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Hi all. I'm new to the group and just had massive issues with File Vault and wanted to offer some tips.
First, don't turn it on unless you need it (really need it - which if you are asking if you need it, the answer is no, you don't).
If you turn it on, in order to turn it off, File Vault requires something like 10-15 times the HD spac e to turn it off than what you have already occupying the space (I have a 500 GB HD and it was asking for 4 TB of space to turn it off.
If you have this problem and need to turn it off (because it's driving you insane every time that you import a lot of data and takes an hour to encrypt) you will need to move as much as you can out of the user folder that it is activated on directly to the HD or external HD to limit the HD space used by the user folder so that it will turn off (which will take up to 4 hours anyway).
So, sorry for the redundancies if this has been covered already. I just want you folks to know how it is.
Oh yeah, if you do turn on File Vault and ask anyone for help in turning it off, expect to be laughed at and asked "why/how/wtf?".
Enjoy.
First, don't turn it on unless you need it (really need it - which if you are asking if you need it, the answer is no, you don't).
If you turn it on, in order to turn it off, File Vault requires something like 10-15 times the HD spac e to turn it off than what you have already occupying the space (I have a 500 GB HD and it was asking for 4 TB of space to turn it off.
If you have this problem and need to turn it off (because it's driving you insane every time that you import a lot of data and takes an hour to encrypt) you will need to move as much as you can out of the user folder that it is activated on directly to the HD or external HD to limit the HD space used by the user folder so that it will turn off (which will take up to 4 hours anyway).
So, sorry for the redundancies if this has been covered already. I just want you folks to know how it is.
Oh yeah, if you do turn on File Vault and ask anyone for help in turning it off, expect to be laughed at and asked "why/how/wtf?".
Enjoy.
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Re: File Vault and why you shouldn't turn it on.
Mon, September 3, 2007 - 10:55 PMTurning FileVault off shouldn't be as hard as you think. The easiest way is to create an admin user that doesn't have FileVault enabled. Log in as that user, then mount the FileVault-created disk image that stores your other user's encrypted data. You should be able to supply your other user's password to do this. Now, you should have a disk image mounted and *should* be able to copy all the data out and back into your new user's home folder.
Of course, I've never actually *used* FileVault because I don't trust it, but based on my understanding of how it works, my suggestion *should* work.
And no, we won't laugh at you here for using FileVault and wanting to turn it off. -
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Re: File Vault and why you shouldn't turn it on.
Tue, September 4, 2007 - 5:30 PMOh, I'm done with it and the solution above is what I was recommended by my local mac shop. Just thought I'd share. At least I got a new 500 gb hd out of it (at the cost of my silliness I guess). It wasn't hard at all in the long run, just time consuming. I also ended up losing some source files for some music programs in the shuffle, but luckily Ableton Live makes it easy enough to reload with paramaters saved.
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Re: File Vault and why you shouldn't turn it on.
Sat, September 8, 2007 - 2:14 PMI'll pitch in. I've been using FileVault on my MBP since I bought it in April of 2006 as I have client data on the laptop. FV has been rock solid, not a glitch. Mind you, even if something went awry, I have daily back ups.
I think problems with FileVault where early on, and have since been cleared up. -
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Re: File Vault and why you shouldn't turn it on.
Sun, September 9, 2007 - 6:38 PMOh, don't get me wrong, it's not troublesome unless you want to turn it off. Sure, it sucks that it takes an hour to shut down your 'puter after a large import, but that's what you get with encryption. You use it for much more valid reasons than I ever had for turning it on.
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