Hi Ronni, Yes, thanks for emphasising that.
I must say, FileVault never really appealed to me (even without the Time Machine considerations) - I didn't like the fact that if it somehow messes up (or I do by forgetting the password) then everything is essentially unrecoverable. Cheers Neil (who seems to be increasingly prone to bouts of amnesia!) -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [email protected] on 7/11/10 7:25 PM, Ronda Brown at [email protected] wrote: > > 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]>
