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How to set up ZEVO / ZFS on an internal disk while maintaining full disk encryption?
It seems that it's currently impossible to have the entire boot drive converted to ZFS.
How would one go about converting a single disk HFS+ Filevault 2 setup into a setup which has full encryption ...
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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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Can a FileVault-encrypted partition be accessed using a password I supplied during OS X install?
I have a MacBook (Retina, Mid 2012 if it's relevant) which I installed Mountain Lion onto, creating one user account only (an Admin account). There is a Guest User, marked for "Sharing Only". The hard ...
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How can I reformat a drive that contains an encrypted volume?
After OS X 10.7 came out with its disk-encryption features, I encrypted an empty USB thumb drive just for grins. I never used it, and eventually decided to reformat it as a normal drive for use with ...
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How can I use FileVault encryption and still track my laptop if stolen
I've spent quite some time over the last few days trying to work out how I can combine the clear data security advantages of encrypting my machine with FileVault 2 under Lion, and the theft-recovery ...
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Open an encrypted HDD/USB on Leopard?
Is it possible to access an external HDD or USB drive encrypted on Lion, through a Mac running Leopard?
In other words, is FileVault 2 encryption on volumes/partitions backwards compatible? (It ...
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What performance or battery impact does FileVault2 (disk encryption) have on a MacBook Pro Retina?
I'm interested in seeing the performance difference (or load) of FileVault 2 on a MacBook Pro Retina (with SSD)
What are the performance differences and power consumption differences with and without ...
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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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Time machine encrypted backups [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Time Machine + FileVault on Lion or Mountain
During a Time Machine backup, is the backed up data at any time unencrypted?
If yes: can I disable that at the cost, ...
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FileVault 2 gives “boot file not written” error
I'm trying to enable FileVault 2 in Mountain Lion, but a few steps into the process of turning on the encryption I get the error "Boot file not written" and the encryption fails to succeed.
Anyone ...
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Why is my Legacy FileVault image larger than the physical disk?
I'm still running Snow Leopard and recently enabled FileVault on my home directory. I noticed that the OS X thinks my home directory is 1TB, which is strange because the hard disk in my laptop is ...
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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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FileVault (CoreStorage) + Linux partition
Quick question here. I'm not really familiar with the requirements of CoreStorage so I'd like to confirm with you guys before I start working.
I'm currently running OSX Lion on my MacBook Air, with ...
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Should I have turned off Legacy FileVault before using FileVault 2 on Lion?
I've been happily using Legacy FileVault on my Macbook since I upgraded from Snow Leopard to Lion. Today, I decided to switch to FileVault 2 and went ahead and clicked the "Turn On FileVault" button. ...
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Error when booting Mac with FileVault Encryption
Ever since I encrypted my MacBook Pro I am seeing this error right after I type in my password at the initial screen.
Any ideas what this means, how serious it is or maybe even how to fix it?
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With File Vault ON are time machine backups encrypted?
I have been using time machine to back up to a wireless external drive since I got my mac. Today I used filevault to encrypt my hard drive.
Will this affect how Time Machine backs up my files?
Will ...
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Does FileVault encrypt my BootCamp partition?
If I enable the new FileVault feature in Mac OS X Lion, will it also encrypt my existing Windows bootcamp partitions? (And/or any new bootcamp partition I create?)
Update: If not, where can I get ...
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Warning: “CSUserAgent wants to access data stored in your keychain.”
For my backups I use an encrypted external hard disk. This hard disk has two partitions (names are: Backup, Private).
Today, when connecting the backup I was prompted with the following message:
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Revert encryption error
I'm trying to revert the encryption on my disk, but Disk Utility gives me an unknown error, and from the command line, using
sudo diskutil corestorage rever UUID
It gives me this error:
Error: ...
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FileVault sparsefile uses double of actual allocated disk space
I just noticed that for some reason disk usage (du) reports that FileVault in my home directory would use its allocated disk space twice:
[/Users]% sudo du -h -d 1 .
184G ./.moo
170G ./moo
204K ...
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What user behavior is necessary to make Filevault 2 maximally secure?
Situation: Filevault 2 passwords can be stolen
Passware has released the Passware Kit Forensic 11.3 which is able to steal the FileVault 2 password from the RAM by performing a DMA Attack via the ...
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With FileVault enabled, do I need to overwrite my hard drive with 0's before getting rid of it?
When I give up my laptop I like to securely delete the hard drive. I would assume that since it's full disk encrypted using file vault that I should be able to just delete the real key for boot ...
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Accessing encrypted FileVault 2 (?) partition from Snow Leopard
I'm trying to access an encrypted partition on an external hard drive. My dad formatted it in OS X Lion before sending me the drive. I am running Snow Leopard with no access to a Lion install... ...
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Is File Vault 2 whole disk encryption or whole partition encryption?
Can I use File Vault to encrypt only some of the partitions on my disk (so that I can still have unencrypted and Windows partitions on the same disk), or does File Vault encrypt the whole disk so that ...
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Speed of old Filevault vs. new Lion full disk encryption
How do the old Filevault and the new Lion full disk encryption compare speed wise?
ATM I am using Snow Leppard with FileVault to encrypt my whole home directory, which makes opening IPhoto, Chrome or ...
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What are the implications in speed and battery life while using Filevault 2?
One of the neat new (though understated) features of Lion is Whole Disk Encryption. Before I flick the switch, I'd love to know what the performance impacts (speed and battery impacts) of switching ...
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Can I use FileVault only for specific folders?
Can I set up FileVault to encrypt only specific folders inside of my Home folder but not the whole Home folder?
I want to do this because it's not very convenient for me to encrypt the entire Home ...
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How can I get Time Machine to back up the contents of a File Vault while logged in?
Disclaimer: this question and answer are targeted to the Snow Leopard implementation of FileVault where the user home folder is only encrypted in a bundle. Lion's implementation of FileVault doesn't ...
