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How can I recover the key of an encrypted hard-drive?
I still have access to the disc, but I lost the piece of paper with the key. Can I somehow recover it? I already had a look into Keychain Access Utility, but I couldn’t find it.
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Is FileVault 2 + SSD + OverProvisioning possible?
As the title says, could someone accomplish this?
I couldn't.
FileVault 2 wizard tells me that the disk isn't compatible with it.
I have only 3 partitions on main disk, and Recovery HD was cloned ...
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OpenPGP encryption of mails in Mountain Lion
I've been trying to find out any way to OpenPGP encrypt mails while sending from Apple Mail or any other email app in Mountain Lion.
GPGTools' GPGMail is not yet ready for Mountain Lion.
MailMate ...
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Time Machine drive encryption going for 22 hours. Is it stalled?
I set up Time Machine in Mountain Lion by plugging in a newly formatted 500GB USB drive, selecting that from the Time Machine dialog, and checking the box to encrypt my backups. A window appeared that ...
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How do I erase an encrypted TimeMachine drive on Mountain Lion if I've forgotten the password?
My question is similar to this question. I have a USB drive that contains an old encrypted backup. I don't remember the password and don't care about loosing the backup - I just want to be able to use ...
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How to encrypt IMAP folder on Mountain Lion? [closed]
Sup y'all.
I need to encrypt one of my IMAP folders (in Mac Mail.) In my HP Windows computer, I just right-click and hit 'encrypt.' What's the deal, fam?
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How to tweak boot time by disabling apple kexts (including cryptography related ones)?
Initially, I am running OSX Mountain Lion on a mid 2010 6,2 MBP.
I wanted to enhance my boot time a little, maybe by disabling some official apple kexts. Has anyone played with that, knowing which ...
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Lost Time Machine Password - Unable to Format Disk
I lost my password to my Time Machine backup. It's on a Seagate FreeAgent USB drive. I don't mind losing the data, I just can't figure out how to format the drive. I found this thread, however, the ...
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Can't revert CoreStorage, can't reformat physical disk
I bought a new USB drive to use with Mountain Lion's ability to target more than one disk for Time Machine backups. When I first set up the drive, I decided to try encrypting it, which I'm now ...
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Encrypt existing unencrypted Time Capsule backup
Since Mountain Lion Time Capsule can now backup to encrypted sparsebundles. This is great and easy to setup for new backup locations, just select 'encrypt backups'. However, I have backups for around ...
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Is FileVault distinct from Finder's “Encrypt …” command?
I'm confused by the variety of methods for encrypting drives in Mountain Lion. There are at least four methods,
FileVault in System Preferences;
Finder's "Encrypt..." command;
Disk Utility's "Erase" ...
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How to view progress when encrypting a disk?
Mountain Lion allows one to encrypt any disk by right-clicking on the disk in the Finder and selecting Encrypt from the contextual menu.
Is there anyway to check on the progress of this encryption ...
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How to re-encrypt a decrypted partition that says “The Core Storage-targetvolume is already encrypted”?
I encrypted a Lion partition called "Storage" and it worked perfectly. I needed to decrypt it momentarily because I had some issues, but now I want to encrypt the same volume again and it says "The ...
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Advised setup for: Parallels, Time Machine, Security, Windows 7, and MS Visual Studio 2010
I just bought the latest MacBook Air 13". I run Parallels with Windows 7, but I'm running out of disk space quickly.
So, I'm now considering moving the VM to an external hard drive. With that I want ...
