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| age | 48 | |
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Freelance Macintosh Support. Work. Wander. Rest when I can twitter: @jaberg
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Jan 25 |
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Protect my files from local admins When was FileVault 2 hacked? |
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Jan 25 |
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Protect my files from local admins Your home directory is not accessible to an Administrator via the Finder. An administrator can access files via Terminal if they know the proper incantation. (They probably do.) |
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Jan 25 |
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Can I use an old iPhone as a wifi-only device? Accuracy |
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Jan 25 |
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Why can't I paste into the password dialog when mounting an encrypted disk image? Storing the password in the system keychain runs against the notion of keeping the enclosed files secure. If someone has access to your open account, they can access the encrypted files. You could however move the keys for encrypted images into a second keychain that is protected by a different password. That way you would only have one additional complex password to remember. |
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Jan 25 |
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Why can't I paste into the password dialog when mounting an encrypted disk image? added 190 characters in body |
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Jan 25 |
answered | Can I use an old iPhone as a wifi-only device? |
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Jan 25 |
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Why can't I paste into the password dialog when mounting an encrypted disk image? added 194 characters in body |
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Jan 25 |
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Why can't I paste into the password dialog when mounting an encrypted disk image? I generate and store the passwords in Password Wallet and type them into the dialog. They're not overly long, but they are random and at least to my thinking, they're secure enough. |
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Jan 25 |
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What does the arrow with 2 lines through it mean? Just beat me to it. Daniel Aleksandersen also provides Unicode symbols for the Mac keyboard special keys |
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Jan 25 |
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Protect my files from local admins You could also put particularly sensitive files into an encrypted disk image. |
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Jan 25 |
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Why can't I paste into the password dialog when mounting an encrypted disk image? For the want of an "i" the command was lost! |
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Jan 25 |
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Protect my files from local admins Define "protect". Local Admins don't have access to files in your home directory without resorting to extraordinary measures. They have no access to the contents of your keychain file unless they know your password.. |
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Jan 25 |
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Why can't I paste into the password dialog when mounting an encrypted disk image? added 63 characters in body |
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Jan 25 |
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Why can't I paste into the password dialog when mounting an encrypted disk image? edited tags |
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Jan 25 |
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How do I change the root password? I'm with patrix on this one. It's difficult to see how changing a root password helps you sort out the mess. There are utilities for changing account passwords and "root" isn't generally used for Mac administration purposes. |
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Jan 25 |
awarded | Organizer |
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Jan 25 |
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Why can't I paste into the password dialog when mounting an encrypted disk image? Spelling correction in title. Removed references to mountain lion in title and tags--it applies to all versions of OS X |
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Jan 25 |
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When will I use the FileVault 2 recovery key? Eliminated the extraneous quotation marks (introduced by prior editor) around recovery key and (while I was at it) made a minor grammar correction. |
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Jan 25 |
answered | Why can't I paste into the password dialog when mounting an encrypted disk image? |
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Jan 25 |
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When will I use the FileVault 2 recovery key? added 113 characters in body |
