Answers...

to commonly asked questions.

file vault

Shoud I have filevault on?

Do I need to have FileVault on?
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It’s apple’s encryption software and it’s extremely secure however, I generally don’t like people to use it for several reasons. 1. Tends to hog processor power. 2. If you ever forget your password, it is impossible to recover any files. It’s no big deal and you can certainly leave it turned on. But in case you felt like it, you could always turn it off. If you did, your computer would be a little slow for about 12 hours as it decrypts the entire drive.

System Settings;
Privacy and Security:
scroll to the bottom and select “turn off” next to file vault.

Backup not Encrypted

I just got this notice on my screen. Let me know what you think.

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In my opinion, not encrypting your backup is actually a good thing. I don’t like encrypting drives as they tend to slow things down and if you ever forget the password (which many many people I work with do) then the data is gone forever anyway. So that message is fine with me. It means that you are using FileVault on your computer but not using it on your backup. I do prefer they both be the same but it’s not worth changing at this point if I were you.
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