Re: a file vault question

2014-04-02 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Thanks. that's what I wanted to know. As usually when you are asked to at least on the mac side supply your admin credentials, you supply the full name of your account for example john d smith and your password what ever that might be. rather then maybe for example myaccountusernameisjohn and t

Re: a file vault question

2014-04-02 Thread Earle
I just tried an experiment. You can either use your account name or the name of your home directory. Both will work. I just tried it. — Earle On Apr 1, 2014, at 1:35 PM, Sarah k Alawami wrote: > ah since all I have is myadmin account, the others are for users who log in > remotely to t

Re: a file vault question

2014-04-02 Thread Earle
I use the name of my home directory. It is different than my account name. So when I hear the first beep I type my home directory name then hit return. Then I hear 2 beeps and type my password and hit return. Then I hear 3 beeps and I’m logged into my Mac. — Earle On Apr 1, 2014, at 1:

Re: a file vault question

2014-04-01 Thread Sarah k Alawami
ah since all I have is myadmin account, the others are for users who log in remotely to take care of stuff on their sides, I think I'll go that rout. so going back to what I said, do I use the account name or the home directory name? I'm still confused on that. It seems all the home directory na

Re: a file vault question

2014-04-01 Thread Earle
You can login using your admin account or your regular account. I generally login using my regular account and only log in with the admin account if I’m doing something that requires it. — Earle On Mar 31, 2014, at 2:18 PM, Sarah k Alawami wrote: > Ah thanks for that. In the case of my h

Re: a file vault question

2014-03-31 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Ah thanks for that. In the case of my her name it will be the one used for my home directory right? or would it be my admin name? sorry. I just want to ask all of this before I accidentally lock myself out of my computer. That would not be good. Take care. On Mar 30, 2014, at 10:20 PM, Earle

Re: a file vault question

2014-03-30 Thread Earle
It is completely accessible. After file volt is on you must hit command-f5 every time you reboot your computer. After you do that you will hear 1 beep. This means you enter your username then hit return. You will then hear 2 beeps. Type your password and hit return. If you entered everythi

a file vault question

2014-03-30 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Hello to all. I'm thinking of setting up file vault on my mid 2009 mbp 13 inch I read the directions and one of them said that you will be prompted to log in. I have voice over set to speak at the log on prompt so will this part be accessible? I'm a bit confused by that part. It's probably not