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Recover lost data in Lion

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It’s all too easy to accidentally wipe out a word, line or page from a document you’re working on. An accidental brush of the hand on a trackpad at the wrong moment can do it. With some apps on Lion it needn’t be a big drama though: just look at an automatically saved older version of the document to get the lost data back. Here’s how.

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Secure Empty Trash

Secure Empty Trash really gets rid of files in the Trash can.

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Securely erase a drive

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Erase a drive to remove old files or delete confidential information.

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Destroy Confidential Data

If you want to be quite sure no-one can retrieve the information from an old floppy or other data store destroy it: physically.

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