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

[Steve Harris]

I think that might only apply if you're migrating from FV1 to FV2, it has to unpack the old homedir somewhere.

FV1 used to use up loads of CPU and disk IO, the new one uses us loads of CPU, but only a little more IO.

- Steve

On 2011-08-15, 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.
> 
> 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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