Apple's trademark for features of the Mac OS X operating system involving encrypting computer data for security purposes
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Why is my boot partition listed as Unmounted in Disk Utility?
I recently experienced a kernel panic ("your mac must restart...") due to an issue with Macfusion, so after the reboot I loaded Disk Utility in an attempt to verify the disk in case something was left ...
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External HD with a Filevault 1 home directory, readable from Lion?
I have the HD from my old Snow Leopard Mac containing my old home directory encrypted with Filevault 1. Can I mount this HD in a USB enclosure as an external volume on a new Mac running Lion, and ...
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How can I figure out what's slowly eating my HD space?
Every few days I get notices on my MacBook that it's running or run out of hard drive space. Curiously, restarting the computer will enable me to recover gigabytes of space (this past time, it was ...
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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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What issues might (legacy) FileVault cause?
Edit: The below was written before Lion came out, so this post is referring to what is now called "Legacy FileVault", which encrypts only your home directory.
I've enabled FileVault on my computer ...
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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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FileVault Performance Compromise?
I'm thinking of using FileVault to secure my computer - it looks like an ideal solution for everything. However, I'm wondering - will it effect the performance / battery life of my computer ...
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Is there a way of “re-locking” an internal FileVault 2 encrypted partition?
As an alternative to using encrypted disk images, I created a FileVault 2 encrypted partition in Lion for some important data on the SSD in my MacBook Air. The password is not stored in a keychain. ...
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How long should it take to enable FileVault 2 on a fresh Lion installation?
How long should I expect it to take to enable FileVault 2 on a fresh installation of Lion? I'm using a mid-2010 15" MacBook Pro with an i7 and a 5,400RPM 500GB hard drive with only 10GB used.
John ...
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10.7 FileVault & TimeMachine
I would like to know if turning on FileVault affects TimeMachine Backups; if yes how?
(E.G. Do the backups become encrypted? etc.)
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Guest login got enabled even though FileVault 2 is enabled and Guest login is disabled
I rebooted my Mac yesterday after installing the Apple update TS4088. Even though I disabled Guest Logins in my Users Preferences and have enabled FileVault 2 since the start, I am able to see Guest ...
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How do you clone a drive encrypted with Filevault2?
Say I have drive A that is already encrypted with Filevault2. I want to make an exact clone of the drive to a different drive B. Every way I've tried so far decrypts drive A first, then clones, ...
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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 ...
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SSD Boot drive and encrypted HD
Have an SSD installed in my MBP's optical bay. All works well other than being unable to directly log on to my main home folder, which I think is due to the fact they this folder (still on the HDD) is ...
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Carbon Copy Cloner and FileVault Volumes
I am about to get my SSD back from an RMA process.
I currently have my backup HDD and I'm considering utilizing FileVault's full disk encryption. I'd like to minimize the number of writes before I ...
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How do I revert to a previous version of a file using Lion's file versioning tool?
I can't seem to figure this one out. I have filevault running if that makes a difference.
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FileVault2 Asking for Password Twice?
I recently enabled FileVault on OSX Lion. All seems to have gone well - it asks for my password before booting as expected, however it asks for it twice. Basically, it asks for my password, boots for ...
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After disabling Filevault 1, is it possible to enable it again in Lion?
It seems that after disabling Filevault 1 in OS X Lion, there no longer is an option to choose between Filevault 1 and Filevault 2 functionality.
I actually prefer Filevault 1 over Filevault 2, since ...
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Can I switch off disk while disk encryption is going on
I am trying to encrypt a disk which is taking approximately 20-30 minutes per every 1% .
Can I restart/switch off my Mac while the encryption is going on ?
Would the Mac automagically resume ...
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How can I configure the keyboard layout for the FileVault 2 unlock screen?
I installed Mac OS X Lion and enabled FileVault to have a full disk encryption of my system disk. I bought my Mac with a French keyboard (since I'm French and used to this layout) but my Mac is ...
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Will FileVault 2 wear out my SSD faster?
I'm considering using FileVault 2 when I upgrade to Lion. Though my understanding of it is weak, it seems as though it shouldn't really increase the number of reads or writes per disk operation ...
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How to create a pseudo-guest account in Lion with FileVault 2?
The guest account always had very limited permissions, unfortunately since activating FileVault on Lion it's deactivated by default. (More about it here: Unable to create Guest Account after enabling ...
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Can FileVault show the login window as 'name and password', not 'list of users'?
Normally, Mac OS X lets you choose to show the login screen as a list of users (you click to enter the password), or two text fields (you enter the username and password):
But, I use FileVault 2. ...
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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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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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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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Is it possible to access a FileVault 2 encrypted volume from Boot Camp?
If I switch on FileVault 2 in Lion, can I still access my OS X volume from Boot Camp (Windows 7)? Are both volumes encrypted and decrypted together, or does it only affect the OS X volume?
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Can Time Machine volumes be easily encrypted with FileVault 2?
Now that File Vault 2 can encrypt the entire disk and encrypt external drives, can I have a fully encrypted Time Machine volume?
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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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Will OSX Lion support filevault encryption on bootcamp partitions? [closed]
I'm thinking of migrating to bootcamp (from Parallels for speed), but need encryption. Apple has said Lion will have "whole disk" 128-bit encryption - any guesses on whether this includes bootcamp ...
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Mount home sparsebundle when SSH
I'm using FileVault to encrypt my homedir. But when I'm not logged (locally) into my remote machine and I'm connecting to it trough SSH my home contains only the sparsebundle file.
How can I mount it ...
