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protecting keychain data when using Time Machine
I plan to use Time Machine to back up by data.
If the backup is not encrypted, can someone with access to the TimeMachine disk access my keychain passwords? Do they at least need to know my system ...
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Should time machine backups be encrypted
I am new to the Mac and was setting up my Time Machine. However, it seems Time Machine also backs up information in the keychain.
I was wondering if that means I should use an encrypted disk to store ...
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MBR-partitioned HDD: How to encrypt Time Machine backup?
I'm giving my external HDD to a friend tomorrow for a few days. It's partitioned via Master Boot Record and there are two partitions: a NTFS partition and my Time Machine partition. I don't want him ...
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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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Mac OS X Server: automount encrypted drive before login
I have a 4TB Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted) hard drive hanging off a Mac OS X Lion (soon to be Mountain Lion) Server that is dedicated to networked Time Machine backups.
I'd like to be able ...
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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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Can I restore my entire system (OS, boot, and Bootcamp) with TimeMachine if the Motherboard is replaced?
I'm about to send my Mac to be repaired and want to encrypt the hard drive before doing so.
Assuming I do a full backup prior to encryption, will Time Machine allow me to
Overwrite my encrypted ...
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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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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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Why is my “Encrypt backups” option greyed out for local (USB) time machine disc?
I'm using Mountain Lion on a new MacBook Pro (retina) with a local USB drive for backup. From what I've read searching around (including other questions on here) I should be able to encrypt my time ...
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Is it safe to eject my timemachine backup whilst its decrypting?
I encrypted my Time Machine backup (A Western Digital 2tb external drive) then realised that Airport wont mount the backup over wifi, so am currently decrypting the drive (via Disk Utility).
I found ...
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encrypted time machine backups to a single external hdd from more than one mbp
I am planning to get a external HDD for time machine backups for 2 macbook pros.
Can both of them backup to the same HDD
Can the disk be time machine encrypted and still be accessible to both?
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How to use my own sparse bundle image on Time Capsule for backups?
I'm trying to create my own sparse bundle image on Time Capsule and set it up for Time Machine. My main requirement is to limit the disk space allowed for backups but I would also like to encrypt ...
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Is AFP (specifically Time Machine) encrypted on the wire?
I've been hunting for the answer to this, but I have not found it. When I back up my laptop using Time Machine to a remote Time Machine server (Time Capsule, or Mac Mini with an external drive), is ...
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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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How to set up encrypted Time Machine backups to a remote drive?
I have an external drive which I used to do encrypted TM backups to, via a direct USB connection (i.e. the entire drive became encrypted - Lion).
I would like to switch to wireless backups but ...
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If I encrypt a Time Machine backup disk, is the entire disk encrypted or just the Backups.backupdb directory?
If I check the "Encrypt backup disk" checkbox in Time Machine (in OS X Lion), I get this warning:
Will just the Time Machine "Backups.backupdb" directory be encrypted, or the entire disk? In other ...
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How do I encypt Time Machine with Mac OS X Lion?
I am thinking about upgrading to Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, because it offers full disk encryption.
However, if I use Time Machine with on an external hard drive, will the Time Machine backups be encrypted ...
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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 ...
