguable whether or now not Apple intends for iPhones to be saved in a case. In case your iPhone is strolling warmer than you’d like, try getting rid of the case for a piece and spot if that solves the hassle. Instances prevent air from circulating around your device, allowing warmth to accumulate.

Give up apps: Every now and then, an app may be using too much of the iPhone’s resources. This could cause the device to warmth up pretty rapidly. If this takes place, strive to quit your apps to repair the difficulty. you could do that quite effortlessly by means of following my tip on last all of your running apps straight away.

update your apps: You might have a buggy app, with an update already available to fix the difficulty. Head to the App Save and visit the Updates tab. Then pick replace All. just ensure you’re on c084d04ddacadd4b971ae3d98fecfb2a whilst you attempt this.

update iOS: On uncommon events, the hassle is iOS itself. If so, a software update will usually patch matters up. Again up your iPhone, then head to Settings > Widespread > software program update to see if there’s a new edition of iOS available.

It Might be Time for Extra Drastic Measures If none of these have helped the hassle, there are still a couple Extra possibilities.

Reset Your iPhone’s Settings: If nothing is running, your next step is to reset your iPhone’s settings. This resets customizations and app settings to their defaults, leaving all your statistics in the area. Such things as brightness settings and alternatives can reason troubles if they aren’t configured properly. To reset your iPhone’s settings, open Settings after which visit Preferred. From there, tap Reset > Reset All Settings and verify that’s what you want to do. You may need to Backup your device simply to be on the safe facet.

Nuke and Pave: That is your final hotel before heading to the Genius Bar. Restoring iOS can resolve loads of problems, and This is a troubleshooting step that Apple is susceptible to have you take anyhow. Lower back up your iPhone, then connect your device to a computer with iTunes. subsequent, choose Restore and undergo the method of restoring your device from a backup.

None of That Worked

If none of those steps Worked, You might have a problem along with your battery or hardware. Now’s the time to have the device serviced, either by way of Apple or a certified Apple repair carrier.

iPhone Receives Higher With Each New Utility

iPhone comes with some excellent programs. The programs that include an iPhone can not be seen anywhere on a cellular phone. Those programs of an iPhone lets in a person to ,surf the net, send messages, listen tune of his desire, watch movies, make a schedule of everyday routine work and to make calls simultaneously.

The iPhone isn’t always just a smartphone, in truth, it’s miles a w Itshole lot Extra then iIt’sa technically advanced cellular phone that is capable of doing all the things that a small laptop laptop can do, and it comes easily into your pocket. iPhone gives loads to its customers rather then just looking a cool telephone that can be related to the internet. There are around several thousand iPhone applications to be had inside the Apple Save. The additional gear and capabilities provided make it even Greater popular. IPhone could be very tons consumer friendly. IPhone packages are honestly turning to be very useful from the business factor of view, be they’re small sized or huge scale.

To absolutely discover the capability of an iPhone we need some packages. Those packages are essentially the laptop packages designed most effective to run on our phone. programs available include iPhone chat, Google reader, phrase press, air phones, organizers, net browsers, games and so forth. This list is infinite.

One Greater Application of iPhone is for journeying. On this we can use maps to bookmark the addresses of all the locations we need to visit. we can then tap These bookmarks whilst taking walks round or telling a cabbie in which to head. we will positioned all our journeying information in one iPhone Utility.

People of all age agencies are the use of the advantages of health primarily based programs. Walkers, runners, bicyclers and skaters use this Application of iPhone to tune the space they traveled.

With the help of iPhone Application one could stay in contact with all the cutting-edge updates which might be taking place around the globe. These updates consist of all the fields whether or not it’s far of sports activities, finance, enterprise, today’s fashion and all. Staying on top of the brand new events might be less complicated with this iPhone Utility.More applications of iPhone include the Utility for coping with money. On this Software you can preserve a document of its account announcement on the iPhone.

Thinking about the musical Application, iPhone can be transformed right into a full 88 key piano entire with a sustaining pedal. IPhone may be used to music a guitar. we are able to create special tunes by means of in reality blowing into the microphone. The iPhone can be used as entire track studio.

Kindle For iPhone – Get the Lowdown on the Kindle iPhone App

Amazon has outdone itself once more. just within days of launching the Kindle 2, Amazon also launched its new Kindle iPhone app and sent iPhone customers scrambling to download the unfastened app and attempting it out. The verdict? IPhone proprietors were inspired sufficient that many of them have jumped at the Kindle bandwagon and have purchased one themselves.

How exactly does this Kindle iPhone app paintings? For starters, it is like having an extension of your Kindle with you wherever you Move. If you’re one in all individuals who think that studying the Kindle even while waiting in traces or taking subway rides is a chunk overdoing it, then the iPhone app is the answer in your studying predicament. Take the iPhone with you everywhere and take advantage of brief bursts of studying your Kindle books whenever you’ve got some unfastened time.

Relevant for both the iPhone and iPod touch, the Kindle for iPhone app has even taken the effort to make reading from the iPhone a nice enjoy. For the reason that the iPhone is a compact device, the readability continues to be notable with five font sizes to pick from. Plus, going thru pages is without problems performed with only a mere swipe of the screen right to left, or Again. For bookmarking pages, finding the desk of contents, going to the beginning or a selected vicinity, and searching at the image cowl, multiple faucets is all it takes as well.

Gaining access to all of your Kindle books even with out the Kindle around is also possible with the Kindle iPhone app. simply log-in for your Amazon account and down load any of your books stored there straight on your iPhone. Even Higher, you could continue to study right wherein you left off from both device, thanks to Kindle’s Whispersync technology. make sure to sync your Amazon Kindle or iPhone earlier than leaving and both one in all them will automatically visit the closing page read when you resume reading.

Another superb factor about the Kindle iPhone app is that it offers the reader a full-coloration model of the snap shots from its Lcd display screen, instead of the Kindle’s sunglasses of gray. What it can not do however, is permanently update the Kindle as the choice reading device. even as the iPhone acts as a perfect foil to the Kindle, the latter’s e-paper technology, huge screen, and superior clarity is still the exceptional tool for hours of nonstop analyzing.

however exciting the brand new Kindle for iPhone may be, it nevertheless has a few downsides. Wirelessrst, shopping for books from Amazon or maybe just surfing to be had titles directly thru the app isn’t yet feasible. Moreover, the Kindle iPhone app is presently one-of-a-kind for ebooks and not for newspapers and magazines as but. And one Greater issue, the dictionary function is not to be had yet at the Kindle for iPhone app. These are minor drawbacks although, and with the way matters are going with the Kindle, These functions are honestly no longer a ways off.