Comment Comment by Solid_Applaud If you are reading this and you want to truly restore the internal drive to factory original state minus wear and you have a Macbook that is able to boot a Linux from USB:If you have nvme storage use blkdiscard to wipe it:https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/blkdiscard.8.htmlOrnvme format <device> with the --ses option, see available ses options here:https://www.mankier.com/1/nvme-formatOtherwise use ATA Secure Erase with the suspend trick to unfreeze the drive:https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/ATA_Secure_Erase parent Solid_Applaud 5 years ago
If you have nvme storage use blkdiscard to wipe it:
https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/blkdiscard.8.html
Or
nvme format <device> with the --ses option, see available ses options here:
https://www.mankier.com/1/nvme-format
Otherwise use ATA Secure Erase with the suspend trick to unfreeze the drive:
https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/ATA_Secure_Erase