Blackhole deletes important and sensitive data from your Mac OS X

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October 28, 2010Apple7 Comments

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If you are a Mac user and you happen to share it with others or if by chance you leave your Mac unlocked then your privacy is at risk as others can access your data,your browsing history and other important and sensitive things.

Protecting your privacy is very important and there is a simple and free tool for Mac OS X known as Blackhole.

What can Blackhole do :

1. Quits Applications: Blackhole closes all of your applications and if a particular application fails to close then it will force it to close.

2. Empties the Trash : if you moved your files to trash but forgot to delete then it will delete those files even if they happen to be locked.

3. Clears Recent Items : it clears the recently accessed file.

4. Clears the Clipboard: this option clears all your important informations from the clipboard.

5. Unmount Volumes: it unmount volumes be it a USB key, an external hard drive, or a mounted disk image file.

6. Deletes files and folders: it deletes all the temporary files with one click.

7. Close Safari Windows and Tabs: it closes any opened Windows or tabs.

blackhole Blackhole deletes important and sensitive data from your Mac OS X

You need to mark the data which you want to clear and then hit the button clean.

You just cleaned all the sensitive and important data from your Mac.

Blackhole is a must if you are concerned about your privacy.

Download Blackhole.

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7 Responses to “Blackhole deletes important and sensitive data from your Mac OS X”
  1. Kunal

    We want want privacy for our data’s there are some informations which we dont want to share. This is a useful app .
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  2. Nicola

    I will remember this app when I’ll buy my first Mac. Thanks for sharing Shabnam very useful:DD

    • shabnam sultan

      Yes sure Nicola :) very useful tool for Mac.

  3. Jon

    Thanks :-)

  4. Shiva | Web Magazine

    Hmm, A good way too keep our Privacy intact if we are using multi user Mac systems. Nice tool Shabnam
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  5. lawmacs

    Another brilliant tool for the users of mac and also a great tool for privacy
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  6. ramaraobobby

    privacy is a major concern online with hackers and social engineering experts trying to exploit loop holes whenever and wherever possible. Blackhole seems to be a perfect suit and useful for Mac users to keep their privacy under their control. Thanks for sharing this privacy enhancer tool. ?
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