So.... filevault
I'm sorry if this question has been answered before but I really want to clarify it. I know about the filevault 'recover disk space' problem and the update. I installed 10.3 and activated filevault. I have since installed the 10.3.1 update that is supposed to fix the problem.
I rarely turn off my powerbook, it just sleeps all the time but I've just installed the Bluetooth update and because I've restarted it's asking me if I want it to recover the disk space.
Am I now safe to let it do this or should I keep telling it to skip it?
I really want to make sure I won't have any problems before I click it!
Thanks for the help
I rarely turn off my powerbook, it just sleeps all the time but I've just installed the Bluetooth update and because I've restarted it's asking me if I want it to recover the disk space.
Am I now safe to let it do this or should I keep telling it to skip it?
I really want to make sure I won't have any problems before I click it!
Thanks for the help
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I have a laptop, travel frequently and see a need for it. I do not see the need to encrypt my music files. I would be interested in encrypting only my job folder and the info I have in Daylite.
I can wait.
Originally posted by kcmac
It would be more useful as stated by others before, if it let you select what you want to encrypt.
I have a laptop, travel frequently and see a need for it. I do not see the need to encrypt my music files. I would be interested in encrypting only my job folder and the info I have in Daylite.
I can wait.
just a quick note: you can already do that, with a little know but nifty feature of Disk Copy (included in Jaguar, dunno about Panther). This features lets you create an encrypted disk image, which you can then use to store your sensitive files. It's a bit inconvenient in that you have to mount the image (and enter your password of course) before you can work in it, but I personally don't mind it for those few files that are really sensitive. It also uses the same super-strong encryption used by Panther for its more systematic but less flexible approach (AES-128 ).
Double-click the image, enter your password, it mounts, work with the files.
Another rev might be worth waiting for, and I'd echo barto's generic caution...
i've known a few folks who chronically forget their passwords.
For them, FileVault would be very bad. (though the "Master password" might alleviate this)
Originally posted by kcmac
It would be more useful as stated by others before, if it let you select what you want to encrypt.
I have a laptop, travel frequently and see a need for it. I do not see the need to encrypt my music files. I would be interested in encrypting only my job folder and the info I have in Daylite.
I can wait.
Another solution is to move your music library outside your home folder via an alias or telling iTunes to move it for you. This way it won't be encrypted, and you can do that with other folders too.
Originally posted by cygsid
[BIt's a bit inconvenient in that you have to mount the image (and enter your password of course) before you can work in it, but I personally don't mind it for those few files that are really sensitive. It also uses the same super-strong encryption used by Panther for its more systematic but less flexible approach (AES-128 ). [/B]
Drop the disk image in your Login Items and add the password to Keychain, and the disk will be automatically mounted whenever you log in. This gives about the same level of security as Filevault but can be used to store only specific items of interest.
Once I'd recovered the space my iTunes database file was trashed and it wouldn't start up. I'm lucky in that I only transferred my library across to my Albook a month or so ago so I copied my database file from my work mac (which reset my playlists and playcounts etc. to the state they were in then), and then re-imported the CD's I'd imported since. Then when I synched my Pod it updated all the playcounts etc to what they should be.... well it fixed it 95% anyway.
It made me really angry. I was lucky in that I didn't get Panther straight away (because it took Apple so long to ship it to me) so I was made aware of the problems other people were having. The software shouldn't have shipped in that state. But to install the update from Apple that "fixes" the problem and then start using Filevault only to discover it trashed my preferences anyway... well that seems a bit off to me.
Surely during the months and months of development at Apple someone turned Filevault on and then restarted their machine......?
Oh well - thought I'd let you guys know just in case the same happened to you. Might me worth making a copy of the iTunes database file somewhere in case? My mp3 files themselves weren't affected.
hope this helps someone
cheers
Originally posted by Texas Flood
Drop the disk image in your Login Items and add the password to Keychain, and the disk will be automatically mounted whenever you log in.
This approach works perfectly well, I used a setup exactly like it before 10.3.1. Now I've turned on FileVault, and so far have not had anything bad happen.
The reason I switched from iFilevault (as my disk image was called) to FV is that a) the constantly mounted disk image bothered me and more importantly b) Macromedia Studio MX 2004 would not recognize its sites file (~/Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Common/2004/Sites/Sites prefs), where it stores all the sites' ftp passwords, when this file was located on the disk image and it or its parent folder was linked as an alias or unix link .
If someone hacks in as user A, even as an admin, they still wouldn't have access to user B's files unless they also had the Admin FileVault password.
Also, if your drive is stolen, all someone has to do is plug it into another machine to read the files if you're not using FileVault.
Some people have reposted losses of preferences (did you mean that instead of permissions?), but it seems like a straightforward bug. Apple says it's fixed, I haven't tried it out.