[OSX-Users] Re: file vault 2 - any takers?

[dr. m.c. schraefel]

On 15 Aug 2011, at 15:37, Chris Andrews wrote:

> Well, that's me never turning it on, then. 70GB of files on a 128GB SSD. 
> 
> Not that I have anything overly sensitive, and anything even slightly sensitive is already encrypted.

interesting:
what are you using for that  slightly sensitive purpose? 

i've tried to put apple mail folders into encrypted disks, but with spotlight on to index them, they've exploded...

mc

> 
> Chris
> On Monday, 15 August 2011 at 13:18, Mischa Tuffield wrote:
> 
>> Indeed, it does seem a lot better, and can be used with TimeMachine without the need to hack .plist files. 
>> 
>> One note of caution, it will render your machine useless for a while and half, and you need to have as much free space on your hard-drive as you have files in your home dir. 
>> 
>> Mischa
>> On 15 Aug 2011, at 13:09, Steve Harris wrote:
>> 
>>> Yes, I use it. It's much better than FileVault 1, which was a huge resource hog, and messed with TimeMachine.
>>> 
>>> - Steve
>>> 
>>> On 2011-08-15, at 12:57, dr. m.c. schraefel wrote:
>>> 
>>>> So is anyone using file vault 2 in lion?
>>>> 
>>>> How's it going? would you recommend it?
>>>> 
>>>> thank you
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> mc
> 


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