Of course, I am eagerly awaiting the Official Announcement that your SD Compatible with Mavericks, Mac OS 10.9! What about its External SD HD Encryption?īut again, back to my Mac OS 10.8.5 on my MacBook Pro, if that "Other Method" - Disk Utility - Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted), Then do Regular SD Backup Erase All, and Smart Updates after that… - is not using FileVault, then it should be covered under AppleCare, and at Genious Bars at Apple Stores, right? Or am too naive about that:)!? I also wonder what Other Encryption Options I have, since I also use my Old Powerbook G4, with Mac OS 10.4.11 and SuperDuper!Ĭan that PB G4 be Protected with Firmware Password? So they can explain to me why their product, $110 Per Year per 1 License, is a better choice than Apple's FileVault 2, which comes Free with every Mac? Symantec Drive Encryption (powered by PGP Technology) Multiple Clones on Multiple HDs, so, if one of those HDs were to die, we'd still have another 1 or 2 HDs left! Unless our Clones HDs are in our possession 24/7, if Un-Encrypted, they can be Cloned without us even knowing about it.įor now, my thinking is that this might be the best Compromise:įirmware Password Protection on the Mac itself We can Password Protect our Macs, including Firmware Password, but - if our Backup HDs are not Encrypted - our Macs can be Cloned! Identity Theft and other horrors might follow! I strongly feel that this Backups Encryption Topic deserves a lot more - ATTENTION - in your SD User Guide and on here, on your SD Discussions! If it won't work exactly the same way, what would the difference be? What workarounds be needed? Will SuperDuper works with that "Other Method" exactly the same way as it's been working for me up till now = flawlessly… except that till now my SD Clone HD was Not Encrypted! When being offered Time Machine HD Encryption, there was no Alert saying that this Time Machine HD will be Erased in order to Encrypt it…įor now my Q is regarding that above mentioned "Other Method" - Disk Utility - Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted). I also realized that I can Encrypt my Time Machine HD, and again, It's not clear to me if that Other Method and Time Machine HD Encryption are using FileVault or not!!!Īs you can see, like is the case with others, I am FileVault is making me nervous:)!įileVault supposedly cause 10-20% slows down, which is un-inspiring!Īpple doesn't mention anything about FileVault 2 in DiskUtility or when offering to Encrypt Time Machine! AppleCare Senior Advisors could not answer that Q either… It's not clear to me if that "Other Method" is using FileVault 2 or not?! Then do Regular SD Backup Erase All, then Smart Updates after that… One of those Posts mentioned this "Other Method":įormat as Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted) in case that HD has corruption, I might be able to Copy Data from that HD to another HD, never mind Boot Up from that corrupted HD, and so on… The impression I got between all the Comments, including yours, that FileVault 2 was not the most Beloved Solution:)! My Biggest Concern is being Locked Out of my SD Backup, if it's FileVault HD. I've read a many of Posts on your SD Discussions, where FileVault 2 was mentioned, along with other Encryption Apps Options. I'd like to Encrypt my Destination SD Clones HDs, because without Encryption my Data can be Copied and Read without my permission, which would be a Security Breech! I am yet to Install 10.8.5 Supplemental Update!
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