[Ti] File Vault

[Bill Fox]

Here's my FileVault horror story 
<http://www.macsonly.com/arch00312.html#12221>. You should start with a 
new Home folder, FileVault it and then add your files from a complete 
backup copy. I didn't lose any files, just suffered a mass loss of 
correct permissions that still creates problems, like QT6.5 not 
launching. I have yet to find all of the files that need their 
permissions corrected to allow QT to launch.

FileVault works fine on the new Home Folder I created and am slowly 
migrating to.

Also, you have to encrypt your whole Home folder, not just folders 
within it. If you want to encrypt single files or folders, a 3rd party 
encryption program will do that but not on the fly as far as I know.



On Dec 30, 2003, at 3:23 AM, Robert Nicholson wrote:

> How many folks are trusting File Vault?
>
> Specifically I'm interested in securing my home area however I 
> currently have Music and Photos and Images which considerably adds to 
> my $HOME
>
> So, I was wondering how many people here actually trust and feel 
> comfortable having
> all their information in one image file albiet encrypted?
>
> I'm interested in encrypting a documents folder as well as my Mail 
> folder in case of theft.