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Mac Security Question

Not fun "grabass" but I need a quick answer and don't know where else to ask....

I'm sending my PowerBook back to Mac and it will probably end up with a new hard drive. I've backed up, etc., etc.

But I just remembered what I almost forgot --

I do shop online. I don't recall whether my credit card numbers or anything like that are stored on the Mac. Where do I look to see, so I can remove them?

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Well, what I'm saying is...

Well, what I'm saying is that on a notebook computer it just seems silly to store all of your music.

It isn't feasible for a lot of people -- my music library is something like 110GB at the moment and it lives on the network. (/music is auto-mounted via OpenDirectory login at my house)

My PowerBook doesn't have an iTunes library locally. When I am home I can load up my iPod or smartphone with ease. I would strongly recommend you keep music libraries off-notebook if you have a music player. The assumption being if you're out and about and want to listen to music, you probably have your iPod or some other device, and therefore don't need it to be stored on the notebook.

 
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