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You can also insecurely delete and either skip that security or have the mac run a secure overwrite of all free space when you can afford the time to write over all the free space to ensure security if someone were to try to search for files among the unallocated space. You can still choose the secure delete command but this time have a user logged in to inspect the progress. Once the mac reboots, you will of course have to deal with the complete deletion of the /Users/whatever folder and potentially need to re-do the user deletion if it's still partially left around. If you have a recent backup or bootable restore media, you are really in great shape. You will have added time to re-do the erase, so unless you are certain it's frozen, letting it run might be the best course until you need to interrupt the process.Īny time you have to halt the mac, there could be some damage to the files being written, but at this point, the mac is simply wiping the user files that are about to be deleted.

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You are correct that only securely deleting the user account is faster than securely deleting all unused space (except for the edge case where the drive it 100% totally full except for this user's data - unlikely in practice and at risk of failing due to no swap space being available). The best option in my opinion is to interrupt the process any time you wish. That way, your buyer can start up the machine to the Setup Assistant and still retain the software you want to provide them with. Verify that your machine starts up to the Setup Assistant and you're done. Shutdown -r now (This restarts the computer) Disable 'Fast User Switching' feature before deleting a user on Mac. Later, restart your Mac to continue to delete an admin user account on Mac.

Just uncheck the small box before 'Allow User to Administer This Computer'. Rm -rf /Library/Preferences (This resets preferences) If you insist on deleting the only admin user, then you can downgrade your administrator account to a standard one. Rm -rf /Users/shortname (Replace "shortname" with the user account name you set up before.

Rm /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/"shortname".plist (Replace "shortname" with the user account name you set up before. Rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone (This removes the flag that tells Setup Mount -uw / (This mounts the root volume so you can make changes to it.

Restart your machine in Single User mode.

#MAC COMPUTER SETTINGS STUCK WHILE DELETING ACCOUNT INSTALL#

Install the software you want to include.

Configure a dummy user account named "test" or "admin" or something generic.

I would suggest doing a secure erase of your hard disk first.

If you want to sell your machine but also include installed software, there is a better way to set this up that will ensure none of your personal data is on the machine, as well as provide a better box opening experience for your buyer. To add on to the existing answers and offer a different solution, you can securely erase the drive instead of just one user account.