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On OSX with Lion - there is no excuse http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/10/filevault-2-benchmarks-disk-encryption-faster-mac-os-x-lion/ http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/1

On OSX with Lion - there is no excuse http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/10/filevault-2-benchmarks-disk-encryption-faster-mac-os-x-lion/ http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/10/filevault-2-benchmarks-disk-e...

nonane 15y ago
Have you noticed crashes and general instability on OS X Lion + Filevault 2? We've tried it on a Core2Duo Macbook Pro (early 2007) and MacBook (Mid 2010). We've seen lots of OS crashes (Macbook) and general performance issues when running XCode (Macbook Pro). We're also running virtualization software on the Macs (Parallels and VMWare) - I'm not sure if they're interacting with Filevault 2 (shouldn't be). Just wonder if anyone else has noticed this.
- benologist 15y ago
  I use it on a 2011 Air and Mini without problems, and I'm just about always in Parallels on both machines.
- maukdaddy 15y ago
  I use Lion's Filevault 2 on an early 2009 MBP and have not had any crashes or stability problems at all. FV2 on Lion is light years ahead of the broken Filevault 1 (Snow Leopard) implementation.
- tobiasbischoff 15y ago
  no i have no problems. macbook air 2010 w/ lion + file vault active - no crashes or instability. i do time machine backups on a regular basis and work with Xcode, photoshop, iWork, vmware fusion - never had any problem.
Tichy 15y ago
Does it now play well with Time Machine?
- mark_l_watson 15y ago
  I also let it encrypt the disks that Time Machine writes to. Works well.
- ConstantineXVI 15y ago
  Yeah, it's much cleaner vs. the old FileVault. The decryption happens at boot-time, as far as most of the OS is concerned (incl. TimeMachine) there's no encryption at all.
marquis 15y ago
Filevault isn't supported by the major media editing apps. I travel a lot and rely on having a 'fake' account on my drive that I can login to if asked that has pretty much nothing on it.
- there 15y ago
  you must be thinking of the original filevault that encrypted each user's home directory separately. filevault 2 in lion is true full-disk encryption, and the passphrase must be entered at boot. once it is decrypted, no application should even be able to detect (or rather, care about) the presence of encryption.
  - marquis 15y ago
    Oh, great to know thanks. I haven't moved to lion yet because of app support.
conradev 15y ago
Combined with a firmware password, it makes a MacBook impenentrable.
- st3fan 15y ago
  Got a good pointer to setting a firmware password?
  - mahyarm 15y ago
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1352 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1352
  - AdamGibbins 15y ago
    Reboot your Mac into recovery mode (hold Cmd+R on bootup), its in one of the menus there.
colmmacc 15y ago
I haven't been able to use Filevault with iTunes match ... https://discussions.apple.com/message/16987224 https://discussions.apple.com/message/16987224 Though I'd love to hear any reports to the contrary!

On OSX with Lion - there is no excuse http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/10/filevault-2-benchmarks-disk-encryption-faster-mac-os-x-lion/ http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/10/filevault-2-benchmarks-disk-e...

nonane 15y ago

Have you noticed crashes and general instability on OS X Lion + Filevault 2? We've tried it on a Core2Duo Macbook Pro (early 2007) and MacBook (Mid 2010). We've seen lots of OS crashes (Macbook) and general performance issues when running XCode (Macbook Pro). We're also running virtualization software on the Macs (Parallels and VMWare) - I'm not sure if they're interacting with Filevault 2 (shouldn't be). Just wonder if anyone else has noticed this.

benologist 15y ago
I use it on a 2011 Air and Mini without problems, and I'm just about always in Parallels on both machines.
maukdaddy 15y ago
I use Lion's Filevault 2 on an early 2009 MBP and have not had any crashes or stability problems at all. FV2 on Lion is light years ahead of the broken Filevault 1 (Snow Leopard) implementation.
tobiasbischoff 15y ago
no i have no problems. macbook air 2010 w/ lion + file vault active - no crashes or instability. i do time machine backups on a regular basis and work with Xcode, photoshop, iWork, vmware fusion - never had any problem.

Tichy 15y ago

Does it now play well with Time Machine?

mark_l_watson 15y ago
I also let it encrypt the disks that Time Machine writes to. Works well.
ConstantineXVI 15y ago
Yeah, it's much cleaner vs. the old FileVault. The decryption happens at boot-time, as far as most of the OS is concerned (incl. TimeMachine) there's no encryption at all.

marquis 15y ago

Filevault isn't supported by the major media editing apps. I travel a lot and rely on having a 'fake' account on my drive that I can login to if asked that has pretty much nothing on it.

there 15y ago
you must be thinking of the original filevault that encrypted each user's home directory separately. filevault 2 in lion is true full-disk encryption, and the passphrase must be entered at boot. once it is decrypted, no application should even be able to detect (or rather, care about) the presence of encryption.
- marquis 15y ago
  Oh, great to know thanks. I haven't moved to lion yet because of app support.

conradev 15y ago

Combined with a firmware password, it makes a MacBook impenentrable.

st3fan 15y ago
Got a good pointer to setting a firmware password?
- mahyarm 15y ago
  http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1352 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1352
- AdamGibbins 15y ago
  Reboot your Mac into recovery mode (hold Cmd+R on bootup), its in one of the menus there.

colmmacc 15y ago

I haven't been able to use Filevault with iTunes match ... https://discussions.apple.com/message/16987224 https://discussions.apple.com/message/16987224 Though I'd love to hear any reports to the contrary!