Hi Neil, Just a warning about File Vault (which your below article suggests people use), if people are using Time Machine for backup.
File Vault & Time Machine don't play well together. Time Machine will only back up your FileVault when you log out. If you don't log out, you don't get backed up. It's best to put sensitive files in an encrypted disk image instead. FileVault is major overkill for most people, and a source of all kinds of potential problems and hassles. You cannot restore a couple of files from your TM backup if you have File Vault on! It is not a possibility when you use FileVault. Time Machine can only restore an entire home folder when you're using FileVault. It cannot access individual files within the backup. Just though I should mention this. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 07/11/2010, at 6:11 PM, Neil Houghton <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have often heard it said that you can't REALLY secure your computer - just > make it less easy for non-experts to access things. > > I just came across this article, which I found quite interesting: > > <http://lifehacker.com/5681710/how-to-break-into-a-mac-and-prevent-it-from-h > appening-to-you> > > Not that it is anything new - just presented in a fairly accessible article. > > > Cheers > > > > Neil > -- > Neil R. Houghton > Albany, Western Australia > Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 > Email: [email protected] > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
