Thank you again Lee, your knowledge is amazing, your mind should be registered with the FBI......well, maybe it is.
John On Feb 3, 2011, at 8:04 PM, Lee Larson wrote: > On Feb 3, 2011, at 1:00 PM, John Robinson wrote: > >> Thanks so much!! I have never used FileVault due to negative press, but >> maybe that pertained to earlier versions of the OS. > > I tried it when it first came out and was underwhelmed. I tried it again with > Leopard because they changed the way things are stored on the disk, and it is > much better. I've been using it in my office for almost a year, and rarely > notice it. There are a few things that can be done to make it better. For > example, I keep big video, graphics and sound files outside my home directory > to avoid having them decrypted. > >> If you use FileVault then isn't every file on the computer encrypted? If >> so, to use the file I guess FileVault instantly restores it on the fly or is >> there a latency? Is there a way to "choose" the files you want encrypted >> for some of the work we do does not need to be encrypted. > > Only the files in your home directory are encrypted. The biggest drawback to > FV is its lack of granularity. Because of this, I've been thinking of > switching to TrueCrypt, but I doubt that would work at all with TM. > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
