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OS X has FileVault which encrypts the home folder. I don't think I have any personal data outside of it. But I do use TrueCrypt too.
by rimantas 16y ago
OS X has FileVault which encrypts the home folder. I don't think I have any personal data outside of it. But I do use TrueCrypt too.
- Cockbrand 16y agoDoes a TrueCrypted home directory get backed up by Time Machine? That's my biggest woe about FileVault - your home dir only gets backed up when you're logged out. Also, have you been able to run TrueCrypt as a non-admin user?
- rimantas 16y agoI must clarify there: I use FileVault to encrypt my home directory and besides that I keep some more sensitive data in TrueCrypt volumes.
- iuguy 16y agoCheck /tmp - it's not uncommon for things to end up there. The important thing to remember is that when /tmp is deleted if it's on disk then it's not really deleted until it's overwritten.
- dgallagher 16y agoMy biggest gripe with FileVault is that it doesn't fully support Time Machine backups. Online backups (hourly) are completely disabled. To perform a backup you need to shutdown/restart, and then sit waiting for it to finish. Annoying if you're a laptop user ready to travel elsewhere with your laptop. Also it breaks the Time Machine browser. If you want to do a restore, you must mount the data backup manually and find the file(s) you want to restore through Finder. Definately not elegant or very user friendly. Some apps do have minor glitches with FileVault. IIRC, Firefox wouldn't remember certain settings if you used it with a FileVault-enabled account (not sure if this has changed in recent versions).