{"id":33743,"date":"2018-11-13T16:24:07","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T08:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=33743"},"modified":"2018-11-13T16:24:07","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T08:24:07","slug":"protectstar-releases-updated-version-2-0-10-of-ishredder-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2018\/11\/13\/protectstar-releases-updated-version-2-0-10-of-ishredder-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"ProtectStar releases updated version 2.0.10 of iShredder Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ProtectStar released the update version 2.0.10 of iShredder Mac, their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.protectstar.com\/en\/products\/ishredder-mac\" rel=\"nofollow\">military grade data deletion tool<\/a>\u00a0for macOS. The app allows users to drag-and-drop files, folders, hard drives, an external drives to the app&#8217;s shredding area and securely erase the data with just a click of the &#8220;Shred&#8221; button. The new update is also fully compliant with the European privacy legislation (GDPR) and compatible with the latest macOS Mojave.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Using the same data shredding techniques as their popular\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.protectstar.com\/en\/products\/ishredder-ios\" rel=\"nofollow\">iShredder iOS<\/a>\u00a0app to wipe iPhone and iPad devices, ProtectStar&#8217;s iShredder Mac securely \u00a0erases data using secure erasure algorithms that meet and exceed government, military, and industry standards. The software eliminates any chance for data reconstruction, even by government agencies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Many users believe that when they delete a file from their Mac, that they&#8217;re gone for good. The truth is, the files can be recovered using any one of a number of macOS disk utilities. That&#8217;s due to the way computers &#8220;delete&#8221; files. They don&#8217;t really remove the data, they simply mark the files as deleted,&#8221; says Chris Bohn, CEO of ProtectStar. &#8220;Files aren&#8217;t really gone forever until that storage space is overwritten using secure deletion algorithms. iShredder Mac securely overwrites the &#8216;deleted&#8217; files using patented security standards, making it impossible to recover any deleted data.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The latest version of iShredder Mac 2 includes a new innovative search algorithm to detect and clean up useless temporary junk data, caches, macOS snapshots, and log files on the Mac. With just a push of a button, iShredder Mac not only brings back valuable storage space to any Macbook or iMac, it also ensures a performance tuning. This ensures that the files that contain fragments of your personal data are erased.<\/p>\n<p>iShredder Mac 2 is available in two versions. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.protectstar.com\/en\/shop-ishredder-mac-professional\" rel=\"nofollow\">Professional Edition<\/a>\u00a0offers 11 different data shredding methods, completely wiping all free space and overwriting the storage area, to completely shred all of the stored data. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.protectstar.com\/en\/shop-ishredder-mac-military\" rel=\"nofollow\">iShredder Mac Military Edition<\/a>\u00a0offers 18 erasing methods in total, while also offering advanced deletion reports.<\/p>\n<p>iShredder Mac Professional uses certified deletion algorithms, including: DoD 5220.22-M ECE, Peter Gutmann, DoD 5220.22-M, HMG Infosec No.5, German BSI-2011-VS, US Army AR380-19 and more. iShredder Mac Mac Military Edition uses those same algorithms. Plus, it makes use of enhanced military deletion methods like NATO standard, US Navy NAVSO P-5239-26 (MFM &amp; RLL), USAF AFSSI-5020, BSI TL-03423 and CSEC ITSG-06. Each algorithm has been analyzed by independent authorities and organizations to ensure it really does what it promises, which is destroy data beyond any hope of restoration.<\/p>\n<p>iShredder Mac Professional Edition features include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Compatible with all Mac models<\/li>\n<li>Secure Erasure of files, folders, hard drives, external drives, USB Sticks, SD cards, and more<\/li>\n<li>Secure data deletion up to the top-secret security standard level<\/li>\n<li>A detailed deletion report provides evidence of deletion<\/li>\n<li>Compatible with Solid State Drives (SSD) and Flash memory<\/li>\n<li>Wiping of Temporary Data and macOS Snapshots<\/li>\n<li>Full Drag &amp; Drop support<\/li>\n<li>Includes 1 year of technical support and free upgrades<\/li>\n<li>24\/7 support via e-Mail with your\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.protectstar.com\/en\/support-hero\" rel=\"nofollow\">personal Support Hero<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>iShredder Mac Military Edition includes the above features, plus:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Advanced erasure reports<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced military deletion methods<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Both editions have integrated the high-secure\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.protectstar.com\/en\/secure-erase\" rel=\"nofollow\">Advanced Secure Deletion Algorithm<\/a>\u00a0developed by ProtectStar Inc. in 2017. The new deletion method also encrypts the blocks completely using the 256-bit AES (Advanced Encryption Algorithm) and uses high-quality random numbers generated based on Feder Information Processing Standards (FIPS).<\/p>\n<p>System Requirements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>macOS 10.11 or higher<\/li>\n<li>Supports Mac OS X El Capitan, macOS Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave<\/li>\n<li>64-bit processor<\/li>\n<li>50 MB<\/li>\n<li>Internet connection for activation and updates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The app allows users to drag-and-drop files, folders, hard drives, an external drives to the app&#8217;s shredding area and securely erase the data with just a click of the &#8220;Shred&#8221; button. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":33744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,16],"tags":[3364,6495,6494,6496,1794,54],"class_list":["post-33743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apps","category-biz-solutions","tag-apple","tag-ishredder","tag-ishredder-mac-military-edition","tag-ishredder-mac-professional-edition","tag-mac","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}